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Published 16 Apr 2025, 12:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Learning disability, mental health and autism specialist supported accommodation framework

Official notice

Authority: Cambridgeshire County Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£300,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 1 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a procurement for a learning disability, mental health and autism specialist supported accommodation framework.

CPV: Social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 1 Apr 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Learning disability, mental health and autism specialist supported…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Apr 2025, 12:19 BST
Last source update
20 May 2025, 11:39 BST
Authority reference
25045
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-023128
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Social work services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0503ed Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

16 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 12:19 BST
  2. Market engagement
    14 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    Interested providers should complete the following MS Form by midnight at the end of 14 May 2025.

    forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx ↗

  3. Latest notice published
    20 May 2025, 11:39 BST
  4. Tender notice expected180 days ago
    1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 153 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 12:19 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    16 Apr 2025, 12:22 BST
    UK2
  3. Pipeline notice published
    20 May 2025, 11:39 BST
    UK1
  4. Published value published: £300,000,000
    20 May 2025, 11:39 BST
  5. Status changed to planned
    20 May 2025, 11:39 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cambridgeshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJVB-3262-VGVJ New Shire Hall Emery Crescent Enterprise Campus,, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, East of England, PE28 4YEContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure