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Published 22 Sept 2026, 11:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Learning Disability Residential Care Market Engagement

Authority: The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£12,130,000≈ £2.4m / year · £14,556,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsup to 10 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) currently commissions two Learning Disability Residential Care Services for Adults at Barlby Road (4 units) and St Quintin's Avenue (6 units), supporting 10 residents with complex learning disabilities and high support needs. A procurement exercise is required to secure the continued provision of high-quality residential care and support services that meet the Council's statutory duties under the Care Act 2014. The services support predominantly older adults with learning disabilities, including individuals with significant care needs, complex behaviours and communication needs. Their purpose is to provide safe, person-centred care and support that promotes wellbeing, independence, choice, control and quality of life, enabling residents to achieve the best possible outcomes. Funding arrangements are to be finalised, but the indicative annual value of the contracts will be around £574k for Barlby Road and £639k for St Quintin Avenue.

This Market Engagement Questionnaire is issued on behalf of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), to obtain market feedback in relation to the future procurement of Learning Disability Residential Care in the borough.

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The Market Engagement Questionnaire is not a call for tenders or a pre-qualification exercise. The purpose of the questionnaire is to gain insight and to gauge the level of interest and capacity of the market with feedback used to inform the procurement strategy and service specification.

The Council is currently considering re-tendering under an open procedure in early 2027 for service commencement in late 2027. The procurement will fall within, and comply, with the Procurement Act 2023. It is likely the contract(s) will be for an initial duration of five years, with options to extend for three years and an additional option to extend for two years.

This questionnaire will not form part of the formal procurement process.

All responses are to be submitted by 9 October 2026.

The link to the questionnaire can be found here - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FcHYUH-3lUOjujtAfK8NiHnwIss--i9JnfXcyoUzNVlURE05MjI2REI0WllSSU5IOFowRkFJUTIwUi4u&route=shorturl

CPV: Social work services with accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Oct 2027 — 30 Sept 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 10 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: UK
Extensions
Extension options published
85311000 Social work services with accommodation

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Sept 2026, 11:27 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2026, 11:27 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Social work services with accommodation
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077745

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published1 day ago
    22 Sept 2026, 11:27 BST
  2. Market engagementin 17 days
    9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    This Market Engagement Questionnaire is issued on behalf of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), to obtain market feedback in relation to the future procurement of Learning Disability Residential Care in the borough. The Market Engagement Questionnaire is not a call for tenders or a more…pre-qualification exercise. The purpose of the questionnaire is to gain insight and to gauge the level of interest and capacity of the market with feedback used to inform the procurement strategy and service specification. The Council is currently considering re-tendering under an open procedure in early 2027 for service commencement in late 2027. The procurement will fall within, and comply, with the Procurement Act 2023. It is likely the contract(s) will be for an initial duration of five years, with options to extend for three years and an additional option to extend for two years. This questionnaire will not form part of the formal procurement process. All responses are to be submitted by 9 October 2026. The link to the questionnaire can be found here - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FcHYUH-3lUOjujtAfK8NiHnwIss--i9JnfXcyoUzNVlURE05MjI2REI0WllSSU5IOFowRkFJUTIwUi4u&route=shorturl
  3. Tender notice expectedin 160 days
    1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 373 days
    1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Sept 2026, 11:27 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPRX-1592-MXGN Town Hall, Hornton Street, London, London, W8 7NX [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

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