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Published 4 Apr 2025, 11:18 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Life Choice and Opportunity Service for people with a Learning Disability - Reminder

Official notice

Authority: Westminster City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: London (UKI32)
Planned pipeline value£2,655,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Market Engagement Questionnaire jointly issued by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and Westminster City Council, seeks to obtain market feedback in relation to the procurement of Life Choice and Opportunity Service for people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism in RBKC and WCC.

This Market Engagement Questionnaire is not a call for tenders or a pre-qualification exercise. The purpose of the market sounding questionnaire is to gain insight into the market for Life Choice and Opportunity Service for people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism in order to understand the level of interest and capacity of the market in relation to this future opportunity. Feedback received will be used to inform the procurement strategy and specification for the service.

CPV: Community action programme · Social work services · Welfare services for disabled people

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
85310000 Social work services85311200 Welfare services for disabled people85322000 Community action programme

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 Apr 2025, 11:18 BST
Last source update
28 Apr 2025, 14:24 BST
Authority reference
PRJ_30494
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017328
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Community action programmeSocial work servicesWelfare services for disabled people
Delivery area
London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fd2b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    4 Apr 2025, 11:18 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    28 Apr 2025, 14:24 BST
  3. Market engagement
    2 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    Your response is very important and will allow WCC & RBKC to assess the views of potential providers in the market and inform the procurement strategy. WCC & RBKC plan to finalise their procurement strategy by Summer 2025 with a view to commencing procurement in autumn 2025. It is envisaged that the new provider(s) will commence service delivery in 2026. At present these dates represent indicative timeframes only and may be subject to change.

    This questionnaire will not form part of the formal procurement process. All responses are to be submitted via our e-Procurement system, Jaggaer, by 02nd May 2025. All responses received by this date will be considered but will not bind either Authority to any particular procurement approach. WCC & RBKC reserve the right to not review any responses received after the submission date.

    Organisations are also invited to a market engagement event which will provide further insight of the requirements, the services, indicative timescales and procurement approach. The briefing will most likely be held virtually via Microsoft Teams in May 2025.

    Additional information and the questionnaire can be obtained from the below address, please create and account and access via the Opportunities tab.

    wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗

    REMINDER - Please send your responses by 02nd May 2025.

  4. Tender notice expected330 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts211 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Apr 2025, 11:18 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Apr 2025, 14:24 BST
    UK2

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

2 public bodies on the notice

Westminster City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJVD-6261-BPPJ 64 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1E 6QPContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure