Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 26 May 2026, 12:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Market Engagement Event Homecare Services for Adult Social Care and Children and Young People with Disabilities

Authority: London Borough of Brent (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£90,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 23 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 31 Oct 2030 · up to 31 Oct 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council requires the provision of Homecare Services for Adult Social Care and Children and Young People with Disabilities.

A procurement will be undertaken to establish both a new Lead Provider contract and a Framework contract of providers. The Lead Provider contracts will be let on a neighbourhood basis to mirror the five integrated neighbourhood areas.

The neighbourhoods are as follows:

Harlesden

Kilburn

Kingsbury and Kenton

Wembley

Willesden

It is envisaged there will be 4 or 5 lead providers in each area but this to be is to be confirmed. This would be supported by a framework of up to 10 additional providers.

The two contracts will be procured at the same time, as separate lots, within one tender.

A separate lot will be procured within the tender for specialists who can provide services to customers supported by Children and Young People’s Services. This lot will have no limit to the number of providers accepted to join this framework.

An online market engagement event will be held on Microsoft Teams scheduled for Wednesday 30th September 2026 between 2pm - 4pm.

If your organisation is interested in attending the event, please express an interest in the opportunity on the London Tenders Portal. You will then receive a message from the Council with further details on how to register for the event.

Link to the Market Engagement Opportunity: procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

CPV: Social work services without accommodation

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Nov 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Nov 2027 – 31 Oct 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Oct 2035 with extensions
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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
  • “Market Engagement Event Homecare Services for Adult Social Care and…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How London Borough of Brent buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up

London Borough of Brent’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerLondon Borough of Brent · this authority
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 8531 · Greater London, n=5
—80%

No supplier sizes published for this authority.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in Greater London.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 8531 · Greater London, n=5
—60%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Greater London.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 5 decided notices · market: CPV 8531 · Greater London, n=5
29 days71 days

Half of these awards were announced within 29 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no awards on record · market: CPV 8531 · UK-wide, n=39
—10%

No awards recorded for this authority in this market.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyerNo bid counts published
The market14 lots with bid counts · CPV 8531 · Greater London
0% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0%
Market: 0 of 14 lots with published bid counts.
2–37%
Market: 1 of 14 lots with published bid counts.
4–60%
Market: 0 of 14 lots with published bid counts.
7+93%
Market: 13 of 14 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.

2

Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 853136 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£90m
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 14 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet0% single-bid risk
Past bids on 14 similar lots
1 bid0%
0 of 14 similar past lots received 1 bid (0%).
2–37%
1 of 14 similar past lots received 2–3 (7%).
4–60%
0 of 14 similar past lots received 4–6 (0%).
7+93%
13 of 14 similar past lots received 7+ (93%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 22.5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the match score are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
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
Framework agreement
Who may use the vehicle
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
26 May 2026, 12:25 BST
Last source update
28 Aug 2026, 15:45 BST
Authority reference
ASCH-2526-016
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082303
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Social work services without accommodation
Delivery area
London (UKI72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a349 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

26 May 2026 → 1 Nov 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published147 days ago
    26 May 2026, 12:25 BST
  2. Latest notice published53 days ago
    28 Aug 2026, 15:45 BST
  3. Market engagement19 days ago
    30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    An online market engagement event will be held on Microsoft Teams scheduled for Wednesday 30th September 2026 between 2pm - 4pm.

    If your organisation is interested in attending the event, please express an interest in the opportunity on the London Tenders Portal. You will then receive a message from the Council with further details on how to register for the event.

    Link to the Market Engagement Opportunity: procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

  4. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 4 days
    23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract startsin 377 days
    1 Nov 2027

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 May 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    26 May 2026, 12:25 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Aug 2026, 15:45 BST
    UK2
  3. Published value updated to £90,000,000
    28 Aug 2026, 15:45 BST
    was £43,500,000

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

London Borough of Brent

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQVJ-5248-JQQY Brent Civic Centre, Wembley, London, HA9 0FJContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure