Official UK procurement notice
Market Engagement Event: Supported Living Services at Masons Hill and Century Way, Bromley
Authority: London Borough of Bromley (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council invites organisations interested in providing the Service to a Market Engagement event on 7th July 2026 from 10.30am to 11.30am. The event will be held online via MS Teams.
The aim of the Service is to provide care and support services to assist tenants who have a learning disability but may also have physical disabilities, autism, behaviours that challenge services and / or mental health needs, to live as independently as possible for as long as possible in the community. The model of care will include a combination of:
- 1:1 / 2:1 (spot hours);
- shared core hours (block hours); and
- sleep in and / or waking night staff, where required.
The Service to be provided must be flexible and responsive to changes in the tenants' needs, ensuring that support remains person-centred and appropriate to their individual need. The successful service provider will be expected to demonstrate best practice and align delivery with current local and national policies and guidance for this Service.
All tenants will have their own tenancy agreement with Registered Social Landlords (RSLs).
The appointed service provider will be required to sign a Service Level Agreement with the RSLs.
The successful service provider will be expected to work collaboratively with the Council, the RSLs, as well as other stakeholders including families / carers and health partners to promote a holistic service to the tenants.
These services have been established for several years. The Council intends to award a single contract to one provider for the delivery of care and support across all the properties: interested providers will be required to submit a proposal covering all four of the properties - partial bids for individual sites will NOT be considered.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How London Borough of Bromley buys Social work and related services (CPV 8530), and who usually turns up
London Borough of Bromley’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social work and related services (CPV 8530) →
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1 bid0% / 22%
2–350% / 30%
4–625% / 32%
7+25% / 16%
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Below estimate29% / 42%
Within ±2%29% / 53%
Above estimate43% / 5%
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Lot #1CPV 8530Published estimate£9.6m
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1 bid22%
2–330%
4–632%
7+16%
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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.
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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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Jun 2026, 13:31 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jun 2026, 13:31 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056191- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b4fdFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
15 Jun 2026 → 26 Jan 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published131 days ago15 Jun 2026, 13:31 BST
- Market engagement113 days ago3 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
The Council invites organisations interested in providing this Service to a Market Engagement Event on Tuesday 7th July 2026 at 10:30 - 11:30AM.
This will be an on-line event on Microsoft Teams.
Interested providers should register their interest via Pro-Contract by 5:00 PM on Friday 3rd July 2026 by returning the completed Registration Form which can be found as an attachment on ProContract Ref; DN819137 through the message function on the ProContract portal and respond no later than 5PM on Friday 3rd July 2026.
An invitation and joining instructions for Microsoft Teams will be shared prior to the event.
The primary aim of the event is to support market engagement and assist commissioners to inform the development of the procurement.
Specifically, the event will:
- Present an overview of the requirements and outcomes of the proposed model;
- Explore supplier responses to our suggested delivery model to influence future procurement;
- Explore market interest and capability;
- Share indicative timelines for commissioning and procurement
- Outline the local procurement process
The Council is keen to engage with suitably qualified providers who can demonstrate innovation, best practice, new ideas and efficient delivery models, including new ways of working with our partners within a local system.
Please note that participation in this event is voluntary and will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in the future procurement process. The procurement for the supply of this Services will be carried out strictly in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
- Tender notice expected102 days ago14 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 93 days26 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Jun 2026, 13:31 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender