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Published 10 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
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SCE0077- Children’s Commissioning Arrangement

Leicester City Council
Local Council
services
SME eligible
VCSE eligible
Framework
Below threshold
Health and social work services
East Midlands (UKF21)
Published value
£1
≈ £0 / year
Submission deadline
Pipeline stage
planning
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
8 yrs
Starts 1 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Leicester City Council: "SCE0077- Children’s Commissioning Arrangement". Published status: planning. Published value: £1. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council (the Authority) are considering progressing a Children’s Commissioning Arrangement for Leicester City. It is anticipated that tenders for this service would be sought in Quarter 1 of 2027, to enable a new contract to begin on Quarter 3 of 2027. As part of the commissioning process, the authority is undertaking a Soft Market Test (SMT). This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential service model and specification principles. The commissioners may use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification. This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The authority is using this process solely to test the market, gather information, and ascertain the level of interest in this particular service. There are therefore no formal criteria which we will use to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. Please use the following link to access the advert: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=f87f0176-61ac-f111-813c-005056b64545

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Aug 2027 — 31 Jul 2035 (8 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) – InclusionHolds 47.1% of historical attributable spend
Moderate Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£0 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Contract Duration & Term OptionsExpected duration: 8 yrs
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Leicester City Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Leicester City Council. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    0%Indicative
    Based on 1 comparable award · indicative evidence
    Competition Density
    3Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 43.8% · Mean: 23 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    Moderate Concentration
    Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) – InclusionTop vendor: 47.1% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £43,064,683Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 28 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £282,989Robust (n=21)
    Middle 50% of awards: £139,499 – £1,404,000 · 71% of the sector median for CPV 85
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (28 active published awards)
    Coverage: 28 active published awards; 16 bid reports (which may be per lot); 21 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) – Inclusion1 win£20,281,149No published budget
    TURNING POINT (SERVICES) LIMITED2 wins£13,036,211No published budget
    Turning Point Services Limited1 win£2,820,023No published budget
    Alzheimer's Society2 wins£2,656,114No published budget
    EVERDALE GRANGE LTD1 win£1,404,000No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Suitable for SMEs
    Prepared 10 Sept 2026, 14:19 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 450 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 24,051 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~54 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 586 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCRN: RM1
    		40 contracts£166,246,903,700At ceiling / not disclosed
    James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RGP
    		23 contracts£35,248,700,687At ceiling / not disclosed
    East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RDE
    		23 contracts£27,480,539,010At ceiling / not disclosed
    The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RCX
    		17 contracts£27,287,590,145At ceiling / not disclosed
    Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RJ1
    		24 contracts£23,471,877,206At ceiling / not disclosed
    LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUSTCRN: RJ2
    		14 contracts£14,636,940,244At ceiling / not disclosed
    ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITEDCRN: 01245534
    		13 contracts£14,362,569,838At ceiling / not disclosed
    NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTCRN: RX1
    		18 contracts£13,166,371,703At ceiling / not disclosed
    Barts Health NHS Trust​CRN: R1H
    		4 contracts£12,843,963,488At ceiling / not disclosed
    GROWING SPACE
    		6 contracts£12,491,739,544-0% below budget
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Healthcare at Short-Term Holding FacilitiesHome Office · 7 Sept 2026, 13:38 BST
    		£0
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Overnight Short Break Service for Working Age AdultsBuckinghamshire Council · 3 Sept 2026, 16:42 BST
    		£0
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Community Hub for Twyford and DistrictWokingham Borough Council · 7 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST
    		£1
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Better Care Fund VCSE Integrated Wellbeing Pathways SC, HI & W/2025/93Stoke on Trent City Council · 10 Sept 2026, 10:30 BST
    		£0
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Ayrshire Meet the Buyer 2026North Ayrshire Council · 10 Sept 2026, 12:41 BST
    		£1
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.SME Friendly Qualification Criteria

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodStandard public procedureLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statusplanningProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureFramework agreementCompetition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published10 Sept 2026, 12:03 BSTLast source update10 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
    Estimated future notice11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMTClassification (CPV)Health and social work services
    Delivery area
    East Midlands (UKF21)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f6b0
    Timeline
    1. Pipeline notice
      10 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
    2. Procedure published
      10 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST
    3. engagement
      24 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
      THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council (the Authority) are considering progressing a Children’s Commissioning Arrangement for Leicester City. It is anticipated that tenders for this service would be sought in Quarter 1 of 2027, to enable a new contract to begin on Quarter 3 of 2027. As part of the commissioning process, the authority is undertaking a Soft Market Test (SMT). This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential service model and specification principles. The commissioners may use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification. This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The authority is using this process solely to test the market, gather information, and ascertain the level of interest in this particular service. There are therefore no formal criteria which we will use to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. Please use the following link to access the advert: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=f87f0176-61ac-f111-813c-005056b64545

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (0)No award published
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      10 Sept 2026, 12:03 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    Leicester City Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PXRT-5737-VBQD
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    Official Documents & Specifications (1)

    Official links; attachments are not copied