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Southampton Early Access and Support (SEAS) Services

Buyer: Southampton City Council →

BuyerSouthampton City Council
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£23,000,000
Published22 May 2025

What is being bought

Southampton City Council has a statutory responsibility under the Care Act 2014 to provide or arrange services that prevent or delay the development of care and support needs, reduce existing needs, and promote individual wellbeing. This includes duties around the provision of information and advice, and ensuring that people are able to access preventative services that support them to live independently and maintain quality of life for as long as possible. The Council also has related duties under: • The Health and Social Care Act 2012, to promote integration and reduce health inequalities. • The Children and Families Act 2014, for young people with additional needs transitioning into adulthood. • The Equalities Act 2010, to ensure equity of access and non-discriminatory service design. SEAS (Southampton Early Advice and Support) is being developed to meet these statutory obligations by delivering coordinated, community-based early intervention and preventative support across the adult population, including carers and people with low to moderate needs who do not yet meet eligibility thresholds for formal care. The Authority plans to run a competitive flexible procedure to identify suitable provider(s) to deliver these services.

Delivery location

UKJ32, GB

Categories

Health and social work services 85000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2036
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Health and social work servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health and social work services (85000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8538,3731 median · 19.7 average (22,930 of 38,373 with a bid count)1.8 average (24,592 of 38,373 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer8Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ32501 median · 9.3 average (27 of 50 with a bid count)2.3 average (29 of 50 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)6653.5 median · 440.1 average (10 of 665 with a bid count)8 average (10 of 665 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£14,963,789 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £23,000,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051e68
Latest release ID025049-2025
Latest release timestampThu May 22 2025 13:59:34 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£23,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
22 May 2025planning025049-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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