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Published 9 Nov 2026, 18:50 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Sutton Youth Outreach & Diversion

Authority: London Borough of Sutton (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£40,000≈ £20k / year · £48,000 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 30 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 20 days left
Clarification cut-off 23 Nov 202616:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 30 Nov 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

This project has been funded by MOPAC via the London Crime Prevention Fund until 31st March 2029 to. improve children's feelings of safety in public areas within Sutton. The Budget for this Project is in the range of £35, 000 - £40,000 maximum per year.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This project has been funded by MOPAC via the London Crime Prevention Fund until 31st March 2029 to

improve children's feelings of safety in public areas within Sutton.

The project aims to provide youth workers

to intervene with children in the community and provide reassurance to them. The intention is to intervene in

public spaces where children report feeling unsafe (e.g. High Streets, parks, transport hubs) and in areas

known to have increased rates of youth ASB/offending. The partnership will identify locations for this

intervention to take place through our monthly Problem Solving Meeting, using intelligence shared by Police

and insights provided by partners (e.g. locations of concern identified by the borough's Multi Agency Child

Exploitation Panel). There will also be a reactive response offered following serious incidents that take place in

the borough.

The Budget for this Project is in the range of £35, 000 - £40,000 maximum per year.

Please refer to the specification for full details

CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community · Social services · Welfare services for children and young people

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£40,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2031 with extensionsValue: £40,000 exc. VAT · £48,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£39,945/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: The Authority proposes to enter into a contract with the successful Suppliers ('Potential Supplier') for a duration of two years with the option to extend the contract for up to two further periods of twelve (12) months each (depending on funding)

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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
How bids are scored

Lot awarding rule: The contract is 80% quality and 20% price. Please refer to the specification for full details

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £39,945 (twice the annual value).

Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

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

London Borough of Sutton’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 services (CPV 8531) →

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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 Sutton · all categories
The marketSocial work services (CPV 8531) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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: 31 of 47 known-size awards · market: CPV 8531 · UK-wide, n=962
66%63%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
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How often local firms win similar work.

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

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 39 of 52 known-location awards · market: CPV 8531 · UK-wide, n=1,126
75%75%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 19 decided notices · market: CPV 8531 · UK-wide, n=253
66 days50 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 66 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

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

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 18 of 51 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8531 · UK-wide, n=1,084
35%60%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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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 buyer20 lots with bid counts · all categories
5% had one bid
The market482 lots with bid counts · CPV 8531 · UK-wide
27% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid5% / 27%
Buyer: 1 of 20 lots with published bid counts. Market: 128 of 482 lots with published bid counts.
2–320% / 35%
Buyer: 4 of 20 lots with published bid counts. Market: 167 of 482 lots with published bid counts.
4–635% / 23%
Buyer: 7 of 20 lots with published bid counts. Market: 109 of 482 lots with published bid counts.
7+40% / 16%
Buyer: 8 of 20 lots with published bid counts. Market: 78 of 482 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

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

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer19 lots with estimate and award · all categories
47% below estimate
The market307 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8531 · UK-wide
25% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate47% / 25%
Buyer: 9 of 19 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 76 of 307 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%32% / 67%
Buyer: 6 of 19 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 206 of 307 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate21% / 8%
Buyer: 4 of 19 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 25 of 307 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 853124 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£40k
Expected competition
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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.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

5expected bids12% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 688
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid12%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 12%. This is a forecast.
2–325%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 25%. This is a forecast.
4–629%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 29%. This is a forecast.
7+33%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 33%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

Based on 58 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

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

£39k2% below estimate
58 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£36k–£40k
Half of likely prices fall between £36,160 and £40,000.
Estimate£40k
The buyer published an estimate of £40,000 for this lot.
A 25% chance the award lands exactly on the estimate.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
17 panel places
£81m15 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago9 live · £1.9bn
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=9
5 panel places
£161m8 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago1 live · £105k
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=3
2 panel places
£6.2m10 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago6 live · £1.3m
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

54% below n=1
£5.1m6 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago2 live · £315k
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

at estimate n=2
£379k2 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago1 live · £131k
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Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

8% below n=1
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts and the buyer's decision figure; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
  • 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 earlier-work matches 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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Nov 2026, 18:50 GMT
Last source update
9 Nov 2026, 19:00 GMT
Authority reference
DN835605
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106446
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Other community, social and personal servicesProvision of services to the communitySocial servicesWelfare services for children and young people
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b813 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via London Tenders Portal
Submission portal named on this notice: London Tenders Portal
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free regional portal
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £40,000 excludes VAT (£48,000 including VAT).

Timeline

9 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published2h ago
    9 Nov 2026, 18:50 GMT
  2. Today
    9 Nov 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 13 days
    23 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 20 days
    30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 142 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Nov 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    9 Nov 2026, 18:50 GMT
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    9 Nov 2026, 19:00 GMT
    UK4
Published amendments (1)

The Budget for this Project is in the range of £35, 000 - £40,000 maximum per year

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
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 Sutton

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJMC-1445-VCVG Civic Offices, St Nicholas Way, Sutton, London, SM1 1EAContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender