Official UK procurement notice
Thurrock Floating Support Service - Mental Health and Learning Disabilities
Authority: Thurrock Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority’s requirement under this Contract is for the provision of a floating support service to residents of Thurrock with poor mental health and/or a learning disability.
The service provides short term support (up to two years) supporting Thurrock residents with fluctuating needs, enabling them to live independently.
The support is community based and focuses on prevention, supporting people to remain in their homes and preventing homelessness wherever possible.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jun 2032, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,106,241
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (10)
- Operating model: 15%
- Outcomes: 5%
- Workforce: 5%
- Assessments: 10%
- Performance: 5%
- Outreach service: 10%
- Engagement: 5%
- Case study: 15%
- Price: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (10)
- Price
- Operating model
- Outcomes
- Workforce
- Assessments
- Performance
- Outreach service
- Engagement
- Case study
- Social Value
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Jun 2032
- First published
- 8 Jul 2026, 16:07 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
PS-2026-044- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064371- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c6bfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted through In-tend: in-tendhost.co.uk/thurrockcouncil/aspx… ↗
Timeline
8 Jul 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Tender notice published106 days ago8 Jul 2026, 16:07 BST
- Clarification questions by78 days ago5 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline69 days ago14 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by38 days ago14 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent30 days ago23 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published29 days ago23 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST
- Standstill ends20 days ago2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 70 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jul 2026- Tender notice published8 Jul 2026, 16:07 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published23 Sept 2026, 16:30 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Sept 2026, 16:30 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peabody Trust1 Jan 2027 – 31 Mar 2032 · up to 31 Mar 2033Extensions: One year extension option available | £1,105,680 | 23 Sept 2026standstill to 2 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 30 at stage one | 0 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Peabody TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender