Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 24 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Young People's Drug and Alcohol Service

Authority: London Borough of Havering (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£900,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2028

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Havering is seeking to commission a provider to deliver a specialist young people’s drug and alcohol service for children and young people in Havering.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2028 – 31 Mar 2031 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2033 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How London Borough of Havering buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

London Borough of Havering’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: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →

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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 Havering · division 85
The marketHealth and social work services (CPV 85) · Greater London (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 7 of 10 known-size awards · market: division 85 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=1,169
70%56%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London (authority’s region).

Buyer: 9 of 11 known-location awards · market: division 85 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=1,315
82%60%

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

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: 8 decided notices · market: division 85 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=197
63 days64 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 63 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: exactly 3 of 12 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · Greater London (authority’s region), n=1,238
25%67%

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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This buyer10 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
10% had one bid
The market332 lots with bid counts · division 85 · Greater London (authority’s region)
26% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (10) / the market (332) · select a colour for counts
1 bid10% / 26%
Buyer: 1 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 85 of 332 lots with published bid counts.
2–340% / 33%
Buyer: 4 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 108 of 332 lots with published bid counts.
4–650% / 24%
Buyer: 5 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 81 of 332 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 17%
Buyer: 0 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 58 of 332 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyer10 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 85
50% below estimate
The market210 lots with estimate and award · division 85 · Greater London (authority’s region)
36% below estimate
% of lots with an estimate and award: this buyer (10) / the market (210) · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50% / 36%
Buyer: 5 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 76 of 210 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%30% / 55%
Buyer: 3 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 115 of 210 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate20% / 9%
Buyer: 2 of 10 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 19 of 210 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 8536 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£900k

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 332 past lots.

—No model forecast yet26% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 332 similar lots
1 bid26%
85 of 332 similar past lots received 1 bid (26%).
2–333%
108 of 332 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–624%
81 of 332 similar past lots received 4–6 (24%).
7+17%
58 of 332 similar past lots received 7+ (17%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £900k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

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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
24 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
Last source update
24 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
Authority reference
C0957
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090553
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077979 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

24 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2028 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published51 days ago
    24 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
  2. Market engagement15 days ago
    30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Interested organisations are invited to complete the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Questionnaire.

    Completed questionnaires must be:

    1. Returned to [email protected]
    2. Submitted via Atamis
  3. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  4. Tender notice expectedin 137 days
    1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2028, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
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 Havering

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCZG-5314-HWNM London Borough of Havering, Town Hall, Main Road, Romford, London, RM13BBContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure