Official UK procurement notice
Young People's Supported Accommodation Pathway - Mixed Support
Authority: London Borough of Camden (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Camden are seeking to award a contract for the provision of the Young People's Supported Accommodation Pathway - Mixed Support service. This service contract is for young people aged 16–25-year-olds who require accommodation and support who are:
- Children Looked After aged 16-17 /those for whom the local authority has a duty to accommodate
- Care experienced 18-25
- Unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) The aim of the Pathway is to ensure that the young person completes each stage of the Pathway, where applicable, in readiness to live independently. The Young People’s Supported Accommodation Pathway – Mixed Support will have a minimum of 15 units. Please refer to Schedule 6 - Property Offer for further information. Suppliers who do not have a minimum of 15 units available at the tender stage should not submit a bid. Full details of the requirement are set out in Schedule 2 Specification and other documents that form part of this tender pack.
We are re-tendering this contract as we were unable to appoint when the service contract was previously advertised.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£2,697,600
- Economic & financial standing
The Authority has set the following minimum level of financial standing. The Supplier has a credit rating check through Credit Safe of 50% or more AND a current ratio of 1 or greater for the last two financial years. Suppliers are required to complete the spreadsheet named “Schedule 10 – Current Ratio Calculator” and submit as part of their response.
Pass – If you have answered yes and have demonstrated you meet the specified minimum level of financial standing OR if you have not demonstrated you meet the specified minimum level of financial standing and have not provided further information to establish the reasons for not meeting this minimum level.
Fail – If you have answered no, or you have answered yes and have not demonstrated you meet the specified minimum level of financial standing. The decision will be at the discretion of the Authority who will look at all other financial information provided and available and measure in context with the procurement’s size, complexities and risk as per latest PPN guidance
- Technical & professional ability
Authority has set the following requirements for technical ability to be demonstrated:
- At least three years’ experience non-registered residential accommodation and support services.
- Delivered a non-registered residential accommodation and a support block contract with a minimum annual value of £ 250,000.00
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 (7)
- Implementation: 3%
- Service Model, Safeguarding, Performance Management & Outcomes: 25%
- Staffing Structure, Standards and Management: 13%
- Partnership working and engagement: 4%
- Property Management: 5%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (7)
- Implementation
- Service Model, Safeguarding, Performance Management & Outcomes
- Staffing Structure, Standards and Management
- Partnership working and engagement
- Property Management
- Social Value
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
The Authority has set the following minimum level of financial standing. The Supplier has a credit rating check through Credit Safe of 50% or more AND a current ratio of 1 or greater for the last two financial years. Suppliers are required to complete the spreadsheet named “Schedule 10 – Current Ratio Calculator” and submit as part of their response.
Pass – If you have answered yes and have demonstrated you meet the specified minimum level of financial standing OR if you have not demonstrated you meet the specified minimum level of financial standing and have not provided further information to establish the reasons for not meeting this minimum level.
Fail – If you have answered no, or you have answered yes and have not demonstrated you meet the specified minimum level of financial standing. The decision will be at the discretion of the Authority who will look at all other financial information provided and available and measure in context with the procurement’s size, complexities and risk as per latest PPN guidance
- Technical & professional ability
Authority has set the following requirements for technical ability to be demonstrated:
- At least three years’ experience non-registered residential accommodation and support services.
- Delivered a non-registered residential accommodation and a support block contract with a minimum annual value of £ 250,000.00
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Closed
- 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
- 6 Aug 2026, 11:57 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085232- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dd82Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
See contract terms
- Risks
See contract terms
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Aug 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published81 days ago6 Aug 2026, 11:57 BST
- Market engagement53 days ago3 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
The market engagement will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. Any supplier interested must register via e-mail to [email protected] no later than 31st August 2026.
A link to the event will be sent following registration.
Please click on the link above to access the registration form.
- Tender notice published48 days ago9 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
- Clarification questions by19 days ago7 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline14 days ago12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 46 days11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 156 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2026, 11:57 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published9 Sept 2026, 10:19 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active9 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
- Deadline published: 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST9 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender documents can be accessed via ProContract - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=dad90f97-b9aa-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=2241eb95-058a-e511-80f7-000c29c9ba21
- Technical specifications Specification documents can be accessed via ProContract - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=dad90f97-b9aa-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=2241eb95-058a-e511-80f7-000c29c9ba21
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender