Official UK procurement notice
Camden Respite Rooms · UK public procurement notice
Authority: London Borough of Camden (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Camden Respite Rooms provides respite support for women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse, homelessness, and other forms of disadvantage. The existing service will reach the end of its current term on March 31st 2027. Camden is seeking to recommission this service and award a contract for the new service to begin from 1st April 2027.
The CRR provides accommodation for women experiencing domestic violence and abuse, homelessness and other forms of multiple disadvantage. The primary aim of the CRR is support the safety of women experiencing violence and abuse and help them move to safe, longer-term accommodation. The service is delivered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service operates from a gender and trauma informed perspective. Move on time is targeted at up to 56 days (3 months for people with No Recourse to Public Funds). Referrals come from a variety of services including Camden Outreach Service and Camden's Homelessness Prevention Service. Camden is seeking a minimum of 16 bedspaces for this service.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£3,467,954
- Economic & financial standing
As set out in the procurement documentation
- Technical & professional ability
As set out in the procurement documentation
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 (8)
- Service Model and Outcomes: 20%
- Working in partnership: 10%
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: 10%
- Continuous improvement and co-production: 5%
- Housing Management: 5%
- Safeguarding: 10%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (8)
- Service Model and Outcomes
- Working in partnership
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Continuous improvement and co-production
- Housing Management
- Safeguarding
- Social Value
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
As set out in the procurement documentation
- Technical & professional ability
As set out in the procurement documentation
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,385,663 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. 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 Camden buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
London Borough of Camden’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) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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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.
Half of these awards have an award date within 97 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
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.
1 bid30% / 29%
2–335% / 39%
4–625% / 22%
7+10% / 10%
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.
Below estimate28% / 21%
Within ±2%61% / 70%
Above estimate11% / 9%
Assess each lot i
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.
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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 8531Published estimate£3.5m
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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.
1 bid36%
2–332%
4–625%
7+7%
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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.
Middle 50%£3.5m
Estimate£3.5m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Single Homeless ProjectEarlier contract | Camden Respite Roomsnotice published Mar 2026 | — | £661k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| The Riverside Group Ltd (Care & Support)Worked for this buyer | Adult Pathway Services Phase 1runs to Apr 2033 | Housing related support service for vulnerable single adults with medium to high support needs | £6.7m | Similar wording and category |
| SAPPHIRE INDEPENDENT HOUSING LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Adult Pathway Services Phase 1runs to Apr 2033 | Housing related support service for vulnerable single men with medium to high support needs | £4.1m | Similar wording and category |
| Salvation Army Trustee Company(The)Worked for this buyer | Adult Pathway Services Phase 1runs to Apr 2033 | Housing related support service for vulnerable single men with medium to high support needs. | £2.1m | Similar wording and category |
| University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWorked for this buyer | Camden Adult Pathway Partnership (CAPP)notice published May 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Via Community LtdLarge | £36m16 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £79k iPublic 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 |
| £42m15 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 6 live · £20m iPublic 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=7 | |
| £14m6 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 3 live · £2.1m iPublic 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 | |
| £5.5m2 awards in 36m · last 19 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £682m15 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 3 live · £7.7m iPublic 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=8 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- 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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Camden Respite Rooms — held by Single Homeless Project; no contract end date published.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 22 May 2026, 23:47 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jan 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098686- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a25cFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 May 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published157 days ago22 May 2026, 23:47 BST
- Market engagement104 days ago14 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
The Council wishes to undertake a market engagement online event in relation to the possible re-commissioning of this service, and therefore would welcome responses from suppliers that would like to participate.
Interested suppliers will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this soft market testing and a response to this notice does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future public procurement process that the Council may conduct.
This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services for the Council and the Council is not bound to accept any proposals offered. The Council is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in the soft market testing exercise. Any procurement of any services by the Council in due course will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023.
Any information provided will not be treated as commercially confidential, unless expressed by the providing party, and may be used by the Council in the final service specifications used for the contracts, but no organisation will be individually identified.
We are looking to host a market engagement session via Microsoft Teams on 14th July 2026 from 10am to 11am. If you would like to attend the event, please submit your interest via email to Michael.Sargeant@camden.gov.uk
- Next notice expected49 days ago7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published7 days ago19 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 8 days4 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 24 days20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 76 days11 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 155 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2026- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 23:47 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Jul 2026, 16:28 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £3,600,0001 Jul 2026, 16:28 BST
- Tender notice published19 Oct 2026, 17:15 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £3,467,95419 Oct 2026, 17:15 BSTwas £3,600,000
- Status changed to active19 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST
- Procurement method changed19 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST
- Deadline published: 20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT19 Oct 2026, 17:15 BST
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
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The tender documentation can be accessed via the London Tender Portal
- Technical specifications The tender documentation can be accessed via the London Tender Portal
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
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender