Official UK procurement notice
Carers Support Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: London Borough of Waltham Forest (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of the adults' carers support service within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The service provides a critical and universal, high quality and flexible carers support offer to unpaid carers aged eighteen and over. Unpaid carers are estimated to save the UK economy around £163;184 billion per year and carers in our communities play a vital role in supporting people with health and social care needs to remain independent in our communities. The service helps unpaid carers stay healthy, informed, and connected, enabling them to continue their caring role while maintaining their own wellbeing. The service operates an open referral policy accepting referrals from many sources including from Adult Social Care, NELFT, GPs and self-referrals.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£950,000
- Economic & financial standing
Details are specified in the ITT document
- Technical & professional ability
Details are specified in the ITT document
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Details are specified in the ITT document
- Technical & professional ability
Details are specified in the ITT document
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- 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
- 4 Aug 2026, 11:00 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 10:30 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
DN824574- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089973- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06daceFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Details are specified in the ITT document
- Risks
Details are specified in the ITT document
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Aug 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published85 days ago4 Aug 2026, 11:00 BST
- Market engagement69 days ago19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
The provision of the adults' carers support service within the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
The service provides a critical and universal, high quality and flexible carers support offer to unpaid carers aged eighteen and over.
Unpaid carers are estimated to save the UK economy around £184 billion per year and carers in our communities play a vital role in supporting people with health and social care needs to remain independent in our communities.
The service helps unpaid carers stay healthy, informed, and connected, enabling them to continue their caring role while maintaining their own wellbeing. The service operates an open referral policy accepting referrals from many sources including from Adult Social Care, NELFT, GPs and self-referrals.
Please submit your response via the following link
- Tender notice published35 days ago23 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
- Next notice expected27 days ago30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published21 days ago7 Oct 2026, 10:30 BST
- Clarification questions by16 days ago12 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline5 days ago23 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 47 days14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 95 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Aug 2026, 11:00 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 10:19 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £791,66723 Sept 2026, 10:19 BSTwas £10
- Status changed to active23 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
- Procurement method changed23 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST23 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
- Tender notice published7 Oct 2026, 10:30 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £950,0007 Oct 2026, 10:30 BSTwas £791,667
Published amendments (1)
Value has been corrected from 950,000.00 to 1140000.00
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Please respond via the following link https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=32bd7a42-26b7-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender