Official UK procurement notice
Children with Disabilities Home based Care
Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHome Based Care consists of a range of care packages, provided by carers, which are tailored to the specific needs of eligible families of SEND children and young people both in their homes and the community.
The aim is to ensure that families of Children with Disabilities (CwD) and Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) who require more intensive or specialist care can access high quality support, and make our internal systems for finding this support more efficient.
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Jul 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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).
- “Children with Disabilities Home based Care” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 May 2025, 14:39 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2025, 16:43 GMT
- Authority reference
F001PA- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084047- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051b1aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
21 May 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published21 May 2025, 14:39 BST
- Tender notice expected387 days ago13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published322 days ago17 Dec 2025, 16:43 GMT
- Market engagement292 days ago16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
FEEDBACK REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES HOME BASED CARE CONTRACT PROPOSAL
Based on the feedback received from our previous market engagement we want to update you with our thoughts on how a new contract could work for Children with Disabilities Home Based Care. The responses we received were overwhelmingly in favour of a contractual arrangement. Based on the feedback received and our own assessment we are inviting your comments on this proposal via the below survey link.
The proposals in the survey may not be the final criteria for the contract. Please ensure you check any tender documents thoroughly to ensure you understand the service you are bidding for.
Copy and paste the below link into a browser to access the survey to provide feedback.
forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗
Depending on the results of the survey there may be further engagement required, either online or in person.
This market engagement document has been formally released on 17 December 2025.
Participants are requested to submit any responses by close-of-business on 16 January 2026.
Responses are to be submitted via the online survey.
Please include contact details for those submitting a response to this engagement process. Should Essex County Council need to clarify any elements of your response, a representative of the project team will use this information for contact purposes.
Essex County Council may seek to engage directly with any/all participants in order to clarify information provided and to ensure any tender/contract specification is optimised in accordance with service provider input.
Participants should be aware that any information provided as part of this engagement process will be treated with confidentiality and will only be used to inform the final specification and to improve the subjectivity of any decision-making processes between the Council and its partners.
Although full support from market participants is appreciated, participants will not be bound by their responses and any information provided will not form part of any future procurement evaluation processes.
- Contract starts127 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025- Pipeline notice published21 May 2025, 14:39 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published18 Jun 2025, 13:20 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Dec 2025, 16:43 GMTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement 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