Official UK procurement notice
Community Led Family Support Services
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Community Led Family Support Service is a new citywide provision to be commissioned to provide sustained, relationship-based and practical support to families where neglect is a persistent concern, but below Family Help or statutory safeguarding thresholds and where intervention from Family Help or statutory Children’s Social Care is not required at the point of referral.
The Council would like to invite Suppliers to submit a Tender for selection of a single Supplier to provide a Community Led Family Support service to improve children’s daily lived experience by supporting families to make and sustain changes in relation to neglect, parenting capacity, routines, home conditions, family functioning and engagement with support.
The total possible contract duration is seven years, which consists of an initial term of three years with the option to extend for up to a further four years on a two plus two basis subject to funding.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Aug 2033, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: In this Competitive Flexible procedure, Stage 1 will be conducted on a standalone basis and up to three tenderers that meet the Conditions for Participation and Award Criteria will then be selected based upon the scores they receive during stage 1. Stage 1 - Compliance and Conditions of Participation; Award Criteria; Assessment of Quality Questions and Price; Moderation Stage 2 – Tender and Clarification Interviews Stage 3 - Recommendation for Award Stage 1 – Initial tender submission Suppliers are required to submit all required tender documents as detailed within the tender documents. All submissions will then be evaluated in line with the published scoring methodology and the Authority will invite the three highest scoring suppliers along to interview which is stage 2. Stage 2 – Tender and Clarification Interview Shortlisted Suppliers will be invited to attend a clarification interview to explore and clarify their response. The interviews are intended to assist the Authority’s understanding of the submitted tenders.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,800,000
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)
- Price
- Quality
- 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
- Competitive flexible 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
- Yes · next expected 3 Aug 2033
- First published
- 2 Feb 2026, 16:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 12:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
SCE0060- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072657- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061499Find a Tender
- How it runs
In this Competitive Flexible procedure, Stage 1 will be conducted on a standalone basis and up to three tenderers that meet the Conditions for Participation and Award Criteria will then be selected based upon the scores they receive during stage 1.
Stage 1 - Compliance and Conditions of Participation; Award Criteria; Assessment of Quality Questions and Price; Moderation
Stage 2 – Tender and Clarification Interviews
Stage 3 - Recommendation for Award
Stage 1 – Initial tender submission
Suppliers are required to submit all required tender documents as detailed within the tender documents. All submissions will then be evaluated in line with the published scoring methodology and the Authority will invite the three highest scoring suppliers along to interview which is stage 2.
Stage 2 – Tender and Clarification Interview
Shortlisted Suppliers will be invited to attend a clarification interview to explore and clarify their response. The interviews are intended to assist the Authority’s understanding of the submitted tenders.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submissions need to be completed electronically via the Proactis portal:
Timeline
2 Feb 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published269 days ago2 Feb 2026, 16:07 GMT
- Market engagement246 days ago24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
As part of the commissioning process, the authority is undertaking a soft market test. This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential service model and specification principles.
The commissioners will use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification.
This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract.
The authority is using this process solely to test the market to gather information and ascertain the level of interest in this particular service.
There are therefore no formal criteria which we will use to judge your responses and it is not our intention to provide any feedback.
To view the documents and submit a response please follow the below link:
- Next notice expected198 days ago13 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published90 days ago31 Jul 2026, 12:02 BST
- Clarification questions by73 days ago17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline57 days ago2 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by7 days ago21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 66 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Feb 2026, 16:07 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published31 Jul 2026, 12:02 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £2,800,00031 Jul 2026, 12:02 BSTwas £2,000,000
- Status changed to active31 Jul 2026, 12:02 BST
- Procurement method changed31 Jul 2026, 12:02 BST
- Deadline published: 2 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST31 Jul 2026, 12:02 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Documents will be uploaded to the Proactis portal https://procontract.due-north.com/Home
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