Official UK procurement notice
Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) Aldbanks Supported Living CBC-2074-CFP-SK
Authority: Central Bedfordshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCentral Bedfordshire Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced provider to deliver supported living services at Aldbanks. The service will provide high-quality, person-centred support to adults with eligible care and support needs, enabling individuals to maximise their independence, maintain their wellbeing, and participate fully in their local community. The successful provider will work collaboratively with the Council, residents, families, health partners and other stakeholders to deliver safe, effective and outcome-focused support that promotes choice, control and independence.
This procurement is being conducted as a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. At this first stage, Suppliers are required to complete the Participation and Selection Questionnaire. Following evaluation, the four highest-scoring qualified Suppliers will be invited to participate in Stage 2 and submit a full Tender Response.
The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide Suppliers through the tender process. Questions raised by Suppliers, together with the Council's responses, will be shared with all Suppliers through the Procurement Portal to ensure a fair and transparent process.
If there is anything you are unsure about or require clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-Tend electronic tendering system.
Deadline for submission of clarification questions: Monday 26 October 2026.
Completed Participation and Selection Questionnaire responses and supporting attachments must be submitted electronically via the In-Tend system. Responses must be uploaded through the "My Return" section of the system. Responses submitted through the Correspondence facility will not be considered.
Deadline for submission of completed Participation and Selection Questionnaire responses: Monday 2 November 2026 at 12:00 noon.
- How the procedure runs: This procurement is being conducted as a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers will initially be assessed against the Conditions of Participation and Shortlisting Criteria, with the four highest-scoring qualified suppliers invited to submit a full Tender Response. The contract will be awarded to the supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,772,000
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 sub-criteria (3)
- Quality - Methodology: 60%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality - Methodology: Tender Responses will be evaluated against the quality requirements set out in the procurement documents, including service delivery, safeguarding, mobilisation, resident outcomes and workforce arrangements. Responses will be assessed using the published scoring matrix and evaluation methodology.
- Price: Tendered prices will be evaluated in accordance with the pricing methodology set out in the procurement documents. The lowest evaluated tender will receive the highest score, with other tenders scored proportionately.
- Social Value: Suppliers will be evaluated on their proposed social value commitments and outcomes relevant to the Contract. Responses will be assessed in accordance with the social value requirements set out in the procurement documents.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- 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 £1,846,314 (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 Central Bedfordshire Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
Central Bedfordshire Council’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 East of England.
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 60 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.
The market share is a minimum: 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 bid0% / 27%
2–333% / 18%
4–633% / 30%
7+33% / 25%
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 estimate30% / 48%
Within ±2%50% / 40%
Above estimate20% / 12%
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£2.8m
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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 bid5%
2–37%
4–626%
7+62%
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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 25 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%£2.6m–£2.8m
Estimate£2.8m
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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £378m56 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 11 live · £244m 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=9 | |
| £6.6m13 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 5 live · £307m 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=1 | |
VOYAGE 1 LIMITEDLarge | £7.6m13 awards in 36m · last 4 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 |
| £45m26 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 11 live · £26m 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=16 | |
METHODIST HOMESLarge | £9.6m32 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 20 live · £4.7m 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. | no comparable pairs |
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.
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
- 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
- 6 Oct 2026, 17:59 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 12:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Apr 2027
- Authority reference
CBC-2074-CFP-SK- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094476- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078219Find a Tender
- How it runs
This procurement is being conducted as a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers will initially be assessed against the Conditions of Participation and Shortlisting Criteria, with the four highest-scoring qualified suppliers invited to submit a full Tender Response. The contract will be awarded to the supplier submitting the Most Advantageous Tender.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Oct 2026 → 1 Nov 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published20 days ago6 Oct 2026, 17:59 BST
- Clarification questions byearlier today26 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 10 days5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 164 days8 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 370 days1 Nov 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Oct 2026- Tender notice published6 Oct 2026, 17:59 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published7 Oct 2026, 12:41 BSTUK4
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender