Official UK procurement notice
DHSC: LERO Development and Resilience Project
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo deliver a 3-year national Lived experience recovery organisation (LERO) development and resilience project from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030. The project will support the development and resilience of emerging and established LEROs and local authorities looking to support and sustain LEROs and recovery communities in their locality.
Building on the previous LERO capacity-building project, the LERO development and resilience project will support LEROs to develop and sustain through peer-led mentoring, specialist bespoke learning opportunities, reusable good practice resources and local authority support. This contract builds on learning from the first 2 project years. This includes strong demand for practical peer-led support and bespoke learning opportunities for leaders; the value of mentoring from experienced LERO leaders; the need for continued support on governance, leadership, financial management, fundraising and workforce development; and the importance of supporting local authorities to create the conditions in which recovery communities, LEROs and other peer-led initiatives can develop and sustain.
The previous project has been developing an offer for local authority commissioners primarily through regular drop-ins. In this new iteration of the project, the Authority wishes to further develop this approach by providing universal and targeted support for local areas seeking to develop or sustain LEROs. This will help local authority commissioners to understand the conditions that enable independent, peer-led LEROs to develop within local recovery-oriented systems of care, and to access support that responds to local context, readiness and need.
- How the procedure runs: PSQ required as a preliminary stage to ensure suppliers meet the compulsory requirements to proceed onto the stage of submitting a full tender.
CPV: Community health services · Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£393,221
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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: 70%
- Commercial: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 70%
- Commercial: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £261,908 (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 Department of Health & Social Care buys Social services (CPV 8532), and who usually turns up
Department of Health & Social Care’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 services (CPV 8532) →
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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 31 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.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid38% / 26%
2–313% / 38%
4–638% / 26%
7+13% / 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 estimate50% / 13%
Within ±2%50% / 87%
Above estimate0% / 0%
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 8532Published estimate£393k
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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 bid27%
2–341%
4–620%
7+12%
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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 29 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%£371k–£393k
Estimate£393k
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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| THE WELL COMMUNITIES C.I.C.Worked for this buyer | DHSC:GAPH: LERO Capacity-Building Projectnotice published Sept 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Revolving Doors AgencyWorked for this buyer | DHSC:OHID:Lived experience voicesnotice published Nov 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONWorked for this buyer | DHSC:ASC: Development Regional Sector-Led Improvement 24/25notice published Apr 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Association of Directors of Adult Social ServicesWorked for this buyer | DEVELOP REGIONAL SECTOR-LED IMPROVEMENT (SLI) OPERATIONS 25/26notice published Jul 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| People Asset Management LtdWorked for this buyer | DHSC: GPH: Counselling, Trauma and Emotional Support Maternity Investigation 25notice published Oct 2025 | — | — | 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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| £40m40 awards in 36m · last this month | 10 live · £22m 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 | |
| £3.5m3 awards in 36m · last 16 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £10m3 awards in 36m · last 19 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £19m24 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 14 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=10 | |
| £25m5 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £280k 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 |
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
- 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
- 23 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 15:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
C468510- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090120- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077894Find a Tender
- How it runs
PSQ required as a preliminary stage to ensure suppliers meet the compulsory requirements to proceed onto the stage of submitting a full tender.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Atamis (Health Family)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submissions will be conducted electronically through the Authority's e-procurement system Atamis: atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
Timeline
23 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published33 days ago23 Sept 2026, 13:09 BST
- Clarification questions by20 days ago6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published7 days ago19 Oct 2026, 15:08 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 4 days30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 30 days25 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 156 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2026- Tender notice published23 Sept 2026, 13:09 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published19 Oct 2026, 15:08 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £393,22119 Oct 2026, 15:08 BSTwas £471,866
Published amendments (1)
Updated contract values.
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