Official UK procurement notice
Extra Care Housing Schemes for Care and Support Services for Emma Haas, Watling Gardens and The Willows, Honeypot Lane
Authority: London Borough of Brent (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis tender for the Extra Care services is strategically positioned to significantly contribute to Brent Council's Borough Plan outcomes.
This setting, dedicated to serving vulnerable adults over the age of 50 and over, is crucial in enhancing resident health and well-being through providing an alternative to care homes, through a core service and assessed support to keep people as independent as possible. Furthermore, the setting not only supports employment in the local community but also enhances the resilience across our community and supports Brent’s strategy of working in neighbourhoods. This tender will ensure the continued alignment with and contribution to the Council's aspirations, promoting a healthier, more equitable, and unified community.
The service includes the delivery of extra care housing support services at two extra care housing schemes in Lot 1 and Lot 2:
Lot 1 - Extra care schemes at Emma Haas Watling Gardens
Lot 2 - Extra care schemes at The Willows Honeypot Lane
The services are designed to meet the varying needs of residents, to promote health and wellbeing and to enable borough residents to live independently in their home and reduce the potential of moving to residential care. The support is for older adults with care and support needs at substantial or critical level and an identified social housing need. Needs may include physical disabilities, mental health issues (including dementia, learning disabilities) and a range of other needs.
Brent Council is the landlord of both buildings at Emma Haas, Watling Gardens and The Willows, Honeypot Lane.
There are 45 units at Emma Haas and 61 units at The Willows, of which 5 are used as step-down properties. The term step-down is used to describe accommodation units used to house residents who are medically fit to be discharged from hospital but continue to require care and support preventing a return to their own homes or may need a different type of accommodation.
Contract Term: Four years plus a single two-year extension. Extensions will be dependent on future funding settlements for the Council.
The estimated budget total of the contract will be £10,570,056.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How London Borough of Brent buys Social work and related services (CPV 8530), and who usually turns up
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1 bid0% / 22%
2–367% / 30%
4–60% / 32%
7+33% / 16%
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Below estimate40% / 42%
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Above estimate20% / 5%
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Lot #1CPV 8530Published estimate£11m
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1 bid22%
2–330%
4–632%
7+16%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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About this data
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 9 Oct 2026, 14:41 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Oct 2026, 14:41 BST
- Authority reference
ASCH-2627-011- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095731- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0784e7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 Oct 2026 → 1 Jun 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published19 days ago9 Oct 2026, 14:41 BST
- Market engagement11h ago28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
The Council will be running a market engagement event to inform suppliers of the upcoming opportunity. The event is scheduled for 28 October 2026 will begin at 10.00am and be delivered online via Microsoft Teams.
Suppliers interested in attending the market engagement should express an interest in the opportunity to be sent a message from the Council requesting information on attendees. Please express an interest no later than 5pm, 27 October 2026 in order to receive the invitation link via the messaging facility on the London Tenders Portal.
Link to opportunity: procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 19 days17 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 214 days1 Jun 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Oct 2026, 14:41 BSTUK2
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
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- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender