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Published 17 Sept 2026, 09:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Habilitation Training for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment/Habilitation Training for Deafblind Children and Young People

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Surrey County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ25)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Surrey County Council is seeking a provider to deliver assessment, mobility, habilitation and independent living skills support for children and young people aged 0-19 years with vision impairment, including those with multi-sensory impairment (MSI) or who are deafblind. The service will promote independence, confidence, inclusion and wellbeing, enabling children and young people to develop the skills they need to participate fully in education, family life and their local communities.

Currently there are approximately 590 C&YP open to PSS (VI). We expect the provider to annually work with a maximum of 120 children and young people for the life of this contract April 2027-March 2032.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Surrey County Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

Surrey County 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: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerSurrey County Council · division 85
The marketHealth and social work services (CPV 85) · South East England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 of 14 known-size awards · market: division 85 · South East England, n=912
29%44%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 South East England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 18 of 29 known-location awards · market: division 85 · South East England, n=1,427
62%49%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 decided notices · market: division 85 · South East England, n=167
61 days54 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 61 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 9 of 21 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · South East England, n=1,166
43%70%

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?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer9 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
0% had one bid
The market302 lots with bid counts · division 85 · South East England
20% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 20%
Buyer: 0 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 61 of 302 lots with published bid counts.
2–367% / 33%
Buyer: 6 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 101 of 302 lots with published bid counts.
4–633% / 28%
Buyer: 3 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 86 of 302 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 18%
Buyer: 0 of 9 lots with published bid counts. Market: 54 of 302 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer7 lots with estimate and award · broad CPV 85
14% below estimate
The market210 lots with estimate and award · division 85 · South East England
32% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate14% / 32%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 67 of 210 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%14% / 60%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 126 of 210 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate71% / 8%
Buyer: 5 of 7 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 17 of 210 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 8524 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

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. The bar shows 302 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet20% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 302 similar lots
1 bid20%
61 of 302 similar past lots received 1 bid (20%).
2–333%
101 of 302 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–628%
86 of 302 similar past lots received 4–6 (28%).
7+18%
54 of 302 similar past lots received 7+ (18%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

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.

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.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

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
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
17 Sept 2026, 09:19 BST
Last source update
17 Sept 2026, 09:23 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088022
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ25)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077400 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

17 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published42 days ago
    17 Sept 2026, 09:19 BST
  2. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  3. Market engagementin 2 days
    31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Surrey County Council is planning to recommission Sensory Services for Children and Young People in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. As part of the pre-procurement engagement process, we would like to invite current and prospective providers to participate in a virtual market engagement event.

    The purpose of the event is to:

    • Provide an overview of the current service and Surrey County Council's future commissioning intentions.
    • Provide information and signpost suppliers to resources relating to the Procurement Act 2023 and its implications for bidders.
    • Outline key policy requirements that will apply during the procurement process, including Social Value, Sustainability and Modern Slavery.
    • Seek feedback from the market on the proposed commissioning approach and future service delivery model.
    • Provide an opportunity for suppliers to ask questions and engage in discussion with the Council.

    Registration details:

    Providers wishing to attend should send an email to Eve Siewierski eve.siewierski@surreycc.gov.uk or Omar Mobin omar.mobin@surreycc.gov.uk by 5th October 2026.

    The event will be held on 16th October 2026. This event will be delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams. If you wish to attend, please reply by providing following information:

    • Name of attendee(s)
    • Job title of attendee(s)
    • Organisation details, including address and contact details.

    Please note that attendance will be limited to 2 attendees per organisation.

    We will be providing more information, including the session agenda and meeting invites on or after 9th October 2026.

    We look forward to receiving your response and hearing your thoughts and ideas at the event. An expression of interest in attending this Market Engagement Event does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tender process, nor does it confer any preferential status on those Providers who attend. Participation in this event will not automatically grant eligibility to engage in any subsequent procurement exercise. Any procurement resulting from this event will be publicly advertised in accordance with legal requirements, and all organisations wishing to participate will need to submit a response to the advertisement once it is published. Providers who do not attend this Market Engagement Event will still be able to apply for the procurement in the future

  4. Contract startsin 153 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Sept 2026, 09:19 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Sept 2026, 09:23 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Amendment of the dates

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

Surrey County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWRH-8974-TNBV Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill, Reigate, South East, RH2 8EFContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure