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Official UK procurement notice

HAC6145 Antill Road Day Activities

Official notice

Authority: Tower Hamlets

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£667,590≈ £668k / year · £801,108 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Oct 2026
Next notice expected 22 Sept 2026
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2028 · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council will seek an innovative, creative, flexible and committed provider prepared to work in close and effective partnership with adults with learning disability, their family/carer and a wide range of local partners, including the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDS) and departments within the Council. The Provider will be required to deliver tailored, person-centred day activity services for people with a learning disability and autistic adults. The provider will offer a range of activities that support with life skills, training, employment, clinical and health care services, and social interactions which are aimed at supporting people to develop or maintain their independence within the community and promote inclusion .The contract will offer people choice, personalisation and flexibility, supporting them to develop their social, emotional, communication and independent living skills and to participate in mainstream community activities.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Aug 2027, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£667,590
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr)Value: £667,590 exc. VAT · £801,108 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK, LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Full detail is included in the ITT

    Financial evaluation will be as follows.

    Potential Suppliers that fail to meet either/both of the minimum requirements will be excluded from the process and their bid will not be further considered.

    Bidders will be required to provide documentary evidence, in the form of the last 2 years’ full/detailed Financial Statements, inclusive of Turnover figures (audited if required by Law), to demonstrate their ability to meet the various metrics set out in this section, whether this be for the bidding organisation, or the parent company or group on whom reliance has been placed to meet the financial threshold. If Bidders fail to provide the required documentary evidence, this may result in a fail.

    Bidders will need to provide the complete/full/detailed version of their Financial Statements. If they are exempt from publishing their full accounts, they must still provide their Turnover figures for the last two financial years or for the years covered by their Financial Statements. Failure to do so will result in a fail.

    Turnover

    The Bidders annual turnover must be at least twice the annual contract value for this Contract which is £667,590. Therefore, Bidders must have an annual turnover of at least £1,335,180.

    D&B Risk Indicator

    The Authority will request a report produced from Dun and Bradstreet which is a corporation that offers information on commercial credit and reports on businesses in comparison with other business in the same field.

    The Bidder’s D&B Rating – Risk Indicator will be given a score based on the following table:

    Risk Indicator Probability of Failure

    1 Minimum Risk

    2 Lower than average

    3 Higher than average

    4 High risk

    • Insufficient Information

    3.3.8 Bidders must achieve a risk indicator of 1 or 2. A score of 3 or 4 will result in a fail.

    D&B Failure Score

    3.3.9 Where a Bidder passes the Economic and Financial Standing evaluation, should the Dun and Bradstreet Probability of Failure Score be higher than the national average, the Authority reserves the right to require a parent company guarantee, a performance bond or alternative security for any contract award.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Full detail is included in the ITT

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality Method Statements: 60%
  • Price: 30%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality Method Statements: Response to the quality method statements as set out in the ITT
  • Social Value: Completion of the social value matrix and response to a single quality method statement as set out in the ITT
  • Price: Evaluation of the bidders tender price as set out in the ITT
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    Full detail is included in the ITT

    Financial evaluation will be as follows.

    Potential Suppliers that fail to meet either/both of the minimum requirements will be excluded from the process and their bid will not be further considered.

    Bidders will be required to provide documentary evidence, in the form of the last 2 years’ full/detailed Financial Statements, inclusive of Turnover figures (audited if required by Law), to demonstrate their ability to meet the various metrics set out in this section, whether this be for the bidding organisation, or the parent company or group on whom reliance has been placed to meet the financial threshold. If Bidders fail to provide the required documentary evidence, this may result in a fail.

    Bidders will need to provide the complete/full/detailed version of their Financial Statements. If they are exempt from publishing their full accounts, they must still provide their Turnover figures for the last two financial years or for the years covered by their Financial Statements. Failure to do so will result in a fail.

    Turnover

    The Bidders annual turnover must be at least twice the annual contract value for this Contract which is £667,590. Therefore, Bidders must have an annual turnover of at least £1,335,180.

    D&B Risk Indicator

    The Authority will request a report produced from Dun and Bradstreet which is a corporation that offers information on commercial credit and reports on businesses in comparison with other business in the same field.

    The Bidd…

  • Technical & professional ability

    Full detail is included in the ITT

What this means for your bid
  • 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
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 2 Aug 2027
First published
23 Sept 2026, 21:20 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 21:20 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 24 Nov 2026
Authority reference
HAC6145
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090352
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
UKLondon (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f784 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

All payment terms are included in the contract documentation included with this tender

Review and risk notes
Risks

Risks include:

  • increases to the london, and other, living wage
  • an increase in demand for the service

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: London Tenders Portal
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free regional portal
Submission deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
13 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

All tenders are to be submitted on the London Tenders Portal (www.londontenders.org ↗) under opportunity DN827581

Timeline

11 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates
  1. Planning notice published47 days ago
    11 Sept 2026, 08:16 BST
  2. Market engagement40 days ago
    17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    PME event to be held 21/09/2026

  3. Next notice expected35 days ago
    22 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published34 days ago
    23 Sept 2026, 21:20 BST
  5. Clarification questions by14 days ago
    13 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline4 days ago
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  7. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  8. Award decision expected byin 27 days
    24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  9. Contract startsin 154 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 08:16 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 21:20 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tower Hamlets

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQBL-2673-MVYG New Town Hall, London, London, E1 1BJContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsAll documents can be accessed free of charge on the London Tenders Portal under project DN827581
  • Technical specifications tenderTechnical specificationsAll documents can be accessed free of charge on the London Tenders Portal under project DN827581

Notices published for this procedure