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Published 2 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Offender Engagement, Support and Oversight Service for High-Risk Offenders in Supported Exempt Accommodation

Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire (Police & fire)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£288,000≈ £288k / year · £345,600 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 13 Nov 202612:00 GMT · 15 days left
Clarification cut-off 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire, who is acting as the Lead Contracting Body for this procurement, is seeking to award a Contract for the provision of an Offender Engagement, Support and Oversight Service for High-Risk Offenders in Supported Exempt Accommodation, as detailed in the ITT Statement of Requirements. The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire is working in partnership with: Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Services (HMPPS), Amber Valley Borough Council, Bolsover District Council, Erewash Borough Council, High Peak Borough Council, North East Derbyshire District Council, South Derbyshire District Council, Chesterfield Borough Council, Derbyshire Dales District Council and Derby Homes Limited.

CPV: Guidance services · Health and social work services · Miscellaneous services · Other community, social and personal services · Probation services · Provision of services to the community · Social work and related services · Social work services · Social work services without accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£288,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr) · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensionsValue: £288,000 exc. VAT · £345,600 inc. VAT
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£574,492/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: The option for the Customer to extend for a further 1 x 12 month period

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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 are scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80%
  • Price: 20%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • 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 £574,492 (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 The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →

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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
The marketSocial work services (CPV 8531) · East Midlands
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 8531 · East Midlands, n=71
—39%

No supplier sizes published for this authority.

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 East Midlands.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 1 known-location awards · market: CPV 8531 · East Midlands, n=101
1 of 129%

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

How long to a decision?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 8531 · East Midlands, n=25
—32 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 32 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 1 of 1 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8531 · East Midlands, n=95
1 of 161%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market34 lots with bid counts · CPV 8531 · East Midlands
21% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid21%
Market: 7 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
2–324%
Market: 8 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
4–632%
Market: 11 of 34 lots with published bid counts.
7+24%
Market: 8 of 34 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market29 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8531 · East Midlands
21% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate21%
Market: 6 of 29 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%69%
Market: 20 of 29 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate10%
Market: 3 of 29 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 752312 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£288k

This lot is listed as CPV 7523. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
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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.

3expected bids35% chance of a single bid
similar past contests in this category: 38
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid35%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 35%. This is a forecast.
2–326%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 26%. This is a forecast.
4–618%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 18%. This is a forecast.
7+20%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 20%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
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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 16 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.

£288kMatches estimate (54% chance)
16 comparable awards
Forecast compared with the buyer’s estimate
Middle 50%£274k–£288k
Half of likely prices fall between £273,621 and £288,000.
Estimate£288k
The buyer published an estimate of £288,000 for this lot.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Mitie Care & Custody LtdWorked for this buyerHealthcare and Forensic Services within Police Custodynotice published May 2022——Similar wording and category

Who could compete for this lot?
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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.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
2 wins in East Midlands4 panel places
£26m7 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago6 live · £54m
i

Public 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
1 win in East Midlands2 panel places
£24m10 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago6 live · £3.5m
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Public 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=7
6 wins in East Midlands7 panel places
£23m11 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago1 live · £23m
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Public 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
4 wins in East Midlands
£5.8m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago3 live · £804k
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Public 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.

21% below n=6
£1.3bn11 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago7 live · £572m
i

Public 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.

9% below n=10
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
Open 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
2 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 14 Dec 2026
Authority reference
DP1085-05
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093378
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Guidance servicesHealth and social work servicesMiscellaneous servicesOther community, social and personal servicesProbation servicesProvision of services to the communitySocial work and related servicesSocial work servicesSocial work services without accommodation
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077fcb Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)
Submission portal named on this notice: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Published estimate £288,000 excludes VAT (£345,600 including VAT).

Timeline

2 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published26 days ago
    2 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
  2. Clarification questions by5 days ago
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Today
    28 Oct 2026
  4. Submission deadlinein 15 days
    13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 47 days
    14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 154 days
    1 Apr 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 14:00 BST
    UK4

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

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZLQ-6388-PQDJ Derbyshire Constabulary, Ripley, East Midlands, DE5 3RSContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender