Official UK procurement notice
SC1 Internship Pilot · UK public procurement notice
Authority: London Borough of Southwark (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: London (UKI44)
Published estimate£50,000≈ £50k / year · £60,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Oct 2026
Contract term 1 yrends 23 Nov 2027 · starts 23 Nov 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouthwark Council, on behalf of SC1 London, is seeking a provider to deliver the an internship pilot programme for residents, supporting participants into paid internship opportunities in the health and life sciences sector.
CPV: Career guidance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£50,000
What it takes to wini
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Service Delivery: 30%
- Engagement: 20%
- Skills, Expertise and Resources: 20%
- Quality Performance and Outcomes: 10%
- Customer Satisfaction: 5%
- Quotation sum: 10%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (7)
- Service Delivery: Describe your overall approach to providing the deliverables and how you will ensure that the outcomes are met. • How many internship placements you expect to deliver • How you would work with employers to ensure all service users have a high quality internship experience • How you would support employers, including SMEs, to provide internship placements • What wrap-around support you would provide to service users • How you would tailor support for service users and employers to the health and life sciences sectors
- Engagement: Set out how you intend to engage with residents from disadvantaged backgrounds and groups which are currently underrepresented in the health and life sciences. • Details of your proposed outreach, marketing and engagement strategy, including an estimated timeline • Local education institutions, community organisations or other partners you would engage with to build referral pathways • How you will ensure recruitment processes are inclusive, accessible and fair • How you will support residents with disabilities and/or Special Educational Needs to access the pilot
- Skills, Expertise and Resources: A statement of the skills, expertise and resources at your disposal which you believe demonstrate your ability to perform the services, including staffing details. • Relevant staff skills and expertise • Resources, capacity and organisational structure, including backup arrangements • Relevant experience, including working with residents from disadvantaged backgrounds and groups which are currently underrepresented in the health and life sciences • Experience delivering publicsector, education or funder-supported programmes • Local knowledge of Southwark and Lambeth, including the skills and employment landscape • Knowledge of the health and life sciences sector • Any health and life sciences employers you have links with • Contract mobilisation plan
- Quality Performance and Outcomes: Set out how you would monitor the pilot and outcomes • Relevant key policies • Tools and systems used to meet reporting requirements and measure quality, performance and impact, including longterm outcomes • Data collection processes, including feedback mechanisms • How you would evaluate the pilot in a way that contributes to shared knowledge and understanding of inclusive internship schemes within the health and life sciences sector
- Quotation sum: How you will monitor and measure service user and employer satisfaction • Ability to monitor and measure customer satisfaction • Complaints procedure
- Customer Satisfaction: How you will monitor and measure service user and employer satisfaction • Ability to monitor and measure customer satisfaction • Complaints procedure
- Social Value: Bidders must deliver against the Social Value measures set out in Tab 4 of the Social Value Submission Sheet.
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 28 Sept 2026, 11:25 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:10 BST
- Authority reference
DN831030- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091347- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077b57Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Submissions should be made via Proactis: procontract.due-north.com ↗
Timeline
28 Sept 2026 → 23 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published28 days ago28 Sept 2026, 11:25 BST
- Latest notice published21 days ago5 Oct 2026, 12:10 BST
- Clarification questions by14 days ago12 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline7 days ago19 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 26 days23 Nov 2026
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Sept 2026- Tender notice published28 Sept 2026, 11:25 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published5 Oct 2026, 12:10 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Adding Lambeth as a new region
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Attached are the Tender Documents for the SC1 London Internship
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender