Framework Agreement for the provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation Services

Following the publication of a Contract Notice on 21 December 2024, Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-041325 and the procurement process that took place accordingly, the London Borough of Enfield ('contracting authority') has awarded a multi-lotted Framework Agreement to multiple suppliers (32) for the provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation Services for 16-17-year-old children in care and 18-25-year-old care leavers, which commenced 1 December 2025. This procurement was conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and is let in accordance with Chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Regulations. The Framework Agreement is let for an initial term of three (3) years. The contracting authority, at its absolute sole discretion, may exercise an option to extend the Framework Agreement at the end of the initial term for a further one (1) year period, subject to the terms of the Framework Agreement and satisfactory performance of the framework providers. There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under the Framework Agreement and the contracting authority will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any, or all, of the requirements which are the same as, or similar to those specified under the awarded Framework Agreement. Note, the estimated total value (£28,000,000 excl. VAT) stated within this contract award notice is based on the initial 3-year term of the Framework Agreement plus an optional 12-month extension.

Timeline

  1. Tender published21 December 2024
  2. Submission date30 January 2025
  3. Contract start date13 July 2025
  4. Award published12 February 2026
  5. Contract expiry date13 July 2028in 2 years

Lots (13)

3 suppliers across 13 lots

Standard 24 hour staffed Placements

Provision of Standard 24 hour staffed Placements for children in care and care leavers aged 16+ years. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

Complex/High Needs

Provision of support and accommodation for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ year old who have Complex/High Needs. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

18 hour staffed units

Provision of 18 hour staffed unit placements (support and accommodation) for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

- Night staff only units

Provision of Night staff only unit placements (support and accommodation) for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

Therapeutic Mental health

1 suppliers

Provision of Therapeutic Mental health supported accommodation services for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

Female Only Placements

Provision of Female Only supported accommodation services for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

Out of Borough Placements

1 suppliers

Provision of Out of Borough supported accommodation services for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

Parent & Child Placements

Provision of Parent and Child supported accommodation services for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

Standalone Flats Placements

Provision of Standalone Flats supported accommodation services for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

Block Booked Standard Placement

Provision of Block Booked Standard Placement supported accommodation services for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

18+ unstaffed with 2 hours support (Provider not responsible for Housing Element)

1 suppliers

Provision of 18+ unstaffed with 2 hours support (Provider not responsible for Housing Element) supported accommodation services for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

18+ unstaffed with 2 hours support (Provider responsible for Housing Element)

Provision of 18+ unstaffed Supported Accommodations where Provider is responsible for Housing Element of the Service for children under care or leaving care aged 18+ years old young people. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

- Block Book (18+ unstaffed unit)

Provision of Block Booked (18+ unstaffed unit) supported accommodation services for children under care or leaving care aged 16+ years old. Additional information: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘London Tenders Portal’ (url: https://www.londontenders.org/). The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a tender stage. During the first stage of the process, candidates who pass the prescribed minimum requirements (i.e. Pass/Fail questions) of the Standard Selection Questionnaire and ranked within the top 35 in their scored elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Procurement documents for the award criteria at the ITT stage. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores the highest in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions that has the highest weighting will be selected. Regarding II.2.9 of this notice, information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited to tender, candidates should refer to the contracting authority’s Selection Questionnaire and its evaluation method for further information. Suppliers will need to register an interest on the London Tenders Portal and submit a completed Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and required supplementary documents no later than 12:00 noon on 30/01/2025 in order to participate. Registration is free. The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights, then it will not be responsible for or pay the cost, expenses or losses which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Candidates and tenderers are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their submissions and at all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by candidates or tenderers. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the potential implications of TUPE. The information to enable the Bidder to formulate its bid on the basis that TUPE applies will be released to the Bidders, at the ITT stage only, upon receipt of the completed Schedule 12 (TUPE Information Declaration of Confidentiality) via message through the London Tenders Portal. The TUPE information to be provided has been obtained from the contractors presently undertaking this task. Whilst the Authority has obtained this information in good faith the Authority gives no guarantee or assurance as to the accuracy of this information and cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions in it. It remains the Bidder’s responsibility to ensure that their Tender takes full account of all the relevant circumstances. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

Framework analysis

Buyers and suppliers active on the Framework Agreement for the provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation Services framework, ranked by contract award volume.

Top suppliers associated with Framework Agreement for the provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation Services

Suppliers ranked by total contract award volume through Framework Agreement for the provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation Services.

Top buyers associated with Framework Agreement for the provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation Services

Buyers ranked by total contract award volume through Framework Agreement for the provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation Services.

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