Pre-tender

(UK2) Preliminary Market Engagement: Enablement, Day Opportunities, Volunteering and Employment Services for Adults with a Learning Disability

Details

Value
£2,115,960
Topic
Social work services
Published
18 August 2026
Submission
7 October 2026in 2 weeks

Tender description

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and Westminster City Council (WCC) are seeking to engage with the market ahead of a competitive procurement exercise for a multi-lot Learning Disability and Autism procurement covering enablement, moderate-to-complex community support, volunteering opportunities and employment-related progression. The services are intended to support adults with a learning disability and/or autism to increase independence, improve health and wellbeing, reduce social isolation, access community-based activities, and develop routes into volunteering, employment and wider community participation. The proposed lot structure is: Lot 1 WCC Enablement Hub Lot 2 RBKC Moderate-to-Complex Community Service Lot 3 Bi-Borough Volunteering Opportunities Service An online market engagement event will be held on 7th October at 10:00 - 11.30am. Please register your interest via Jaggaer: https://wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ This will include an overview of the proposed services and model, timeline for procurement, contract information and procurement approach. This engagement exercise does not constitute a call for competition, commitment to procure, or pre-qualification process. Participation is entirely voluntary and will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published18 August 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

Westminster City Council is a London local authority that centralised procurement into a dedicated department in 2020. Tenders above a set threshold are advertised on the council's Jaggaer-built portal alongside Find a Tender. Lower-value contracts go through a streamlined request for quote process for smaller suppliers. Larger contracts run through open procedures, restricted tendering, or frameworks and dynamic markets. The council commissions adults' and children's services with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea under a bi-borough arrangement. A Contract Management Framework, refreshed in November 2023, governs awarded contracts.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Westminster City Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, architectural and engineering services and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85310000 · Social work services
  • 85311200 · Welfare services for the handicapped
  • 85312100 · Daycare services
  • 85312300 · Guidance and counselling services
  • 85312510 · Vocational rehabilitation services

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