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Opportunity overview
Southwark Council is currently reviewing its arrangements for the commissioning of Alternative Provision and is developing proposals for a future Alternative Provision Framework. As part of this work, we are undertaking an initial market engagement and costing exercise with providers currently delivering, or potentially able to deliver, Alternative Provision. The purpose of this exercise is to help the Council: • understand the current capacity and capability of the Alternative Provision market; • understand the range of services providers are able to offer; • obtain indicative costs for different types and levels of provision; • identify any gaps in current provision or market capacity; • inform the development of the future Framework specification and pricing structure; and • understand the potential level of provider interest in participating in the future Framework. Interested parties are to complete the attached questionnaire and submit the response via the messaging service within the Pro-Contract portal at https://procontract.due-north.com by 12pm on 3rd November 2026.
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Published notice details
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Southwark Council is currently reviewing its arrangements for the commissioning of Alternative Provision and is developing proposals for a future Alternative Provision Framework. As part of this work, we are undertaking an initial market engagement and costing exercise with providers currently delivering, or potentially able to deliver, Alternative Provision. The purpose of this exercise is to help the Council: • understand the current capacity and capability of the Alternative Provision market; • understand the range of services providers are able to offer; • obtain indicative costs for different types and levels of provision; • identify any gaps in current provision or market capacity; • inform the development of the future Framework specification and pricing structure; and • understand the potential level of provider interest in participating in the future Framework. Interested parties are to complete the attached questionnaire and submit the response via the messaging service within the Pro-Contract portal at https://procontract.due-north.com by 12pm on 3rd November 2026.
This is not an invitation to tender nor does it preclude or favour eligibility to participate in the formal procurement once it starts.
Details in this PME are subject to being updated or changed in the final tender notice.
The council reserves the right to cancel, postpone, suspend or abort this procurement at any stage. The issue of this PME in no way commits the council to commence the procurement process.
Due
3 Nov 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
099544-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Buyer location · London · UKI44 · SE1 2QH · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKI44 · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
2 VERSIONS
1
ocds-h6vhtk-051c2e-2025-05-21T18:12:43+01:00Pipeline notice on Find a Tender ·
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099544-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Early-stage market engagement by London Borough of Southwark to inform a proposed future Alternative Provision Framework. The Council is seeking questionnaire responses from providers about capacity, services offered and indicative costs; this is not stated as an open tender.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for providers able to deliver Alternative Provision services, including youth, special, vocational secondary and school-related education services. Final framework scope and supplier requirements are not yet stated.
Key points identified
Market engagement responseComplete the attached questionnaire and submit a response through the Pro-Contract portal messaging service.Evidence: "Interested parties are to complete the attached questionnaire and submit the response via the messaging service within the Pro-Contract portal"
Information soughtCapacity, capability, service range and indicative costs for Alternative Provision.Evidence: "understand the current capacity and capability"; "understand the range of services"; "obtain indicative costs"
Future framework participationThe Council is seeking to understand potential provider interest; participation requirements are not stated.Evidence: "understand the potential level of provider interest in participating in the future Framework"
91% approved-analysis confidence5 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Early-stage market engagement by London Borough of Southwark to inform a proposed future Alternative Provision Framework. The Council is seeking questionnaire responses from providers about capacity, services offered and indicative costs; this is not stated as an open tender.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for providers able to deliver Alternative Provision services, including youth, special, vocational secondary and school-related education services. Final framework scope and supplier requirements are not yet stated.
Key deliverables
Complete and submit the attached market-engagement questionnaire via the Pro-Contract messaging service.
Provide information on capacity, capability, services offered and indicative costs.
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
5 criteria identified
Market engagement response
99% confidence
Complete the attached questionnaire and submit a response through the Pro-Contract portal messaging service.
View supporting evidence
"Interested parties are to complete the attached questionnaire and submit the response via the messaging service within the Pro-Contract portal"
Information sought
98% confidence
Capacity, capability, service range and indicative costs for Alternative Provision.
View supporting evidence
"understand the current capacity and capability"; "understand the range of services"; "obtain indicative costs"
Future framework participation
94% confidence
The Council is seeking to understand potential provider interest; participation requirements are not stated.
View supporting evidence
"understand the potential level of provider interest in participating in the future Framework"
Eligibility criteria
99% confidence
Unknown.
View supporting evidence
No eligibility criteria are supplied in the notice data.
SME or VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Suitable-for-SME and suitable-for-VCSE fields are null.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Published maximum value
90% confidence
Up to £9,000,000 GBP.
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process.value_max: 9000000; currency: GBP.
Cost information requested
99% confidence
Indicative costs for different types and levels of provision.
View supporting evidence
"obtain indicative costs for different types and levels of provision"
Commercial terms
98% confidence
Unknown; pricing structure is still being developed.
View supporting evidence
"inform the development of the future Framework specification and pricing structure"
Delivery
Stated delivery area
95% confidence
UKI44, United Kingdom.
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Delivery location: region "UKI44", country "United Kingdom".
Detailed delivery locations
99% confidence
Unknown.
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The delivery locality and postal code are null.
Delivery timeframe
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Contract start and end dates are null.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Upcoming planned preliminary market engagement; it is an early-stage exercise, not a stated open bidding opportunity.
View supporting evidence
display_status: "upcoming"; source_status: "planned"; notice_type: "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender".
Engagement response deadline
98% confidence
12pm on 3 November 2026.
View supporting evidence
"submit the response ... by 12pm on 3rd November 2026"
Response channel
99% confidence
Pro-Contract portal messaging service (https://procontract.due-north.com).
View supporting evidence
"via the messaging service within the Pro-Contract portal at https://procontract.due-north.com"
Procurement method
99% confidence
Unknown.
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procurement_method and procurement_method_details are null.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage scope risk
99% confidence
The future framework specification, pricing structure, procurement route, tender timetable and final supplier requirements are unknown because this is market engagement.
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"developing proposals for a future Alternative Provision Framework"; "inform the development of the future Framework specification and pricing structure".
Publication-date inconsistency
99% confidence
The supplied process publication timestamp is 21 May 2025, while the notice document publication timestamp and source update are 21 October 2026. The supplied source does not resolve this inconsistency.
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published_at: "2025-05-21T18:12:43+01:00"; document published_at and source_updated_at: "2026-10-21T14:28:17+01:00".
Lot detail limitation
99% confidence
A planned Lot 1 is supplied without a title, description, value or deadline, so no lot-specific scope can be established.
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Lot 1 has null title, description, value_amount and submission_deadline.
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