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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Community Led Family Support Services

Leicester City Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 11:12.

Opportunity overview

The Community Led Family Support Service is a new citywide provision to be commissioned to provide sustained, relationship-based and practical support to families where neglect is a persistent concern, but below Family Help or statutory safeguarding thresholds and where intervention from Family Help or statutory Children’s Social Care is not required at the point of referral. The Council would like to invite Suppliers to submit a Tender for selection of a single Supplier to provide a Community Led Family Support service to improve children’s daily lived experience by supporting families to make and sustain changes in relation to neglect, parenting capacity, routines, home conditions, family functioning and engagement with support. The total possible contract duration is seven years, which consists of an initial term of three years with the option to extend for up to a further four years on a two plus two basis subject to funding.

Classification

  • CPV85300000 — Social work and related services

Lots

  • Lot 1£2.8m

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
SCE0060
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
Submissions need to be completed electronically via the Proactis portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Home
Has Recurrence
Yes

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure

Features
In this Competitive Flexible procedure, Stage 1 will be conducted on a standalone basis and up to three tenderers that meet the Conditions for Participation and Award Criteria will then be selected based upon the scores they receive during stage 1. Stage 1 - Compliance and Conditions of Participation; Award Criteria; Assessment of Quality Questions and Price; Moderation Stage 2 – Tender and Clarification Interviews Stage 3 - Recommendation for Award Stage 1 – Initial tender submission Suppliers are required to submit all required tender documents as detailed within the tender documents. All submissions will then be evaluated in line with the published scoring methodology and the Authority will invite the three highest scoring suppliers along to interview which is stage 2. Stage 2 – Tender and Clarification Interview Shortlisted Suppliers will be invited to attend a clarification interview to explore and clarify their response. The interviews are intended to assist the Authority’s understanding of the submitted tenders.

Special regime

lightTouch

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Tender Period

Ends
2 Sept 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
17 Aug 2026, 12:00

Expected award period

Ends
21 Oct 2026, 23:59

Recurrence

Dates

Entry 1
Starts
3 Aug 2033, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Including VAT
3,360,000
Amount
2,800,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price
Name
Price

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
30
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Type
quality
Name
Quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
70
Weight
percentageExact

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
4 Jan 2027, 00:00
Ends
3 Dec 2030, 23:59
Max Extent Date
3 Jan 2034, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The contract can be extended on a 2+2, this is subject to funding.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85300000
Description
Social work and related services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
future
Document Type
biddingDocuments
Access Details
Documents will be uploaded to the Proactis portal https://procontract.due-north.com/Home
Entry 2
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 3
Id
072657-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
31 Jul 2026, 12:02
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Leicester City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PXRT-5737-VBQD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PXRT-5737-VBQD

Address

Street Address
City Hall (4th Floor)
Locality
Leicester
Postal Code
LE1 1FZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF21

Contact

Name
Siobhan Paterson
Telephone
+44 1164542158

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Leicester · UKF21 · LE1 1FZ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 009129-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 072657-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·