Award

24091 Cambridgeshire County Council Community Navigators

CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

19 Nov 2025 at 10:08

Award

31 Jul 2025 at 08:07

TenderUpdate

25 Apr 2025 at 14:01

Tender

01 Apr 2025 at 08:29

Summary of the contracting process

Cambridgeshire County Council has successfully concluded the procurement process for the "Community Navigators" service, within the health and social work services industry category. This contract aims to support individuals in maintaining independence within their communities, thus reducing reliance on statutory services. The procurement, carried out using an open procedure under the light touch regime, started with a tender initiated on 1 April 2025 and was followed by a series of procurement stages, culminating in the award of the contract to MAKING SPACE on 19 November 2025. The service will be delivered primarily within the Cambridgeshire region (UKH12), with the contract spanning from 6 November 2025 to 30 September 2027, with potential extension for an additional year. The total contract value is £1,274,400 gross, with a net amount of £1,062,000.

This contract presents significant growth opportunities for businesses in the health and social work sector, especially those focusing on care services aimed at fostering independence and community support. The open procurement method encouraged competitive bidding, which was evident as multiple bids were evaluated. Firms that specialize in services for vulnerable populations, including voluntary, community, and social enterprises, particularly those qualifying as SMEs, would find this contract well-suited to their capabilities. The emphasis on quality and social value, each comprising almost half of the evaluation criteria, further underscores the potential for innovation and impactful service delivery in the community.

Find more tenders on our Open Data Platform.
How relevant is this notice?

D3 Tenders Premium

Win More Public Sector Contracts

AI-powered tender discovery, pipeline management, and market intelligence — everything you need to grow your public sector business.

Notice Title

24091 Cambridgeshire County Council Community Navigators

Notice Description

The Care Act places a duty on local authorities to identify people in their area who might have support needs that are not being met and to ensure that services are available to prevent their care needs from becoming more serious, or delay the impact of their needs and ensure adults requiring support get the information and advice they need to make good decisions about care and support. To meet the requirements stated above Cambridgeshire County Council invited tenders for a Community Navigator Service which contributes to Cambridgeshire County Council's delivery of universal services and early intervention and is an element of our demand management arrangements. The service is designed to support people to maintain independence in their own homes and communities therefore reducing the demand on statutory services.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: 1 x 12 month extensions available. The Council at it's sole discretion may extend the contract with 3 month's notice. If the council does not wish to extend the agreement beyond its initial term then it will expire.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fb06
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075063-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,062,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,062,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£1,062,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£1,062,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Nov 20253 months ago
Submission Deadline
6 May 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
29 Jul 20256 months ago
Contract Period
6 Nov 2025 - 30 Sep 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
2027-03-31

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurementandcommercial@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
ALCONBURY WEALD, HUNTINGDON
Postcode
PE28 4YE
Post Town
Peterborough
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location
TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC

Local Authority
Huntingdonshire
Electoral Ward
The Stukeleys
Westminster Constituency
Huntingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MAKING SPACE

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

Download

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

{
    "tag": [
        "compiled"
    ],
    "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fb06-2025-11-19T10:08:23Z",
    "date": "2025-11-19T10:08:23Z",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-04fb06",
    "initiationType": "tender",
    "parties": [
        {
            "id": "GB-PPON-PJVB-3262-VGVJ",
            "name": "Cambridgeshire County Council",
            "identifier": {
                "scheme": "GB-PPON",
                "id": "PJVB-3262-VGVJ"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "New Shire Hall Emery Crescent Enterprise Campus,",
                "locality": "Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon",
                "postalCode": "PE28 4YE",
                "country": "GB",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom",
                "region": "UKH12"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "email": "procurementandcommercial@cambridgeshire.gov.uk"
            },
            "roles": [
                "buyer"
            ],
            "details": {
                "classifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
                        "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
                        "description": "Public authority - sub-central government"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-COH-01642033",
            "name": "MAKING SPACE",
            "identifier": {
                "scheme": "GB-COH",
                "id": "01642033"
            },
            "additionalIdentifiers": [
                {
                    "scheme": "GB-PPON",
                    "id": "PGDX-4135-WLJX"
                }
            ],
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "Lyne House 46 Allen Street",
                "locality": "Cheshire",
                "postalCode": "WA2 7JB",
                "country": "GB",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom",
                "region": "UKD61"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "email": "development@makingspace.co.uk"
            },
            "roles": [
                "supplier"
            ],
            "details": {
                "url": "http://www.makingspace.co.uk",
                "scale": "large",
                "vcse": true,
                "publicServiceMissionOrganization": false,
                "shelteredWorkshop": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "buyer": {
        "id": "GB-PPON-PJVB-3262-VGVJ",
        "name": "Cambridgeshire County Council"
    },
    "planning": {
        "noEngagementNoticeRationale": "Market engagement carried out before 24 Feb 2025 however a soft market test was published on Contracts Finder. https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fe4ef976-87fa-4293-a816-85e19cb659b0"
    },
    "tender": {
        "id": "24091",
        "legalBasis": {
            "id": "2023/54",
            "scheme": "UKPGA",
            "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
        },
        "title": "24091 Cambridgeshire County Council Community Navigators",
        "description": "The Care Act places a duty on local authorities to identify people in their area who might have support needs that are not being met and to ensure that services are available to prevent their care needs from becoming more serious, or delay the impact of their needs and ensure adults requiring support get the information and advice they need to make good decisions about care and support. To meet the requirements stated above Cambridgeshire County Council invited tenders for a Community Navigator Service which contributes to Cambridgeshire County Council's delivery of universal services and early intervention and is an element of our demand management arrangements. The service is designed to support people to maintain independence in their own homes and communities therefore reducing the demand on statutory services.",
        "status": "complete",
        "items": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "additionalClassifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "85000000",
                        "description": "Health and social work services"
                    }
                ],
                "deliveryAddresses": [
                    {
                        "region": "UKH12",
                        "country": "GB",
                        "countryName": "United Kingdom"
                    },
                    {
                        "region": "UKH12",
                        "country": "GB",
                        "countryName": "United Kingdom"
                    }
                ],
                "relatedLot": "1"
            }
        ],
        "value": {
            "amountGross": 1274000,
            "amount": 1062000,
            "currency": "GBP"
        },
        "procurementMethod": "open",
        "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
        "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
        "specialRegime": [
            "lightTouch"
        ],
        "aboveThreshold": true,
        "coveredBy": [
            "GPA"
        ],
        "submissionMethodDetails": "https://procontract.due-north.com/Supplier/Advert/View?advertId=8af6db9c-9dfa-ef11-8136-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=False&fromRfxSummary=False&selectWorkgroup=False&fromAdvertEvent=False&fromActivityDashboard=False",
        "submissionTerms": {
            "electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed",
            "languages": [
                "en"
            ]
        },
        "tenderPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2025-05-06T12:00:00+01:00"
        },
        "enquiryPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2025-04-28T23:59:00+01:00"
        },
        "awardPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2025-06-17T23:59:59+01:00"
        },
        "lots": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "status": "complete",
                "value": {
                    "amountGross": 1274000,
                    "amount": 1062000,
                    "currency": "GBP"
                },
                "awardCriteria": {
                    "criteria": [
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "Quality Assessment",
                            "description": "This section requires a minimum score of 50% of the available marks for the quality assessment. Providers who do not achieve this will be eliminated from the procurement process and their price will not be evaluated.",
                            "numbers": [
                                {
                                    "number": 45,
                                    "weight": "percentageExact"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "Social Value",
                            "numbers": [
                                {
                                    "number": 5,
                                    "weight": "percentageExact"
                                }
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "price",
                            "name": "Price",
                            "numbers": [
                                {
                                    "number": 50,
                                    "weight": "percentageExact"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "selectionCriteria": {
                    "criteria": [
                        {
                            "type": "economic",
                            "description": "Conditions of Participation are set out in appendix 1 of the ITT document."
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "suitability": {
                    "sme": true,
                    "vcse": true
                },
                "contractPeriod": {
                    "startDate": "2025-10-01T00:00:00+01:00",
                    "endDate": "2027-09-30T23:59:59+01:00",
                    "maxExtentDate": "2028-09-30T23:59:59+01:00"
                },
                "hasRenewal": true,
                "renewal": {
                    "description": "1 x 12 month extensions available. The Council at it's sole discretion may extend the contract with 3 month's notice. If the council does not wish to extend the agreement beyond its initial term then it will expire."
                }
            }
        ],
        "documents": [
            {
                "id": "conflictOfInterest",
                "documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
                "description": "Not published"
            },
            {
                "id": "012135-2025",
                "documentType": "tenderNotice",
                "noticeType": "UK4",
                "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
                "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012135-2025",
                "datePublished": "2025-04-01T09:29:06+01:00",
                "format": "text/html"
            },
            {
                "id": "017088-2025",
                "documentType": "tenderNotice",
                "noticeType": "UK4",
                "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
                "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017088-2025",
                "datePublished": "2025-04-25T15:01:32+01:00",
                "format": "text/html"
            }
        ],
        "hasRecurrence": true,
        "recurrence": {
            "dates": [
                {
                    "startDate": "2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00"
                }
            ]
        },
        "contractTerms": {
            "financialTerms": "Please refer to the 'Price and Payment Details' section of the tender questionnaire."
        },
        "riskDetails": "Cambridgeshire County Council is subject to the English Devolution White Paper which will lead to local government re-organisation potentially during the term of this contract. This risk is defined as a known unknown risk as we do not yet understand the implications of that potential re-organisation.",
        "procedure": {
            "isAccelerated": true,
            "acceleratedRationale": "Light touch contract"
        },
        "amendments": [
            {
                "id": "017088-2025",
                "description": "Submission deadline extended by 1 day to avoid bank holiday."
            }
        ]
    },
    "language": "en",
    "bids": {
        "statistics": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "measure": "bids",
                "value": 3,
                "relatedLot": "1"
            },
            {
                "id": "2",
                "measure": "finalStageBids",
                "value": 2,
                "relatedLot": "1"
            },
            {
                "id": "3",
                "measure": "smeFinalStageBids",
                "value": 2,
                "relatedLot": "1"
            },
            {
                "id": "4",
                "measure": "vcseFinalStageBids",
                "value": 2,
                "relatedLot": "1"
            }
        ]
    },
    "awards": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "title": "24091 Cambridgeshire County Council Community Navigators",
            "status": "active",
            "date": "2025-07-30T00:00:00+01:00",
            "value": {
                "amountGross": 1274400,
                "amount": 1062000,
                "currency": "GBP"
            },
            "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
            "aboveThreshold": true,
            "suppliers": [
                {
                    "id": "GB-COH-01642033",
                    "name": "MAKING SPACE"
                }
            ],
            "items": [
                {
                    "id": "1",
                    "additionalClassifications": [
                        {
                            "scheme": "CPV",
                            "id": "85000000",
                            "description": "Health and social work services"
                        }
                    ],
                    "deliveryAddresses": [
                        {
                            "region": "UKH12",
                            "country": "GB",
                            "countryName": "United Kingdom"
                        },
                        {
                            "region": "UKH12",
                            "country": "GB",
                            "countryName": "United Kingdom"
                        }
                    ],
                    "relatedLot": "1"
                }
            ],
            "standstillPeriod": {
                "endDate": "2025-08-12T23:59:59+01:00"
            },
            "contractPeriod": {
                "startDate": "2025-10-01T00:00:00+01:00",
                "endDate": "2027-09-30T23:59:59+01:00",
                "maxExtentDate": "2028-09-30T23:59:59+01:00"
            },
            "hasRenewal": true,
            "renewal": {
                "description": "1 x 12 month extension may be used subject to agreement from both parties."
            },
            "relatedLots": [
                "1"
            ],
            "documents": [
                {
                    "id": "044556-2025",
                    "documentType": "awardNotice",
                    "noticeType": "UK6",
                    "description": "Contract award notice on Find a Tender",
                    "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044556-2025",
                    "datePublished": "2025-07-31T09:07:49+01:00",
                    "format": "text/html"
                }
            ],
            "assessmentSummariesDateSent": "2025-07-30T00:00:00+01:00",
            "milestones": [
                {
                    "id": "1",
                    "type": "futureSignatureDate",
                    "dueDate": "2025-08-13T23:59:59+01:00",
                    "status": "scheduled"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "contracts": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "awardID": "1",
            "title": "24091 Cambridgeshire County Council Community Navigators",
            "status": "active",
            "period": {
                "startDate": "2025-11-06T00:00:00Z",
                "endDate": "2027-09-30T23:59:59+01:00",
                "maxExtentDate": "2028-09-30T23:59:59+01:00"
            },
            "hasRenewal": true,
            "renewal": {
                "description": "1 x 12 month extension may be used subject to agreement from both parties."
            },
            "value": {
                "amountGross": 1274400,
                "amount": 1062000,
                "currency": "GBP"
            },
            "aboveThreshold": true,
            "dateSigned": "2025-11-06T00:00:00Z",
            "documents": [
                {
                    "id": "075063-2025",
                    "documentType": "contractNotice",
                    "noticeType": "UK7",
                    "description": "Contract details notice on Find a Tender",
                    "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075063-2025",
                    "datePublished": "2025-11-19T10:08:23Z",
                    "format": "text/html"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}