Notice Information
Notice Title
Supported Living for Adults with Learning Disability and/or Physical Disabilities - North Walsham, Norfolk
Notice Description
Norfolk County Council wishes to award a contract to a provider to deliver support and enablement to lower needs people with learning difficulties and people with physical disabilities at a scheme in North Walsham, Norfolk. This scheme will be developed during the course of 2026 and is due to open in early 2027. It will accommodate and provide support for 9 adults across three bungalows, six apartments and a staff hub on the same site.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Council shall be entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the Contract Period for a further period or periods of up to a total of 10 years in periods of 2 years upon giving the Provider written notice of its intention no later than six (6) months prior to the end of the Initial Term or the previous extension period. Please note - the dates are a very loose estimate. Actual date of commencement will depend on development.
Planning Information
This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) for information purposes only. It is not a formal invitation to tender. You will need to respond to the tender notice in order to be considered for these contracts. The purpose of this PMEN is to maximise transparency and competition for the upcoming tender notice. All details in this PMEN are subject to being updated or changed in the tender notice. We are publishing this notice to share engagement outputs and to ensure as wider audience as possible are aware and informed of Norfolk County Council's intentions. The PMEN fulfils the requirement for a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to be issued under the Procurement Act 2023. A tender notice will be published to advertise this opportunity . Norfolk County Council are engaging with the market prior to tendering for a contract to provide supported living to adults with LD/PD in Norfolk. If you wish to participate in the market engagement, please register on in-tend the council's portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home and express an interest in this project. Please then use the correspondence facility to let us know you wish to attend and the email addresses of those attending. This will be carried out via Teams, so you will be sent an invite. To confirm the date we are proposing for market engagement is 7th January 2026.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f085
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008190-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £9,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £9,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Mar 20266 days to go
- Future Notice Date
- 31 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR1 2DH
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH16 North and West Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Norwich
- Electoral Ward
- Lakenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008190-2026
29th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080500-2025
8th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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