Notice Information
Notice Title
Care and support at six supported living sites for adults with Mental Health Difficulties
Notice Description
This tender which is for care and support services at the six supported living sites for adults with mental health difficulties. The six sites are dedicated to serving vulnerable adults with varying levels of mental illness and who may: be in receipt of clinical treatment, have previously been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, use drugs and/or alcohol, have a 'dual diagnosis', have been or be involved in the criminal justice system. These adults may be using secondary mental health services coordinated by Brent Mental Health Service staff and will have been assessed as eligible to move into supported accommodation. All six sites currently accommodate 33 existing service users. Lot 1 - Mental Health Supported Living Service at Braemar Avenue, Craven Park Road and St Gabriels Road Lot 2 - Mental Health Supported Living Service at Braemar Avenue, Craven Park Road and St Gabriels Road. The total contract value for all services for the initial contract term of five years and two year extension (7 years) is estimated to be PS3,701,257 for Lot 1 and PS3,865,536 for Lot 2. The procurement process will follow the competitive flexible procedure in accordance with the Act. The Services to which the Procurement relate fall within the "Light Touch Contracts" of Schedule 1 to the Procurement Regulations 2024 (the Regulations). Following evaluation of the responses to the PSQ submitted in response to the Tender Notice, provided there are six suitable Bidders based on application of the PSQ evaluation, the Council intends to invite the top six scoring Bidders to tender via issue of the ITT.
Lot Information
Lot 1 Mental Health Supported Living Service at Braemar Avenue, Craven Park Road and St Gabriels Road
* Mental Health Supported Living Service at 54 Braemar Avenue, Wembley. * Mental Health Supported Living Service at 18 Saint Gabriels Road, Cricklewood. * Mental Health Supported Living Service at 69 Craven Park Road, Roundwood. Braemar Avenue, St Gabriels and Craven Park Road will be tendered as one Lot with one provider delivering care at all 3 services.
Renewal: The duration of the contracts for the the Lot will be for a period of five years with the option to extend for a further two years on a one plus one basis (5+1+1) subject to satisfactory performance of the contract by the successful provider.
Lot 2 - Mental Health Supported Living Service at The Mall, Essex Road and Walm Lane* Mental Health Supported Living Service at 144 The Mall Kenton. * Mental Health Supported Living Service at 33 Essex Road Roundwood. * Mental Health Supported Living Service at 155 Walm Lane Cricklewood. The Mall, Essex Road and Walm Lane will be tendered as one Lot with one provider delivering care at three services.
Renewal: The duration of the contract for the Lot will be for a period of five years with the option to extend for a further two years on a one plus one basis (5+1+1) subject to satisfactory performance of the contract by the successful provider.
Planning Information
The Council will be running a market engagement event to inform suppliers of the upcoming opportunity. The event is scheduled for 11 February 2026 will begin at 10.30am and be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. Suppliers interested in attending the market engagement should express an interest in the opportunity to be sent a message from the Council requesting information on attendees. Please express an interest no later than 5pm, 10/02/2026 in order to receive the invitation link via the messaging facility on the London Tenders Portal. Link to opportunity: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=76c9cd40-75f8-f011-813c-005056b64545&p=2241eb95-058a-e511-80f7-000c29c9ba21
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-060db2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020712-2026
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,566,793 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £7,566,793 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Mar 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Apr 20265 days to go
- Future Notice Date
- 18 Feb 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- 2031-03-09
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WEMBLEY
- Postcode
- HA9 0FJ
- Post Town
- Harrow
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI72 Brent
- Delivery Location
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West, TLI72 Brent
-
- Local Authority
- Brent
- Electoral Ward
- Wembley Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Brent West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020712-2026
9th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006340-2026
23rd January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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