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Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames has awarded a contract for "Richmond Day Services," focusing on providing day services for adults with care needs, particularly older individuals with complex needs and working-age adults with neurological conditions. This procurement, categorised under community and social services, is set in the United Kingdom, specifically in the UKI75 region. It follows a direct award methodology under light touch regimes, given its nature as a mutual co-investment community partnership. The process, marked by the absence of a tender due to the technical reasons outlined, concluded its award phase on 24th July 2026. The contract is planned to commence on 1st October 2026, running through to 30th September 2031, with an optional extension up to 2036, depending on demand and provider intentions.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses skilled in delivering community-based and social services. With a contract value surpassing £17 million, it is especially suited for large-scale suppliers such as AGE UK Richmond Upon Thames and St Augustine's Community Care Trust, which have the established local engagement and collaboration necessary to meet the council's specific needs. The procurement process, favouring a direct award due to the absence of viable competitive alternatives, encourages businesses capable of co-investment and service co-development, fostering long-term growth through strategic community partnerships.

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Notice Title

Richmond Day Services

Notice Description

Day services for adults with eligible care needs namely services supporting older people with complex needs and working age adults with neurological conditions.

Procurement Information

The contract is being treated as subject to the Procurement Act 2023 to ensure transparency. However, the Council consider its nature is that of a mutual co-investment community partnership agreement for a common public benefit purpose, not a free-standing service contract. Therefore, the Council consider that it is exempt from the obligation to publish a tender and conduct a competitive tendering process on the basis that there is an absence of competition for technical reasons, including the following: embedded local community engagement and collaboration across services are essential requirements to meet assessed needs. Providers with those potential characteristics and capabilities were invited to extensive pre-commissioning engagement. As a result of that pre- commissioning engagement the Council's officers have judged that only the providers selected are able and willing to co-invest bringing mixed funding models, work in partnership and co-design, co-develop and deliver the required service transformation; and that for these Official precise requirements there are no reasonable alternatives. The Council has reached this conclusion on the basis that detailed, several stage pre procurement market engagement demonstrated a lack of other suppliers expressing interest to meet the Council's specific requirements, that the intention was to involve as many providers as were interested, able and willing and that the community partnership commissioning approach was adopted, because previous competitive procurements have not been successful in leading to contracts with satisfactory, able and willing suppliers, indicating there is no functional competitive market. The conclusion of the Council, from the pre-commissioning engagement process, is that direct award is appropriate and that adopting a competitive tender process, in the circumstances, would be artificial and involve disproportionate time and cost.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d316
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070352-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85312000 - Social work services without accommodation

85322000 - Community action programme

85323000 - Community health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£17,947,125 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jul 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
23 Jul 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES
Contact Name
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Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
TWICKEHAM
Postcode
TW1 3BZ
Post Town
Twickenham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Electoral Ward
Twickenham Riverside
Westminster Constituency
Twickenham

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

AGE UK RICHMOND UPON THAMES

ST AUGUSTINE'S COMMUNITY CARE TRUST

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