--- title: "Learning Disability Residential Care Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077745" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077745" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077745.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077745.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea" published: "2026-09-22" --- # Learning Disability Residential Care Market Engagement Buyer: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077745 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077745) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077745.json) ## Summary The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is planning to procure residential care and support for adults with learning disabilities in Kensington and Chelsea. The service currently covers two homes: Barlby Road, with four units, and St Quintin’s Avenue, with six units, supporting 10 predominantly older residents with complex learning disabilities, high support needs, complex behaviours and communication needs. The purpose is to provide safe, person-centred care that promotes wellbeing, independence, choice, control and quality of life, while meeting the Council’s statutory duties under the Care Act 2014. This is a social care service with accommodation, classified under CPV 85311000. The procurement is intended to secure continued provision across the existing residential settings. This procurement is at the planning and market-engagement stage, not a call for tenders or a pre-qualification exercise. The Council is considering an open procedure, with an indicative future notice date of March 2027 and anticipated service commencement in late 2027. The initial contract period is expected to run from October 2027 to September 2032, with options that could extend delivery to September 2037. The indicative total value is £12.13 million excluding VAT, or £14.556 million including VAT; the stated annual values are about £574,000 for Barlby Road and £639,000 for St Quintin’s Avenue. The Council is seeking market feedback on interest and capacity to shape its procurement strategy and service specification. Market-engagement responses are expected by 9 October 2026. The future procurement is likely to suit established residential social care providers, including small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises. Relevant suppliers will need the operational capacity to run accommodation-based services for 10 residents with complex learning disabilities and high support needs, including complex behaviours and communication needs. Strong capability in person-centred care, safeguarding, supporting independence and promoting choice, control and wellbeing will be important. Providers should be able to deliver consistent, high-quality care in residential settings and demonstrate how they meet statutory adult social care duties and achieve positive outcomes for residents. Businesses with experience supporting predominantly older adults with learning disabilities, and with capacity to engage in a substantial long-term service arrangement, should monitor the planned competition and use the current engagement to provide informed market feedback. ## Notice Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) currently commissions two Learning Disability Residential Care Services for Adults at Barlby Road (4 units) and St Quintin's Avenue (6 units), supporting 10 residents with complex learning disabilities and high support needs. A procurement exercise is required to secure the continued provision of high-quality residential care and support services that meet the Council's statutory duties under the Care Act 2014. The services support predominantly older adults with learning disabilities, including individuals with significant care needs, complex behaviours and communication needs. Their purpose is to provide safe, person-centred care and support that promotes wellbeing, independence, choice, control and quality of life, enabling residents to achieve the best possible outcomes. Funding arrangements are to be finalised, but the indicative annual value of the contracts will be around PS574k for Barlby Road and PS639k for St Quintin Avenue. This Market Engagement Questionnaire is issued on behalf of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), to obtain market feedback in relation to the future procurement of Learning Disability Residential Care in the borough. The Market Engagement Questionnaire is not a call for tenders or a pre-qualification exercise. The purpose of the questionnaire is to gain insight and to gauge the level of interest and capacity of the market with feedback used to inform the procurement strategy and service specification. The Council is currently considering re-tendering under an open procedure in early 2027 for service commencement in late 2027. The procurement will fall within, and comply, with the Procurement Act 2023. It is likely the contract(s) will be for an initial duration of five years, with options to extend for three years and an additional option to extend for two years. This questionnaire will not form part of the formal procurement process. All responses are to be submitted by 9 October 2026. The link to the questionnaire can be found here - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FcHYUH-3lUOjujtAfK8NiHnwIss--i9JnfXcyoUzNVlURE05MjI2REI0WllSSU5IOFowRkFJUTIwUi4u&route=shorturl ### Planning Information This Market Engagement Questionnaire is issued on behalf of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), to obtain market feedback in relation to the future procurement of Learning Disability Residential Care in the borough. The Market Engagement Questionnaire is not a call for tenders or a pre-qualification exercise. The purpose of the questionnaire is to gain insight and to gauge the level of interest and capacity of the market with feedback used to inform the procurement strategy and service specification. The Council is currently considering re-tendering under an open procedure in early 2027 for service commencement in late 2027. The procurement will fall within, and comply, with the Procurement Act 2023. It is likely the contract(s) will be for an initial duration of five years, with options to extend for three years and an additional option to extend for two years. This questionnaire will not form part of the formal procurement process. All responses are to be submitted by 9 October 2026. The link to the questionnaire can be found here - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FcHYUH-3lUOjujtAfK8NiHnwIss--i9JnfXcyoUzNVlURE05MjI2REI0WllSSU5IOFowRkFJUTIwUi4u&route=shorturl ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089526-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Mar 2027 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Oct 2027 - 30 Sep 2032 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £12,130,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | West London | | Postcode | W8 7NX | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | | Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea | | Electoral ward | Campden | | Westminster constituency | Kensington and Bayswater | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation ## Release History - 22 Sep 2026 at 11:27 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089526-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089526-2026 22nd September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FcHYUH-3lUOjujtAfK8NiHnwIss--i9JnfXcyoUzNVlURE05MjI2REI0WllSSU5IOFowRkFJUTIwUi4u&route=shorturl - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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