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Further market engagement for Short Breaks services

London Borough of Camden · Local authority

In brief

London Borough of Camden has announced plans to buy care work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £32,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 4 years, up to 8 years with extensions, starting 1 April 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 26 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £32,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

Following the previous market engagement held in April 2026, the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington are holding a third market engagement event to discuss the Short Breaks service. Camden Council is undertaking an online pre-market engagement exercise to inform the development of its procurement strategy and requirements. The engagement event will provide interested organisations with an opportunity to learn more about the Council's objectives, proposed scope, and procurement approach, and to provide feedback, insights, and suggestions that may help shape the future procurement. Participation in this engagement process is voluntary and will not influence the evaluation of any future…Read the full description
Following the previous market engagement held in April 2026, the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington are holding a third market engagement event to discuss the Short Breaks service. Camden Council is undertaking an online pre-market engagement exercise to inform the development of its procurement strategy and requirements. The engagement event will provide interested organisations with an opportunity to learn more about the Council's objectives, proposed scope, and procurement approach, and to provide feedback, insights, and suggestions that may help shape the future procurement. Participation in this engagement process is voluntary and will not influence the evaluation of any future tender submissions. The details are as below: Time and date: 2pm to 3:30pm on Wednesday 9th September 2026 Location: via Microsoft Teams Both boroughs seek to appoint a number of providers to the new joint borough Framework which aims to commence on or around 1st April 2027. Please read the attached document for more information and if you would like to attend the engagement event and/or submit any questions prior to the event, please use the messaging facility within ProContracts in the first instance. Alternatively, if you are experiencing problems accessing ProContracts and wish to attend this session, please email [email removed], copying [email removed], no later than 1pm on Monday 7th September 2026. You will need to provide the organisation name who will likely participate in the process , the full name name of attendee, their position, email address and contact number.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 079128-2026

About the buyer

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From notice 079128-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 19 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.