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Market Engagement - Home Settle and Support Service

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · Local authority

In brief

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 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.

The estimated value is £440,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 4 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 5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 17 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The Home, Settle and Support service provides short-term, practical support to vulnerable residents following a hospital stay, Emergency Department presentation, or where they are at risk of hospital admission from the community. The service supports timely and safe discharge, helps people regain confidence and independence at home, reduce loneliness and social isolation as well as prevent avoidable readmissions. Support is tailored to individual need and normally provided for a short period, up to a maximum of four weeks, with clear signposting and warm handovers into relevant community and voluntary sector services. We are inviting the market to help us develop our future iteration of the service through shared experience, best practice and innovation. This is solely for the purpose of gathering information and understanding market capability and capacity and not a call to competition. Participation in this engagement is voluntary and will have no bearing on any future procurement activity. Suppliers who participate will not receive any preferential treatment, advantage, or influence in any subsequent procurement process. Equally, suppliers who choose not to participate will not be disadvantaged or excluded from any future opportunity.

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 060638-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 060641-2026
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 063707-2026

Last time this was bought

Carers Support Service

Won by
Carers Centre SA Ltd
Awarded
10 February 2026
Value
£1,732,425
Bids
5

Matched on London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

London Borough of Barking and DagenhamLast 12 months

Procurements

47

Awards

25

Suppliers it has used most for care

All tenders and awards from London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

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From notice 060638-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 29 June 2026, last updated 7 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.