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SCE0077- Children’s Commissioning Arrangement

Leicester City Council · Local authority

In brief

Leicester City Council has announced plans to buy care and healthcare 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 £1 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 8 years, starting 1 August 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

Usually high: a median of 6 bids per contract for this buyer (from 57 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 £1 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council (the Authority) are considering progressing a Children’s Commissioning Arrangement for Leicester City. It is anticipated that tenders for this service would be sought in Quarter 1 of 2027, to enable a new contract to begin on Quarter 3 of 2027. As part of the commissioning process, the authority is undertaking a Soft Market Test (SMT). This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential service model and specification principles. The commissioners may use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification. This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The authority is using this process solely to test the market, gather information, and ascertain the level of interest in this particular service. There are therefore no formal criteria which we will use to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback.

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 085824-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 096881-2026
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 104518-2026

About the buyer

Leicester City CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

360

Awards

232

Suppliers it has used most for care

All tenders and awards from Leicester City Council

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From notice 085824-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 10 September 2026, last updated 4 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 4 November 2026.