Coming up· published 7 Jan 2026
Market Engagement Exercise: Meet The Buyer Event for Newham Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing Scheme Lot 1, covering Round 6 reopening of the PDPS and a potential upcoming mini-competition - Clova Road mini-tender under the PDPS.
London Borough of Newham · Newham, London
London Borough of Newham is planning this contract. It is a dynamic for other health and social care in Newham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 8 Jan 2026. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2026
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 16:53
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
London Borough of Newham is planning this contract. It is a dynamic for other health and social care in Newham. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Find a Tender published it on 8 January 2026. The notice number is 001626-2026. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-060242.
Summary of the contracting process
The London Borough of Newham is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process for their Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS), specifically focused on Lot 1 of social work and related services. The initiative, known as the Market Engagement Exercise, aims to reopen the PDPS for new entrants with a dedicated Meet The Buyer event on 28th January 2026 at 10:30 am.
Interested suppliers can apply to join the PDPS before the deadline of 12th March 2026. The project includes a potential mini-competition for the Clova Road development, a new residential provision for young people scheduled to open in 2027, located in Newham, London. This exercise falls under the services category and is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The PDPS allows service providers to engage in a competitive mini-tender process, opening avenues for contracts such as the Clova Road project.
The notice in full
Newham Council has an existing Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (known as PDPS). The initial round was awarded 31/03/2022. The Contract Award Notice for the PDPS is find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080665-2025 The PDPS services scope is fully set out in paragraph 2 below.
The PDPS is currently opened for new entrants to join subject to the PDPS selection process as per the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR). This selection round was opened under Contract Notice 2025/S 000-075111. Newham Council plans to extend this round to 12/03/2026.
This is to allow for interested suppliers to access the PDPS and submit their requests for entry to join the PDPS. The Council will is also seeking to hold a virtual Meet The Buyer Event on Wednesday 28th January 2026 at 10:30am as part of this process.
The event will be an opportunity for organisations interested in joining the PDPS and/or in the forthcoming potential mini-competition via the PDPS for Clova Road to understand the Council requirements and get an opportunity to ask questions. Overview of the Clova Road mini-competition: Clova Road is a new 8-bed home for young people aged 18-25 scheduled to open in 2027.
This event will clarify key requirements of the PDPS Lot 1 Round 6 tender process and Clova Road mini tender process and share general feedback on issues identified during tender process thus far. This event is for both organisations who are already part of the PDPS, and providers who are interested in joining the PDPS to access the Clova Road mini competition. This is not an invitation to tender.
The process for the mini-competition shall be as follow: 1) Suppliers must be registered under the PDPS to take part in this mini-competition. New suppliers must submit their bids by the end date of the current round - 12/03/2026. Please note that this date may be altered as required.
In the event of alteration, the Contract Notice 2025/S 000-075111will be updated accordingly to inform the market. 2) Following closure of Round 6, suppliers who have submitted a bid will be assessed and if successful will be admitted onto the PDPS. 3) A mini-competition (subject to approval of the Council's corporate and governance processes) will then be undertaken via Lot 1 of this PDPS.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
The London Borough of Newham (PDPS) Commissioning Homes for Looked After Children and Care Leavers includes the provision of: Lot 1: Provision of Semi-Independent Living Services (now Supported Accommodation regulated by Ofsted) Lot 2: Provision of Children's Homes regulated by Ofsted Lot 3: Provision of Supported Lodgings Lot 4: Provision of Independent Fostering Agencies (IFA) regulated by Ofsted Lot 1 Provision of Semi Independent Living Services includes the following sub categories: i) Lot 1a Standard Semi-independent Living ii) Lot 1b High Needs Semi-independent Living iii) Lot 1c Independent Living with Floating Support -standalone iv) Lot 1d Independent Living with Floating Support - HMO/shared accommodation v) Lot 1e Support Only Clova Road is a new high support provision for Care Leavers and homeless young people aged 18-25,
scheduled to open in 2027. A mini tender via the PDPS Lot 1b is currently planned to be undertaken in Q2-3 2026 to award the service delivery contract for Clova Road. These timelines are indicative only and will be subject to Council priorities and governance processes.
Additional information: The market engagement event will take place on Wednesday 28th January 2026 at 10:30am. To register for the event please click on the following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/market-engagement-newham-pdps-supported-accommodation-tickets-1979859688625?aff=oddtdtcreator
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Dynamic
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 001626-2026
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-060242
- CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Newham
- Town
- East London
- Postcode
- E16 2QU
- Electoral ward
- Royal Albert
- Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton
- Delivery area
- Hackney and Newham
- Region
- London
- Sub-region
- Hackney and Newham
- Area
- Inner London - East
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- London Borough of Newham
- Category
- Services
- Address
- London, E16 2QU · London · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- Elyq.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comelyq.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/redwood/supplier-registrat…
- Eventbrite.co.ukeventbrite.co.uk/e/market-engagement-newham-pdps-supported-ac…
- Find-tender.service.gov.ukfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080665-2025
- Latest noticefind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001626-2026
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-060242 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about this tender
When will the Market Engagement Exercise: Meet The Buyer Event for Newham Pseudo-Dynamic… tender open?
London Borough of Newham has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
Who is the buyer for Market Engagement Exercise: Meet The Buyer Event for Newham Pseudo-Dynamic…?
London Borough of Newham, based in Newham, London.
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