Documented tender results

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Each case study separates the provider’s position, the procurement challenge, TenderLab’s role and the evidence supporting the result.

Redacted local authority tender award correspondence used as supporting evidence

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10 documented cases

Supported Living

Bedford Borough Council · Framework

Bedford Supported Living and Community Based Support Framework 2025

Starting position: Owner-led growing provider. Sub-30 percent acceptance rate framework. Case study sub-points implied rather than evidenced.
Recorded result: 1 of 44 from 154 · 3 lots awarded

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Domiciliary Care

Essex County Council · Framework

Essex Live at Home Domiciliary Framework 2025 : Five Tier 2 Lots

Starting position: Tier 1 not achievable at close. Digital systems active operationally but unpacked for evaluator review.
Recorded result: 5 Tier 2 lots · 5 lots awarded

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Multi-Service Care

Dorset Council · Open Framework

Dorset Care, Support, Housing and Community Safety Open Framework 2024 : Five Lots

Starting position: Single set of generic answers stretched across five distinct cohort lots. Live-in cover bundled into domiciliary content.
Recorded result: 5 lots on first application · 5 lots awarded

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Mental Health

Bradford Council · Provider List

Bradford Mental Health Supported Living Provider List 2025

Starting position: Quality answers written for an unwritten 0–5 gradient. Coproduction referenced rather than demonstrated.
Recorded result: 6/8 full marks · 2 lots awarded

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Children's Accommodation

Southend-on-Sea City Council · Framework

Southend-on-Sea Children's Residential and Accommodation Framework 2025–2028

Starting position: Adult social care provider stretching into 18+ children's services. Adult-derived case examples and superseded policy citations.
Recorded result: Lot 2 D, E and F · 3 sub-lots

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Domiciliary Care

Essex County Council · Framework

Essex Live at Home Domiciliary Framework 2025 : Five Tier 2 Lots, Documented Tier 1 Path

Starting position: Q9 Video evidence missing at first close. Clarification window passed without response. Tier 1 lost on procedural grounds.
Recorded result: 5 Tier 2 lots · 5 lots awarded

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Children's Homecare

Hertfordshire County Council · Framework

Hertfordshire Children and Young People with Disabilities Homecare Framework

Starting position: Adult-derived homecare narrative applied to a children and young people SEND framework.
Recorded result: Both lots awarded · 2 lots awarded

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Supported Living

Central Bedfordshire Council · Direct Contract

Central Bedfordshire Supported Living Direct Contract

Starting position: Generic supported living narrative insufficient for MEAT-weighted cohort scoring.
Recorded result: Lot 1 awarded · 1 lot awarded

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Children's Services

Local Authority Children's Services · Direct Contract

Local Authority Children's Services Direct Contract

Starting position: Adult-derived defaults applied to a children's services rubric with a six-question technical structure.
Recorded result: Position awarded · 1 position

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Adult Social Care

Sheffield City Council · DPS

Sheffield Adults with Disabilities DPS, Lot 3 Overnight Short Breaks 2025

Starting position: No prior place on the Sheffield DPS. Operationally strong, procurement-thin. No internal bid lead.
Recorded result: Lot 3 awarded · 1 lot awarded

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Case-study questions

What these results do—and do not—prove.

Evidence should reduce uncertainty, not create a promise that the next procurement will behave the same way.

01What evidence supports these case studies?

The case-study pages show redacted award correspondence, score information or procurement references where those records are available. Personal and commercially sensitive information is removed before publication.

02Does a previous result guarantee the same outcome for another provider?

No. Every procurement has different participation conditions, competitors, pricing and evaluation criteria. The case studies show documented work and outcomes; they are not a forecast or guarantee for a future tender.

03Can we use another provider’s case study in our own tender response?

No. Your submission must rely on evidence your organisation can substantiate. TenderLab uses your operational records, people, controls and outcomes to build your own evidence trail.

04Can TenderLab show the closest comparable example for our service?

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