How to win: Home-Based Parenting Support including Raising Early Attainment in Literacy (REAL) Programme

About this contract

Lewisham Council (the Council) invites you to participate within this Procurement Process and invites you to submit a Tender to deliver home-based support with parenting and early language development, on the terms and conditions set out in this invitation to tender (ITT) and the attached Contract Documentation. The words and expressions contained in this ITT have the same meaning that is given to them in the Conditions of Contract and the Service Specification. The Conditions of Contract to be used will be the Council's Conditions of Contract, a copy of which is included in the tender pack. The contract will be between the successful Tenderer and the Council for the period of three years with a possible one year extension to be used at the Council's discretion. This Contract will be procured through an open procedure (Under the light touch regime), in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — London Borough of Lewisham scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £352,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 12 June 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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