Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 2 Jul 2025, 15:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Additional Short Breaks Service for Adults with Learning Disabilites

Official notice

Authority: Wakefield Council (Local council)

ServicesLight touch regime
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jan 2034 · starts 1 Feb 2029

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wakefield Council is considering its approach to commissioning additional Short Breaks Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities and is looking to gain a better understanding of the market.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Feb 2029 – 31 Jan 2034 (5 yrs)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Jul 2025, 15:19 BST
Last source update
2 Jul 2025, 15:19 BST
Authority reference
100927
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036869
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE45)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0557bb Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 Jul 2025 → 1 Feb 2029 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 15:19 BST
  2. Market engagement
    23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    This Market Engagement and documents can be accessed via the YORtender system:

    100927 - RFS24-162 - Market Engagement - Additional Short Break Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities

    uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗

    As part of this Market Engagement exercise, a service specification and a questionnaire have been developed. Please ensure you read the service specification prior to submitting any responses.

  3. Today
    29 Oct 2026
  4. Contract starts
    1 Feb 2029

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    2 Jul 2025, 15:19 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Council of the City of Wakefield

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDZN-8179-PJQV Wood Street, Wakefield, Yorkshire & Humber, WF1 2HQContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure