Official UK procurement notice
Digital Optimisation Implementation Support
Authority: Torbay Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlease note this project has potentially three elements to it. You may express an interest to all three if applicable, if not please express an interest where applicable.
The council is seeking to commission implementation support to assist with to key digital optimisation activities. An independent audit and review of its Financial Assessment Process. The review is to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, compliance, consistency and customer experience of the current process and identify opportunities for improvement. Alongside this the council is looking to invest in a digital marketing solution to improve Foster Carer recruitment through targeted audience identification, tailored messaging and enhanced digital engagement. The council requires specialist implementation support capable of delivering a propriety methodology, covering content development, channel strategy, audience targeting, enquiry generation, recruitment process optimisation and benefits realisation, ensuring the council captures the full value value of it digital marketing tool and achieves measurable increases in foster carer recruitment
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Oct 2026, 15:38 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 15:38 BST
- Authority reference
COR26199- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078101
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice publishedearlier today5 Oct 2026, 15:38 BST
- Market engagementin 4 days9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTThe EOI document should be completed and submitted via the messaging function within the portal no later than 3pm on the 9th Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 39 days13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 49 days24 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Oct 2026, 15:38 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender