Further market engagement for Short Breaks services

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    "description": "Following the previous market engagement held in April 2026, the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington are holding a third market engagement event to discuss the Short Breaks service. \nCamden Council is undertaking an online pre-market engagement exercise to inform the development of its procurement strategy and requirements. The engagement event will provide interested organisations with an opportunity to learn more about the Council's objectives, proposed scope, and procurement approach, and to provide feedback, insights, and suggestions that may help shape the future procurement. Participation in this engagement process is voluntary and will not influence the evaluation of any future tender submissions.\nThe details are as below:\nTime and date: 2pm to 3:30pm on Wednesday 9th September 2026\nLocation: via Microsoft Teams\nBoth boroughs seek to appoint a number of providers to the new joint borough Framework which aims to commence on or around 1st April 2027.\nPlease read the attached document for more information and if you would like to attend the engagement event and/or submit any questions prior to the event, please use the messaging facility within ProContracts in the first instance. Alternatively, if you are experiencing problems accessing ProContracts and wish to attend this session, please email helen.mannion@camden.gov.uk, copying stephen.spencer@camden.gov.uk, no later than 1pm on Monday 7th September 2026. You will need to provide the organisation name who will likely participate in the process , the full name name of attendee, their position, email address and contact number.",
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