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title: "Further market engagement for Short Breaks services"
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# Further market engagement for Short Breaks services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/further-market-engagement-for-short-breaks-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e7e6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Camden: "Further market engagement for Short Breaks services". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £32,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Camden](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-camden-ons-e09000007)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £32,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI31
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/further-market-engagement-for-short-breaks-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e7e6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06e7e6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/further-market-engagement-for-short-breaks-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e7e6#tl-md)

## 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. 
Camden 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.
The details are as below:
Time and date: 2pm to 3:30pm on Wednesday 9th September 2026
Location: via Microsoft Teams
Both boroughs seek to appoint a number of providers to the new joint borough Framework which aims to commence on or around 1st April 2027.
Please 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F079128-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-19T14:45:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T19:37:27.962Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06e7e6