Official UK procurement notice
Habilitation Training for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment/Habilitation Training for Deafblind Children and Young People
Authority: Surrey County Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ25)
Budget not disclosed Value not published
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSurrey County Council is seeking a provider to deliver assessment, mobility, habilitation and independent living skills support for children and young people aged 0-19 years with vision impairment, including those with multi-sensory impairment (MSI) or who are deafblind. The service will promote independence, confidence, inclusion and wellbeing, enabling children and young people to develop the skills they need to participate fully in education, family life and their local communities.
Currently there are approximately 590 C&YP open to PSS (VI). We expect the provider to annually work with a maximum of 120 children and young people for the life of this contract April 2027-March 2032.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
85000000 Health and social work services
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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 17 Sept 2026, 09:23 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2026, 09:23 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077400
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published3 days ago17 Sept 2026, 09:19 BST
- Market engagementin 42 days31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Surrey County Council is planning to recommission Sensory Services for Children and Young People in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. As part of the pre-procurement engagement process, we would like to invite current and prospective providers to participate in a virtual market engagement more…
event. The purpose of the event is to: • Provide an overview of the current service and Surrey County Council's future commissioning intentions. • Provide information and signpost suppliers to resources relating to the Procurement Act 2023 and its implications for bidders. • Outline key policy requirements that will apply during the procurement process, including Social Value, Sustainability and Modern Slavery. • Seek feedback from the market on the proposed commissioning approach and future service delivery model. • Provide an opportunity for suppliers to ask questions and engage in discussion with the Council. Registration details: Providers wishing to attend should send an email to Eve Siewierski [email protected] or Omar Mobin [email protected] by 5th October 2026. The event will be held on 16th October 2026. This event will be delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams. If you wish to attend, please reply by providing following information: • Name of attendee(s) • Job title of attendee(s) • Organisation details, including address and contact details. Please note that attendance will be limited to 2 attendees per organisation. We will be providing more information, including the session agenda and meeting invites on or after 9th October 2026. We look forward to receiving your response and hearing your thoughts and ideas at the event. An expression of interest in attending this Market Engagement Event does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tender process, nor does it confer any preferential status on those Providers who attend. Participation in this event will not automatically grant eligibility to engage in any subsequent procurement exercise. Any procurement resulting from this event will be publicly advertised in accordance with legal requirements, and all organisations wishing to participate will need to submit a response to the advertisement once it is published. Providers who do not attend this Market Engagement Event will still be able to apply for the procurement in the future - Contract startsin 193 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
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
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Sept 2026, 09:23 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Sept 2026, 09:19 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Amendment of the dates
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender