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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement 2026 - Provision of Specialist Learning Disability Vocational Training Services through Social Enterprise within the NHSCT [6393091]"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement 2026 - Provision of Specialist Learning Disability Vocational Training Services through Social Enterprise within the NHSCT [6393091]

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-2026-provision-of-specialist-learning-disability-vocational--ocds-h6vhtk-0588ea). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northern Health and Social Care Trust: "Preliminary Market Engagement 2026 - Provision of Specialist Learning Disability Vocational Training Services through Social Enterprise within the NHSCT [6393091]". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Northern Health and Social Care Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-health-and-social-care-trust-nhs-zt002)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-2026-provision-of-specialist-learning-disability-vocational--ocds-h6vhtk-0588ea#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0588ea`

## 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/preliminary-market-engagement-2026-provision-of-specialist-learning-disability-vocational--ocds-h6vhtk-0588ea#tl-md)

## Description
The Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) on behalf of the Northern Health & Social Care Trust (NHSCT) wish to carry out a preliminary market engagement with interested providers. 
This market engagement is intended to inform the market that the NHSCT are proposing to tender for the provision of Learning Disability Vocational Training Services through Social Enterprise facilities to Adults with a Learning Disability within the NHSCT (Adults being 18+ years of age). 
The NHSCT have published this second preliminary market engagement (CfT Reference no: 6393091) for this tender to inform the market of this advanced draft of the specification and we are also inviting potential tenderers to consider the cost for this service based on the stated available budgets outlined in Section 3.17 of the CP13 Vocational Services - 2026 Market Engagement Briefing Paper. Therefore, as part of this engagement we are asking potential providers to complete and return ‘Appendix C – Breakdown of Costs’ with a proposed cost breakdown for how they would deliver this service based on the available budget. We are seeking this cost breakdown for information purposes while allowing potential suppliers to assess the affordability of the service before we publish the tender. Please note that the annual cost of this service must be inclusive of all costs associated with this service.
Please refer to the ‘CP13 Vocational Services - 2026 Market Engagement Briefing Paper’ and associated appendices for further information – all documents associated with this market engagement are available in CfT document section under CfT Reference No: 6393091

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 31/08/2029
- **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%2F014476-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-17T16:00:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T21:43:07.299Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0588ea