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Published 11 Sept 2025, 15:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement - Bredon Learning Disability Service

Official notice

Authority: Halton Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD71)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2029 · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) process to assist the Council to design its tender process and gauge market interest. This is not a formal invitation to tender.

We have an exciting opportunity for an organisation to work with us to help reshape our services to meet our overarching vision of ensuring the availability of good quality services for all Adults with Learning Disabilities, where services work around the individual, follow a life-course approach, and are provided locally.

CPV: Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 (3 yrs)
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
85300000 Social work and related services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Sept 2025, 15:36 BST
Last source update
11 Sept 2025, 15:36 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055898
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Social work and related services
Delivery area
North West (UKD71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0598ca Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

11 Sept 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    11 Sept 2025, 15:36 BST
  2. Market engagement385 days ago
    10 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Bredon Preliminary Market Engagement document has been published on The Chest for interested organisations to access and complete.

    To view the full document and requirements, please visit www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ and search for Project ID DN790382.

    This PME exercise is intended to help Halton Borough Council shape its future tender process and assess market interest.

    Please note: this is not a call for competition or a formal invitation to tender.

    Site visits to Bredon will be available to interested providers on:

    Monday 29th September 2025

    Tuesday 30th September 2025

    Wednesday 1st October 2025

    (Booking details are included in the PME document)

    Deadline for questions: Friday 3rd October 2025 at 5pm

    Deadline for PME submissions: Friday 10th October 2025 at 3pm

  3. Contract starts60 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Sept 2025, 15:36 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Halton Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLTJ-1788-CBLR Municipal Building, Widnes, North West, WA8 7QFContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure