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# Preliminary Market Engagement - Making Every Contact Count, Mental Health First Aid and Suicide Prevention Training

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-making-every-contact-count-mental-health-first-aid-and-suici-ocds-h6vhtk-05ac2f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Southwark Council is currently planning to procure Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and Suicide First Aid (SFA) training to targeted frontline staff working in Southwark. We would like to hear from any organisations who are currently providing these training programmes to understand:

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Southwark Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-southwark-ons-e09000028)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI44
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-making-every-contact-count-mental-health-first-aid-and-suici-ocds-h6vhtk-05ac2f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05ac2f`

## 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-making-every-contact-count-mental-health-first-aid-and-suici-ocds-h6vhtk-05ac2f#tl-md)

## Description
Southwark Council is currently planning to procure Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and Suicide First Aid (SFA) training to targeted frontline staff working in Southwark. 
We would like to hear from any organisations who are currently providing these training programmes to understand:
•	The types of training courses offered
•	The delivery structure
•	The pricing structure
•	Promotional and engagement strategies that are used
We would welcome responses from any organisations delivering these services or similar services, whether or not they are currently being delivered to local authorities.

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

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F063944-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-09T17:41:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T23:44:47.107Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05ac2f