Official UK procurement notice
PUB24028 - Expression of Interest - Mental Wellbeing Support Helpline
Authority: Torbay Council (Local council)
Torbay Council is exploring the market capability to contract with a supplier for delivery of a Mental Wellbeing Support Helpline. The Council is seeking a supplier who can provide timely, needs-based, person-centred, and trauma-informed mental wellbeing support to Torbay residents, who seek help via the Torbay Community Helpline from 01st April 2026 to 31st March 2029. This is not a new service and therefore any provider must have the capability and capacity to transfer both the functions and the staff (via TUPE transfer) for the 01 April 2026 should this be required. Any organisation expressing an interest in this Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunity will be automatically taken to the next procurement stage, and therefore should have the organisational capacity and capability to undertake a full procurement exercise, if required.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTorbay Council is exploring the market capability to contract with a supplier for delivery of a Mental Wellbeing Support Helpline. The Council is seeking a supplier who can provide timely, needs-based, person-centred, and trauma-informed mental wellbeing support to Torbay residents, who seek help via the Torbay Community Helpline from 01st April 2026 to 31st March 2029. This is not a new service and therefore any provider must have the capability and capacity to transfer both the functions and the staff (via TUPE transfer) for the 01 April 2026 should this be required. Any organisation expressing an interest in this Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunity will be automatically taken to the next procurement stage, and therefore should have the organisational capacity and capability to undertake a full procurement exercise, if required. Please refer to the Expression of Interest document for further details of requirements. Providers are required to first, express their interest against the opportunity on ProContract, then fully complete section B Expression of Interest Response, and return the EOI document. Completed EOI forms must be returned as an attachment through the ‘Messaging’ facility on this ProContract e-tendering system, or by email, to: [email protected] by 4:00pm on Monday 27th October 2025.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Oct 2025, 15:56 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2025, 15:56 BST
- Authority reference
PUB24028- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064888- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae86Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published384 days ago13 Oct 2025, 15:56 BST
- Market engagement370 days ago27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
PUB24028 - Expression of Interest - Mental Wellbeing Support Helpline:
Torbay Council is exploring the market capability to contract with a supplier for delivery of a Mental Wellbeing Support Helpline.
The Council is seeking a supplier who can provide timely, needs-based, person-centred, and trauma-informed mental wellbeing support to Torbay residents, who seek help via the Torbay Community Helpline from 01st April 2026 to 31st March 2029.
This is not a new service and therefore any provider must have the capability and capacity to transfer both the functions and the staff (via TUPE transfer) for the 01 April 2026 should this be required.
Any organisation expressing an interest in this Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunity will be automatically taken to the next procurement stage, and therefore should have the organisational capacity and capability to undertake a full procurement exercise, if required.
Please refer to the Expression of Interest document for further details of requirements.
Providers are required to first, express their interest against the opportunity on ProContract, then fully complete section B Expression of Interest Response, and return the EOI document.
Completed EOI forms must be returned as an attachment through the ‘Messaging’ facility on this ProContract e-tendering system, or by email, to: [email protected] by 4:00pm on Monday 27th October 2025.
- Tender notice expected334 days ago2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts215 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Oct 2025, 15:56 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender