Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 13 Oct 2025, 15:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PUB24028 - Expression of Interest - Mental Wellbeing Support Helpline

Official notice

Authority: Torbay Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£660,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

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 description

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.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

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)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
South West (UKK42)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae86 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published384 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 15:56 BST
  2. Market engagement370 days ago
    27 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.

  3. Tender notice expected334 days ago
    2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts215 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Oct 2025, 15:56 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

Torbay Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXLG-3144-TYMJ Torbay Council Town Hall, Torquay, South West, TQ1 3DRContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure