Official UK procurement notice
RFI for Social Care Emergency Out Of Hours Service for Children and Young People in Herefordshire
Authority: Herefordshire Council (Local council)
Herefordshire Council is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of establishing whether there are any organisations that are interested in providing the Emergency out of hours responsive service for children and young people up to the age of 25 for care experienced young people. This service is provided when a child or young person is believed to be at risk of significant harm, and from whom delay until the next working day would be detrimental to their welfare and safety.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHerefordshire Council is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of establishing whether there are any organisations that are interested in providing the Emergency out of hours responsive service for children and young people up to the age of 25 for care experienced young people. This service is provided when a child or young person is believed to be at risk of significant harm, and from whom delay until the next working day would be detrimental to their welfare and safety. The services ensures that they continue to be safeguarded in the immediate term based on the requirements set out below.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Mar 2025, 14:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Mar 2025, 14:37 GMT
- Authority reference
DN769662- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011802- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fa21Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Mar 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published28 Mar 2025, 14:37 GMT
- Market engagement16 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
Herefordshire Council is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of establishing whether there are any organisations that are interested in providing the Emergency out of hours responsive service for children and young people up to the age of 25 for care experienced young people. This service is provided when a child or young person is believed to be at risk of significant harm, and from whom delay until the next working day would be detrimental to their welfare and safety. The services ensures that they continue to be safeguarded in the immediate term based on the requirements set out below.
- Contract starts214 days ago1 Apr 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Mar 2025, 14:37 GMTUK2
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