Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 1 Oct 2026, 11:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Service to support women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage

Authority: Gloucestershire County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected 26 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrsstarts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Gloucestershire County Council is looking to procure a single provider contract for the delivery of a service to support women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage.

We are inviting suppliers to attend a market engagement event, where details of the procurement process, indicative dates and requirement details will be presented.

The market engagement will be held via MS Teams on Monday 12 October 2026, 1 - 2 pm.

If you are interested in attending, please send details of all attendees (email address, organisation, role & full name) to [email protected] and an MS Teams invite will be sent to you.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 0001Planned 4 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2031 (4 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
85000000 Health and social work services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
1 Oct 2026, 11:25 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2026, 11:25 BST
Authority reference
PZHT-7473-ZVPN
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e57

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    1 Oct 2026, 10:47 BST
  2. Market engagementin 12 days
    12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTIf you are interested in attending, please send details of all attendees (email address, organisation, role & full name) to [email protected] and an MS Teams invite will be sent to you.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 26 days
    26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 182 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 11:25 BSTUK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 11:07 BSTUK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Oct 2026, 10:47 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Gloucestershire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZHT-7473-ZVPN Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, South West, GL1 2TG

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure