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Soft Marketing Testing exercise- Young Carers, Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services

Buyer: Wirral Council →

BuyerWirral Council

Statusplanning

DeadlineNot published

ValueValue not published

Published16 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Soft Marketing Testing exercise for Young Carers, Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services

Delivery location

UKD74, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning

Contract periodFrom 1 Mar 2027 to 28 Feb 2029

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Welfare services for children and young people	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Welfare services for children and young people (85311300); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 85	14,918	1 median · 35.5 average (6,626 of 14,918 with a bid count)	2.1 average (7,491 of 14,918 with named award suppliers)	10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer	17	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKD74	67	1 median · 1.7 average (49 of 67 with a bid count)	1.7 average (50 of 67 with named award suppliers)	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimelightTouch

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
Questionnaire to be completed on the Chest portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/register Title- Soft Marketing Testing exercise- Young Carers, Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services Project reference- DN811050 Questions to be raised via the Chest portal Closing date for responses 5pm on Monday 20th April 2026 If you experience any technical difficulties registering or using The Chest, please contact support: Email: procontractsuppliers@proactis.com	engagement	20 Apr 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-067437
Latest release ID	034609-2026
Latest release timestamp	Thu Apr 16 2026 10:55:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planning
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	Not published
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
16 Apr 2026	planningUpdate	034609-2026
25 Mar 2026	planning	027517-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

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