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Published 23 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service

Authority: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regime
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Tender notice expected 2 Oct 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bolton Council (The Authority) intends to advertise a tender for Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service. The service will provide free, impartial, confidential, and accessible information, advice and support about matters relating to Special Educational Needs (SEN) and / or disabilities (SEND) including matters relating to education, health, and social care.

The Authority will be holding a provider webinar between 14:00 - 15:00 on Monday 28 September 2026 via Microsoft Teams.

If you are interested in attending, please email [email protected] and we will send you the link to the meeting.

CPV: Welfare services for children and young people

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 — 31 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsDelivery: North West
Extensions
Extension options published
85311300 Welfare services for children and young people

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
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
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
23 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST
Authority reference
TC004
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Welfare services for children and young people
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077862

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published1 day ago
    23 Sept 2026, 11:23 BST
  2. Market engagementin 5 days
    28 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTThe Authority will be holding a provider webinar between 14:00 - 15:00 on Monday 28 September 2026 via Microsoft Teams. If you are interested in attending, please email [email protected] and we will send you the link to the meeting.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 9 days
    2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract startsin 130 days
    1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT

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

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 12:18 BSTUK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 11:23 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)

Intended start date of contract updated

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBJZ-9785-JTLD Town Hall, Victoria Square, Bolton, North West, BL1 1RU

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure