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# Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy Services for Children and Young People in Herefordshire - Market Engagement RFI

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/speech-and-language-therapy-and-occupational-therapy-services-for-children-and-young-peopl-ocds-h6vhtk-07b3d6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Herefordshire Council is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to identify organisations with the capability and interest to provide Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy Services for Children and Young People across Herefordshire. The purpose of this RFI is to help the Council better understand the current market, including available service delivery models, innovative approaches to provision, market capacity, and supplier interest in a potential future procurement opportunity. The engagement will explore market capacity, service delivery models, indicative costs and routes to market to help shape any future procurement and service requirements.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Herefordshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/herefordshire-council-ons-e06000019)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b3d6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** not shown for these lots; the published data do not support one.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/speech-and-language-therapy-and-occupational-therapy-services-for-children-and-young-peopl-ocds-h6vhtk-07b3d6#tl-md)

## Description
Herefordshire Council is undertaking a preliminary market engagement exercise in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to identify organisations with the capability and interest to provide Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy Services for Children and Young People across Herefordshire.
The purpose of this RFI is to help the Council better understand the current market, including available service delivery models, innovative approaches to provision, market capacity, and supplier interest in a potential future procurement opportunity.
The Council is currently considering arrangements for a new contract, anticipated to commence in April 2027. The contract term has not yet been determined; however, the Council is currently considering a contract duration of up to 3 years.
As the service specification is currently under development, the Council welcomes responses from organisations with relevant expertise and experience. Information gathered through this RFI will be used solely to inform the Council's commissioning intentions, service design and procurement approach. 
This RFI does not constitute a call for competition, invitation to tender, award procedure, or commitment by the Council to undertake any future procurement exercise.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Herefordshire Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the potential future commissioning of Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) and Occupational Therapy (OT) services for children and young people across Herefordshire. The engag...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F105111-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-05T11:51:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-07T15:44:08.995Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07b3d6