Official UK procurement notice
St Helens Borough Council Soft Market Test for the Provision of an Adult Short Break Respite Service
Authority: St Helens Council (Local council)
We would like to take the opportunity to do some `soft market testing' to help determine current interest levels in the market. Providers are invited to register on The-Chest portal, reference DN771560, download the Soft Market Testing document and complete and submit their responses no later than 12 noon on the 29th April 2025.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSt Helens Borough Council Soft Market Test for the Provision of an Adult Short Break Respite Service.
We would like to take the opportunity to do some `soft market testing' to help determine current interest levels in the market.
Providers are invited to register on The-Chest portal, reference DN771560, download the Soft Market Testing document and complete and submit their responses no later than 12 noon on the 29th April 2025.
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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Apr 2025, 15:41 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Apr 2025, 15:41 BST
- Authority reference
UID13501- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015040- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0502b2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Apr 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published14 Apr 2025, 15:41 BST
- Market engagement29 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
St Helens Borough Council Soft Market Test for the Provision of an Adult Short Break Respite Service.
We would like to take the opportunity to do some `soft market testing' to help determine current interest levels in the market.
Providers are invited to register on The-Chest portal, reference DN771560, download the Soft Market Testing document and complete and submit their responses no later than 12 noon on the 29th April 2025.
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Apr 2025, 15:41 BSTUK2
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