Official UK procurement notice
Supported Accommodation and Leaving Care 16+
Authority: Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlackburn with Darwen Borough Council is looking to procure for:
SUPPORTED ACCOMODATION AND LEAVING CARE 16+
and is holding a pre-market engagement event at:
Family Hub Livesey
Andrew Close
Blackburn
BB2 4NU
On Friday 31st October 2025
09:30 - 12:30
This open, discussion-led event is designed to explore the current market for supported accommodation and to understand the services that providers could potentially offer young people, children looked after, and care leavers in Blackburn with Darwen.
If you wish to attend, please complete the Microsoft Form using the link below
forms.office.com/e/tg486TpHGa ↗
by Wednesday 29 October.
Please note that due to space available attendance is limited to two delegates per organisation.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Welfare services for children and young people
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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Oct 2025, 14:35 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2025, 15:10 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065259- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a9a0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
7 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published386 days ago7 Oct 2025, 14:35 BST
- Latest notice published379 days ago14 Oct 2025, 15:10 BST
- Market engagement361 days ago31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
The pre-market engagement event is taking place at:
Family Hub Livesey
Andrew Close
Blackburn
BB2 4NU
On Friday 31st October 2025
09:30 - 12:30
If you wish to attend, please complete the Microsoft Form using the link below
forms.office.com/e/tg486TpHGa ↗
by Wednesday 29th October 12:00pm.
Please note that due to space available attendance is limited to two delegates per organisation.
- Tender notice expected288 days ago12 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Oct 2025, 14:35 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Oct 2025, 15:10 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
This UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice has been updated to include minor amendments. These revisions cover the procurement title, the pre-market engagement event's time, date, venue details and address, and the estimated procurement start date. Additional background and event information has also been provided. A registration form link is provided, and all interested providers must complet…
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender