Official UK procurement notice
Swindon Borough Council – Soft Market testing questionnaire for Children's Services- Commissioning of an Early Years Specialist Nursery.
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council invites you to contribute to preliminary market engagement in relation to the commissioning of an Early Years specialist nursery and would welcome the views of suppliers on the questions set out in the questionnaire. The intention is to invite supplier feedback to help shape the final specification and commercial model to ensure the tender delivers the optimum outcomes for the Council.
Swindon Borough Council are seeking to provide a specialist nursery for children who are SEND and have complex needs. The service would operate all year round and be open from 8.00am to 6.00pm. The estimated contract spend is £191,000 per annum, and is expected to commence at the start of September 2026 for a minimum of 3 years with the possible extension of 2 years.
CPV: Pre-school education services · Special education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure 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
- 12 Sept 2025, 14:02 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Sept 2025, 14:02 BST
- Authority reference
1- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056213- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059980Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Sept 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published12 Sept 2025, 14:02 BST
- Market engagement394 days ago29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
To participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the Preliminary Market Engagement documents.
Responses to the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire are required to be submitted no later than 29th September 2025, 12:00hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
- Contract starts58 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Sept 2025, 14:02 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