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VCSE Market Engagement

Buyer: Department of Health & Social Care →

BuyerDepartment of Health & Social Care
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£18,900,000
Published27 May 2026

What is being bought

Market engagement exercise with the VCSE sector

Categories

Voluntary health insurance services 66512210Research services 73110000Provision of services to the community 75200000Public relations services 79416000Management-related services 79420000Project-management services other than for construction work 79421000Health and social work services 85000000Health services 85100000Residential health facilities services 85144000Community action programme 85322000Community health services 85323000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 1 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Health services, Health and social work services, Voluntary health insurance services, Residential health facilities services, Community health services, Community action programme, Public relations services, Management-related services, Research services, Provision of services to the community, Project-management services other than for construction workNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 66. The category anchor is Voluntary health insurance services (66512210); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 661,2173 median · 18.1 average (403 of 1,217 with a bid count)2 average (461 of 1,217 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)633 median · 3 average (1 of 63 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 63 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Online market engagement sessions to be held in June with the VCSE sector.engagement8 Jun 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a603
Latest release ID049601-2026
Latest release timestampWed May 27 2026 11:06:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£18,900,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 May 2026planning049601-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
27 May 2026 · 049601-2026 · planning
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