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RFI for Social Care Emergency Out Of Hours Service for Children and Young People in Herefordshire

Herefordshire Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Herefordshire Council is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of establishing whether there are any organisations that are interested in providing the Emergency out of hours responsive service for children and young people up to the age of 25 for care experienced young people. This service is provided when a child or young person is believed to be at risk of significant harm, and from whom delay until the next working day would be detrimental to their welfare and safety. The services ensures that they continue to be safeguarded in the immediate term based on the requirements set out below.

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services
  • CPV98000000 — Other community, social and personal services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN769662
Status
planning
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Ends
1 Apr 2028, 00:59
Starts
1 Apr 2026, 01:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services
Entry 2
Id
98000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Other community, social and personal services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
011802-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
28 Mar 2025, 14:37

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
16 Apr 2025, 00:59
Description
Herefordshire Council is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of establishing whether there are any organisations that are interested in providing the Emergency out of hours responsive service for children and young people up to the age of 25 for care experienced young people. This service is provided when a child or young person is believed to be at risk of significant harm, and from whom delay until the next working day would be detrimental to their welfare and safety. The services ensures that they continue to be safeguarded in the immediate term based on the requirements set out below.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PDTG-2978-LHCN
Name
Herefordshire Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKG11
Country
GB
Locality
Hereford
Postal Code
HR4 0LE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Council Offices, Plough Lane

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PDTG-2978-LHCN
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Ms Aksana Hironak

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Hereford · UKG11 · HR4 0LE · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04fa21-2025-03-28T14:37:31ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·