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Suffolk Appropriate Adults Service

Suffolk County Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 18:18.

Opportunity overview

The Council seeks to retender its commissioned appropriate adults offer. The Council intends to commission a core service recruiting, co-ordinating, and training volunteers to provide Appropriate Adults as required for young people and vulnerable adults where entitled under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

Classification

  • CPV80000000 — Education and training services
  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work 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
PA0037
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Jun 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2028, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Sept 2030, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
80000000
Description
Education and training services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Suffolk County Council is exploring provider capabilities in relation to delivering an Appropriate Adults service young people and adults as specified in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. The Council intends for this service to be a primarily volunteer delivered offer where the provider delivers a core co-ordination, training, and recruitment offer. The Council expects to contract with such a provider who can demonstrate close partnership working, control of costs, and adaptable in relation to emerging lived-experience accounts and best practice. A questionnaire is provided for prospective providers to provide feedback on the commissioning priorities identified by the Council and identify the volume of interest in bidders for this contract. The Council may need to discuss responses in more detail with interested providers and therefore contract details are requested. It is expected any follow-up discussions will take place no later than Thursday 2nd April. Questionnaire link: https://forms.office.com/e/LDQSUVtXhZ -Questionnaire closes 5pm Monday 16th March 2026-
Due
2 Apr 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
017061-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
25 Feb 2026, 16:09
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Suffolk County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PHVH-1657-HHMV

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHVH-1657-HHMV

Address

Street Address
Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road
Locality
Ipswich
Postal Code
IP1 2BX
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH14

Contact

Name
Jonathan Miller-Williams
Telephone
01473 264363

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Ipswich · UKH14 · IP1 2BX · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH14 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 017061-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·