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Working innovatively and in partnership with Somerset Council to deliver homes for children and young people

Somerset Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 00:32.

Opportunity overview

Early market engagement with the children's residential market Organisations that take part will not be advantaged or disadvantaged in any way in any potential future formal procurement. Commercial confidentiality will be respected. This notice does not represent a formal commitment by Somerset Council to undertake a procurement procedure.

Classification

  • CPV85311300 — Welfare services for children and young people

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
ocds-h6vhtk-06cc1a
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Nov 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Oct 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85311300
Description
Welfare services for children and young people

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK23
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Somerset Council are seeking to engage with providers of children's residential homes as part of our early market engagement activity to help inform the future commissioning of residential care provision. At this stage, no decisions have been made regarding the number of homes, contract values, or contract commencement and end dates. Through this engagement, we aim to gauge market interest and capacity, share key learning and emerging priorities, and gather feedback from providers through a series of questions to help shape our approach and ensure any future procurement is informed by market insight and expertise. We are holding a virtual market engagement exercise via Microsoft Teams on 10th August 2026 at 14:30 - 16:00. The session will provide more background on what we are trying to achieve to provide the best possible outcomes for our most complex young people. In addition, it will discuss the proposed procurement process and how you can participate in this. To attend this event please respond to this invitation via email to stephen.barker@somerset.gov.uk providing the name of your organisation, the name and role of the person(s) wishing to attend and a contact email address for each. Please ensure that those attending from your organisation are the most appropriate to feed into the discussions. If you are unable to attend the event, the presentation, notes and associated documentation will be available through the e-tender system https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login Event Details Date: 10.08.2026 Time: 14:30 to 16:00 Venue: Microsoft Teams meeting (invitation to be sent via email following registration)
Due
1 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
066863-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
15 Jul 2026, 15:14
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Somerset Council
Id
GB-PPON-PPGC-1434-MQPJ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PPGC-1434-MQPJ

Address

Street Address
County Hall, The Crescent
Locality
Taunton
Postal Code
TA1 4DY
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKK23

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Taunton · UKK23 · TA1 4DY · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK23 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 066863-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·