Torbay Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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Opportunity overview
Please note this project has potentially three elements to it. You may express an interest to all three if applicable, if not please express an interest where applicable.
The council is seeking to commission implementation support to assist with to key digital optimisation activities. An independent audit and review of its Financial Assessment Process. The review is to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, compliance, consistency and customer experience of the current process and identify opportunities for improvement. Alongside this the council is looking to invest in a digital marketing solution to improve Foster Carer recruitment through targeted audience identification, tailored messaging and enhanced digital engagement. The council requires specialist implementation support capable of delivering a propriety methodology, covering content development, channel strategy, audience targeting, enquiry generation, recruitment process optimisation and benefits realisation, ensuring the council captures the full value value of it digital marketing tool and achieves measurable increases in foster carer recruitment
Classification
CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems
CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
CPV79000000 — Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
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093942-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Early-stage market engagement by Torbay Council for up to three related digital optimisation support elements: an independent review of the Financial Assessment Process, and implementation support for a foster carer recruitment digital marketing solution. Suppliers may express interest in the elements relevant to them; this is not yet an open bidding opportunity.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for digital transformation consultancies, financial-process review specialists, and digital marketing implementation agencies with foster carer recruitment or public-sector recruitment experience.
Key points identified
Scope structurePotentially three elements; suppliers may express interest in all applicable elements or only relevant elements.Evidence: "this project has potentially three elements to it. You may express an interest to all three if applicable"
Financial assessment reviewConduct an independent audit and review of the council's Financial Assessment Process.Evidence: "An independent audit and review of its Financial Assessment Process."
Financial assessment review criteriaAssess effectiveness, efficiency, compliance, consistency and customer experience, and identify improvement opportunities.Evidence: "assess the effectiveness, efficiency, compliance, consistency and customer experience of the current process and identify opportunities for improvement"
92% approved-analysis confidence9 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Early-stage market engagement by Torbay Council for up to three related digital optimisation support elements: an independent review of the Financial Assessment Process, and implementation support for a foster carer recruitment digital marketing solution. Suppliers may express interest in the elements relevant to them; this is not yet an open bidding opportunity.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for digital transformation consultancies, financial-process review specialists, and digital marketing implementation agencies with foster carer recruitment or public-sector recruitment experience.
Key deliverables
Independent audit and review of the Financial Assessment Process
Assessment of process effectiveness, efficiency, compliance, consistency and customer experience
Improvement opportunities for the Financial Assessment Process
Digital marketing implementation support for foster carer recruitment
Content development, channel strategy, audience targeting and tailored messaging
Enquiry generation, recruitment process optimisation and benefits realisation
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
9 criteria identified
Scope structure
94% confidence
Potentially three elements; suppliers may express interest in all applicable elements or only relevant elements.
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"this project has potentially three elements to it. You may express an interest to all three if applicable"
Financial assessment review
97% confidence
Conduct an independent audit and review of the council's Financial Assessment Process.
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"An independent audit and review of its Financial Assessment Process."
Financial assessment review criteria
98% confidence
Assess effectiveness, efficiency, compliance, consistency and customer experience, and identify improvement opportunities.
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"assess the effectiveness, efficiency, compliance, consistency and customer experience of the current process and identify opportunities for improvement"
Digital marketing implementation support
97% confidence
Support implementation of a digital marketing solution to improve foster carer recruitment.
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"invest in a digital marketing solution to improve Foster Carer recruitment"
Marketing support methodology
96% confidence
Provide a proprietary methodology covering content development, channel strategy, audience targeting, enquiry generation, recruitment process optimisation and benefits realisation.
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"specialist implementation support capable of delivering a propriety methodology, covering content development, channel strategy, audience targeting, enquiry generation, recruitment process optimisation and benefits realisation"
Target outcome
93% confidence
Help achieve measurable increases in foster carer recruitment and capture the value of the digital marketing tool.
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"ensuring the council captures the full value ... of it digital marketing tool and achieves measurable increases in foster carer recruitment"
Supplier eligibility criteria
99% confidence
Unknown at market-engagement stage.
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No eligibility criteria are stated in the supplied notice data.
SME suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Suitable-for-SME field is not stated.
VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Suitable-for-VCSE field is not stated.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated maximum value
91% confidence
Up to GBP 150,000.
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Opportunity value_max: 150000 GBP.
Contract value allocation by element or lot
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No lot-level values are supplied.
Pricing model and payment terms
99% confidence
Unknown at market-engagement stage.
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No pricing or payment terms are stated in the supplied notice data.
Delivery
Delivery geography
88% confidence
UKK42 (Torbay area), United Kingdom.
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Delivery location region: UKK42; country: United Kingdom.
Buyer location
95% confidence
Torquay, United Kingdom (TQ1 3DR).
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Buyer location: Torquay, TQ1 3DR, United Kingdom.
Contract dates
99% confidence
Unknown at market-engagement stage.
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No contract start or end date is supplied.
Delivery model
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No onsite, remote or hybrid delivery requirement is stated.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Upcoming early-stage planned procurement; preliminary market engagement, not an open bidding opportunity.
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Display status: upcoming; stage/source status: planning; notice type: Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender.
Published date
99% confidence
5 October 2026.
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Published at: 2026-10-05T15:38:04+01:00.
Procurement route
99% confidence
Unknown; preliminary market engagement only.
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Procurement method and method details are not supplied.
Expression-of-interest process and deadline
99% confidence
Unknown at market-engagement stage.
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No submission deadline or response instructions are supplied.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage scope uncertainty
94% confidence
The notice says the project potentially has three elements, but the supplied data does not define all elements, packaging or lot allocation.
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"this project has potentially three elements to it"; only one planning lot is supplied without a description.
No tender timetable
99% confidence
No response deadline, tender start date or contract dates are supplied.
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Tender start, submission deadline, contract start and contract end fields are null.
Commercial uncertainty
96% confidence
The GBP 150,000 figure is a maximum opportunity value; pricing structure, allocation between elements and payment terms are unknown.
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Value maximum is GBP 150,000; no pricing or payment terms are supplied.
Procurement route uncertainty
99% confidence
The future procurement method and participation process have not been stated.
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Procurement method fields are null; notice is preliminary market engagement.
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