Notice Information
Notice Title
Lincolnshire County Council Home Learning Parcels 2025-26
Notice Description
Lincolnshire County Council are undertaking a review of Home Learning Parcels to determine the requirement from April 2026 and how it can support statutory duties. Service users in scope are Children in Care (CiC) aged 3 - 12. Lincolnshire County Council's review includes benchmarking activity, and engagement with service users currently using the service and potential providers offering solutions. The Home Learning Parcels review is intended to lead to recommendations around the requirements for the service, which is required to be in place 1 April 2026.
Planning Information
Lincolnshire County Council Home Learning Parcels 2025 -2026 Lincolnshire County Council Children's Services are undertaking a Service Review into Home Learning Parcels and are seeking to engage with the market, and related and involved professionals and stakeholders. Children's Commissioning have engaged with the Virtual School to seek their views on the needs of the cohort, and have also undertaken some engagement with service users of the current programme in place. We are seeking to develop a resource package that supports the aims and objectives of the Service. This includes: - Encouraging reading and supporting literacy and numeracy at home for CiC - Promoting positive wellbeing within the target cohort - Ensuring materials are evidence based, accessible, high-quality, and tailored to individual needs The purpose of this engagement is to explore supplier capabilities, field any queries, and gather feedback to inform the final requirement. The Council wish to engage with providers who may be able to provide innovative bespoke solutions. Those providers interested in providing Home Learning Parcels are invited to join the Virtual School and Children's Commissioning at a TEAMS event on Tuesday 28 October at 1pm. There will be a short presentation and the opportunity for questions. Up to two hours has been allowed for the event. Providers can join the Teams event via: Meeting ID: 321 953 874 028 4 Passcode: 6UW97SN9 If you are unable to access via the details above, you are able to book a place via childrens_commissioning@lincolnshire.gov.uk who will provide the TEAMS link via email. The discussion will allow interested providers the opportunity to digest the information presented at the TEAMS event, ask further questions, outline how they feel the needs of the cohort can be best met, and how they might contribute. Any issues in joining the meeting please email childrens_commissioning@lincolnshire.gov.uk If you are unable to attend the event on Tuesday 28 October 2025, the slides can be made available upon request shortly after, together with a summary of any Q&A at the event. Interested parties will be kept fully informed of progress on the project including signposting to any tender opportunity and notices published on Central Digital Platform.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cd78
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065663-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
22 - Printed matter and related products
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
22111000 - School books
39162000 - Educational equipment
79800000 - Printing and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 29 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Kate Maltby
- Contact Email
- kate.maltby@lincolnshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +447721726452
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LINCOLN
- Postcode
- LN1 1YL
- Post Town
- Lincoln
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF3 Lincolnshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF30 Lincolnshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLF East Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Lincoln
- Electoral Ward
- Carholme
- Westminster Constituency
- Lincoln
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065663-2025
15th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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