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25107 Early Intervention and Prevention Services

Notice Description

Cambridgeshire County Council are planning for the recommissioning of four services focused on early intervention and prevention: * Information and advice service to older people * Befriending service for older people * Sensory services to people with sight loss * Sensory services to people with hearing loss We are conducting preliminary market engagement to gather insights from potential providers and better understand the current landscape from a provider's perspective. We intend to retender the above services at the same time in a single tender process, divided into lots. Service Overview: The Information and Advice Service for Older People supports independence at home and provides help with access to benefits and other services. The service is strengths-based, encouraging peer support, community connections, and helping individuals build resilience, independence, and coping skills. It is also place-based, with a requirement to tailor recommendations and signposting to the local reality in each locality, and is responsive to individual needs. We are open to consortium bids for this contract or a lead provider model where one organisation works collaboratively with others to ensure local knowledge and resources are optimised across all our communities. The Befriending Service provides telephone or face-to-face contact for older people who would otherwise experience social isolation and who are not accessing local opportunities or venues at the time of referral. The service should seek to promote autonomy and independence where possible, but provides a lifeline for those who have struggled to build or maintain relationships in their community, sometimes due to limited mobility. We would welcome consortium bids for this contract or a lead provider model where one organisation works collaboratively with others to ensure local knowledge and resources are optimised across all our communities. The Sensory Services ensure Information and Advice needed by people living with sensory loss (i.e. sight loss or hearing loss) is made available in an accessible format and provide expert advice on benefits and other services that may be needed, including British Sign Language and/or help with Assistive Technology. It is hoped that these services will be accessible to people who live in all corners of Cambridgeshire and to that end, there may be opportunities for lead providers (of each kind of sensory service) to collaborate with local partners in certain areas or to submit a consortium bid.

Planning Information

The Market Engagement Event will be held via MS Teams from 3pm to 4.30pm on Thursday 21st May 2026. Please confirm your intention to join by e-mail to: Commissioning.BusinessSupport@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. We then share the link to join the Teams meeting with attendees

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Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-0682eb
Publication Source: Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034157-2026
Current Stage: Planning
All Stages: Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type: UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type: Standard
Procurement Category: Services
Procurement Method: Not Specified
Procurement Method Details: Not specified
Tender Suitability: SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale: Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions: 85 - Health and social work services
CPV Codes: 85000000 - Health and social work 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 Apr 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline: Not specified
Future Notice Date: 29 May 20262 months to go
Award Date: Not specified
Contract Period: 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence: Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status: Planning
Lots Status: Planning
Awards Status: Not Specified
Contracts Status: Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

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Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
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Buyer Location

Locality: ALCONBURY WEALD, HUNTINGDON
Postcode: PE28 4YE
Post Town: Peterborough
Country: England
Major Region (ITL 1): TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2): TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3): TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC
Delivery Location: TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
Local Authority: Huntingdonshire
Electoral Ward: The Stukeleys
Westminster Constituency: Huntingdon

Further Information

Notice Documents

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034157-2026
15th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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