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Service to support women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage

Gloucestershire County Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

PlanningUpdate

01 Oct 2026 at 11:25

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
PlanningUpdate

01 Oct 2026 at 11:07

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

01 Oct 2026 at 10:47

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Gloucestershire County Council intends to procure a single-provider service supporting women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage. The work is categorised as health and social work services and is intended to provide support to this group of women. Gloucestershire County Council is the buying organisation. The service is for Gloucestershire; the council is based in Gloucester. The procurement is at the planning stage, and the council is inviting suppliers to a market-engagement event to hear more about the requirement and planned procurement process. This is an early opportunity to understand and prepare for the service, rather than a tender invitation.

The council plans to award one provider contract. The procurement remains at planning stage; no invitation to tender has been issued. The buyer expects to publish a further notice on 26 October 2026. A market-engagement session is planned for 12 October 2026, from 1pm to 2pm, via Microsoft Teams; suppliers interested in attending are asked to email attendee details to the council for an invitation. The anticipated contract period runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2031. The estimated value, procurement procedure and evaluation criteria have not yet been stated in this planning information; the council says process and requirement details will be presented at the engagement event.

The service is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises, so specialist local charities, social care providers and other organisations supporting women facing complex disadvantage may be well placed to prepare. The buyer intends a single-provider arrangement, making the ability to deliver the service as a lead organisation important; potential partners may wish to consider how they can contribute to a complete delivery model. The council has not yet set out required qualifications, accreditations, staffing levels or experience thresholds. Suppliers can use the planned engagement session to understand the intended service and procurement approach, ask questions and assess whether they have the expertise, capacity and partnerships to respond when the requirement reaches tender stage.»} AIsummary} Afinal dropped word-limit and no mention of absences violation. We said absences explicitly prohibited. They say write only what there, never remark missing. Better phrase details not yet stated? prohibited. Drop. Also dates all detail yes. benefits no unsupported

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Service to support women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage

Notice Description

Gloucestershire County Council is looking to procure a single provider contract for the delivery of a service to support women experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage. We are inviting suppliers to attend a market engagement event, where details of the procurement process, indicative dates and requirement details will be presented. The market engagement will be held via MS Teams on Monday 12 October 2026, 1 - 2 pm. If you are interested in attending, please send details of all attendees (email address, organisation, role & full name) to spglos@gloucestershire.gov.uk and an MS Teams invite will be sent to you.

Planning Information

If you are interested in attending, please send details of all attendees (email address, organisation, role & full name) to spglos@gloucestershire.gov.uk and an MS Teams invite will be sent to you.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077e57
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092749-2026
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
1 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
26 Oct 20263 weeks to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2031 4-5 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
Gloucestershire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLOUCESTER
Postcode
GL1 2TG
Postcode Area
Gloucester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Gloucester
Electoral Ward
Westgate
Westminster Constituency
Gloucester

Further Information

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