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Wiltshire Parent Carer Forum

Wiltshire Council

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Planning

06 Oct 2026 at 10:57

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Wiltshire Council is considering future provision of the Wiltshire Parent Carer Forum, a health and social care service for parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities. The forum represents families and works alongside local authorities, education, health and other services. Its role is to bring families’ lived experience into service planning, commissioning, delivery and monitoring, and to support services to work with families in co-production. The intended purpose is to help ensure services meet families’ needs and improve outcomes for children, young people and their families. The service would be delivered in Wiltshire. The procurement is at the planning stage, and the Council is gathering market information to shape the future service and its design.

This is an early planning exercise, not an invitation to tender. The Council is seeking market input through a short questionnaire to understand service-provision options and inform its eventual specification and design. The questionnaire is expected by 6 November 2026. The anticipated contract period is 1 May 2027 to 30 April 2028. The estimated value is £160,000 excluding VAT (£192,000 including VAT). The process is recorded as a service procurement, but no procurement procedure, lot arrangement, eligibility conditions or evaluation criteria have been set out at this stage. Suppliers should treat the dates and value as the Council’s current planning expectations rather than final tender terms.

This planning exercise is most relevant to organisations able to represent the perspectives of parents and carers of disabled children and young people, and to work constructively with families and public services. Experience gathering and communicating lived experience, building partnerships with local authorities, education and health services, and supporting co-production would be directly relevant to the service described. The Council says the forum should help services meet families’ needs and improve outcomes; suppliers with a credible approach to achieving those aims can use the market-engagement questionnaire to inform the future service design. This is an opportunity to contribute market knowledge and prepare for a possible later procurement, rather than to submit a tender now. No particular accreditation, minimum capacity or formal experience threshold is set out yet.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Wiltshire Parent Carer Forum

Notice Description

Parent Carer Forums are representative groups of parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities who work alongside local authorities, education, health and other services to help ensure that planned, commissioned, delivered and monitored services meet the needs of families (SEND Code of Practice 2015, para. 1.13). The forum gathers lived-experience and works in partnership with local services and supports effective co-production to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families. This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to gather information on options for the future service provision in Wiltshire.

Planning Information

Interested suppliers are invited to participate by completing a short questionnaire document which will be used for information-gathering purposes and will help the Council understand the current market and guide the final service specification and service design. If you would like to participate, please download the Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire using the following link https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=05a27e02-a9bd-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=87a923b5-a9bd-f111-813c-005056b64545

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078170
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094147-2026
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
Not specified
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
£160,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Oct 2026Today
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 May 2027 - 30 Apr 2028 1-2 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
Wiltshire Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TROWBRIDGE
Postcode
BA14 8JN
Postcode Area
Bath
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK72 Wiltshire
Delivery Location
TLK15 Wiltshire
Local Authority
Wiltshire
Electoral Ward
Trowbridge Central
Westminster Constituency
South West Wiltshire

Further Information

Notice Documents

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