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Market Engagement Session To provide potential suppliers with more information about the upcoming opportunity, we are hosting an online Market Engagement session that will take place on Microsoft Teams on Friday 17th April 2026 (14:45hours - 15:15hours). The session is advertised openly using this notice. Suppliers wishing to attend the Preliminary market engagement session should be capable of meeting the procurement description/requirements outlined within this notification. If you would like to attend, please register your interest free of charge at: www.londontenders.org (using reference DN811341) with confirmation of the name, position, email address and contact details of each attendee/s. The deadline for registration is Wednesday 15th April 2026 NOTE: Attendance at the market engagement is optional and does not provide suppliers with an advantage in any future related procurement. Attendance also does not constitute as an intention to tender for any future related procurement.", "dueDate": "2026-04-15T23:59:59+01:00", "status": "scheduled" } ], "documents": [ { "id": "028173-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028173-2026", "datePublished": "2026-03-26T16:59:53Z", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "028364-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028364-2026", "datePublished": "2026-03-27T10:36:02Z", "format": "text/html" } ] }, "tender": { "id": "CS6086", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "CS6086 Specialist Youth Services - LGBTQ+", "description": "Tower Hamlets council is committed to creating cohesive communities that are strong, fair and inclusive. We want Tower Hamlets to be a place where young people have equal access to opportunities to reach their potential and have a good quality of life. To supply youth activities for LGBTQi+ young people aged 11 to 19 (up to age 25 with SEN) enabling them to have access to free positive activities and informal educational. The activities offered should be stimulating, interesting and fun; and should include a range of opportunities to enable young people to develop socially, physically and intellectually in addition to catering for young people's self-esteem self-worth and overall wellbeing. The offer should include elements of counselling, wellbeing support, personal development; and support tailored to the young person's needs. This specification sets out the Youth Service's objectives in respect of the standards to which the contractor shall be expected to deliver during the Contract Period. The contract shall provide LGBTQ+ support for CYP in Tower Hamlets. Programme structure to be centre-based and delivered in two parts: o Term Time programme (38 weeks): a minimum of 1 session per week totalling 4 per hours over 38 weeks. o Holiday programme (10 weeks): delivered during school holidays, minimum 4 hours per week. Providers must deliver services from a designated building, whether it's their own or leased, and this will be checked during the tender process. The initial contract duration is 2 years, with an option to extend for up to 2 years (1+1). The contract will run from 1st September 2026 to 31st August 2028, with the extension option until 31st August 2030.", "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85000000", "description": "Health and social work services" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKI", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKI", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "value": { "amountGross": 120000, "amount": 100000, "currency": "GBP" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "aboveThreshold": true, "lots": [ { "id": "1", "suitability": { "sme": true, "vcse": true }, "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2028-08-31T23:59:59+01:00", "maxExtentDate": "2030-08-31T23:59:59+01:00" }, "hasRenewal": true, "status": "planning" } ], "status": "planning", "amendments": [ { "id": "028364-2026", "description": "Amendments have been made to the description of this engagement notice to allow more clarity on what is required by the council." } ] }, "language": "en" }