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title: "Market Engagement - Voluntary Infrastructure Service"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "SOUTHEND-ON-SEA BOROUGH COUNCIL"
published: "2022-09-20"
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# Market Engagement - Voluntary Infrastructure Service

Buyer: SOUTHEND-ON-SEA BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-de933812-fb77-4d07-b9f5-90cb294167e7

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## Summary

The Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is planning a Market Engagement for a Voluntary Infrastructure Service. The engagement aims to gather input for the service model and specification. This initiative seeks to support the city's voluntary, community, and faith sectors by procuring a contract for the future infrastructure organisation. The event is scheduled for 26th September 2022 via Microsoft Teams.

This tender by the Southend-on-Sea Borough Council presents an opportunity for businesses experienced in providing community services. The contract aims to create resilient and thriving communities, strengthen local voluntary organisations, and promote community involvement. Businesses in the community, social, and personal services sector are well-suited to compete for this tender and contribute to the city's core infrastructure development.

## Notice

Southend-on-Sea City Council will shortly be seeking tenders from suitably experienced providers for the provision of a Voluntary Infrastructure Service. As part of a wider engagement and consultation, we are inviting stakeholders to a virtual market engagement event held on MS Teams to inform the service model and service specification for the provision of this service. Southend-on-Sea is a vibrant city supported by its large and diverse voluntary, community, and faith sector. One of Southend City Council's means of ensuring this sector thrives is to support the core infrastructure that enables people, communities, and voluntary organisations to deliver what is needed. We are therefore seeking to procure a contract for the future infrastructure organisation for the city. We want this contract to deliver the following: * communities within the city that are resilient and thriving; * a robust and thriving network of local voluntary and community organisations; * support for people to volunteer and contribute back to the community. The organisation will also have a role to be the voice of, support and grow the voluntary and community sector for the city at, a time when there is tightening of funding and increased costs due to the increased cost of living. It will enable the Council to build a good relationship with the voluntary and community who deliver services and support in Southend. The event will open with a presentation to outline the service and talk through the upcoming tender opportunity. Date: 26th September 2022 Time: 14:00 - 15:00 Venue: Microsoft Teams Please e-mail procurementadvisors@southend.gov.uk to confirm your place, and a Teams meeting invite will then be sent to all attendees.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9d3686a-8b69-4cb0-aeec-48219c19c5de |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 26 Sep 2022 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SOUTHEND-ON-SEA BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | SOUTHEND-ON-SEA |
| Post town | Southend-on-Sea |
| Postcode | SS2 6ER |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH31 Southend-on-Sea |
| Local authority | Southend-on-Sea |
| Electoral ward | Victoria |
| Westminster constituency | Southend East and Rochford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 20 Sep 2022 at 08:54 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9d3686a-8b69-4cb0-aeec-48219c19c5de
- 16 Sep 2022 at 08:37 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9d3686a-8b69-4cb0-aeec-48219c19c5de

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9d3686a-8b69-4cb0-aeec-48219c19c5de
  20th September 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder

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