--- title: "HCC - 08/23 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement for the Provision of an Emotionally Based School Avoidance Support and Alternative Therapies Service for Children and Young People" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03efa7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03efa7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03efa7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03efa7.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-08-14" --- # HCC - 08/23 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement for the Provision of an Emotionally Based School Avoidance Support and Alternative Therapies Service for Children and Young People Buyer: HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03efa7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03efa7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03efa7.json) ## Summary The Hertfordshire County Council is planning a Pre-Procurement Market Engagement for the Provision of an Emotionally Based School Avoidance Support and Alternative Therapies Service for Children and Young People. Interested organisations must submit a request to attend via email by 12.00 Noon, Wednesday 6th September 2023. The procurement process is focused on health and social work services, with the Council seeking input on packaging and scoping future contract opportunities. This tender by the Hertfordshire County Council presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services sector to engage in a market exploration exercise and potentially participate in a future procurement process for providing support services for children and young people. Businesses with expertise in emotionally based school avoidance support and alternative therapies would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. ## Notice Hertfordshire County Council (the "Council") is carrying out Pre - Procurement Market Engagement ("PPME") in relation to the provision of Emotionally Based School Avoidance support and Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Children and Young People's Mental Health. The Council has published this Prior Information Notice ("PIN") to alert potentially interested organisations with appropriate expertise and relevant experience of this potential opportunity. We are proposing we run a tender for the provision of and "Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) and Alternative Therapies Support for Children and Young People". The tender will be spilt in to five lots, Lots One to Four "Alternative Therapies and Lot Five Emotionally Based School Avoidance.Please refer to the PPME Document for further informationPlease log in or register at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home ### Lot Information Lot 1 Hertfordshire County Council (the "Council") is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement ("PPME") for the Provision of an Emotionally Based School Avoidance Support and Alternative Therapies Service for Children and Young PeopleThe Council is seeking input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping any future opportunity for contracts. This input will help inform any resultant procurement process.The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council's options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council.Further information can be found within the attached documentation. You are invited to attend a meeting on the 13th September 2023. Request to attend to be submitted via email by 12.00 Noon, Wednesday 6th September 2023 to Caren.Simmons@hertfordshire.gov.ukPlease log in or register at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/HomePlease Note: Although we have ticked 'NO' to this being split in to Lots, this will form part of the decision following this PPME exercise ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023778-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Aug 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 13 Aug 2023 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | HERTFORD | | Post town | Stevenage | | Postcode | SG13 8DE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire | | Local authority | East Hertfordshire | | Electoral ward | Hertford Castle | | Westminster constituency | Hertford and Stortford | | Delivery location | TLH23 Hertfordshire CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 14 Aug 2023 at 15:29 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023778-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/HomePlease ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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