--- title: "Pre Tender Market Engagement for the Provision of Independent Advice, Support and Mediation to Children in Need and their Parents and Carers acting on their behalf" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04105d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04105d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04105d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04105d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE" published: "2023-10-31" --- # Pre Tender Market Engagement for the Provision of Independent Advice, Support and Mediation to Children in Need and their Parents and Carers acting on their behalf Buyer: PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04105d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04105d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04105d.json) ## Summary The Department of Health, Strategic Performance and Planning Group (SPPG) is planning a procurement process for the provision of Independent Advice, Support, and Mediation to Children in Need and their Parents and Carers in Northern Ireland. This opportunity falls under the industry category of Health and social work services, with a contract value of £580,000 GBP. The procurement stage is at the planning phase, with a future notice date set for 30th November 2023. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses offering services in health and social work sectors to engage with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland. Businesses interested in providing ethical procurement, human rights, and modern slavery practices along with data protection and cybersecurity solutions would be well-suited to compete in this tender. The Procurement and Logistics Service in Belfast is the responsible entity overseeing this potential contract. ## Notice Note this is not a Tender - This Prior Information Notice is being published by the Department of Health, Strategic Performance and Planning Group (SPPG) for the purposes of informing and engaging with potential service providers regarding the upcoming public competition for the provision of Engineering Inspections within Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI). The SPPG wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of Health and Social Care for Northern Ireland to obtain a view of the market's current practices in the following areas: * Provision of Independent Advice, Support and Mediation to Children in Need and their Parents and Carers acting on their behalf. * The introduction of mandatory scored Social Value criteria. * Current practices in regard to ethical procurement, human rights and modern slavery. * Current data protection and cybersecurity arrangements ### Lot Information Lot 1 Note this is not a Tender - This Prior Information Notice is being published by the Department of Health, Strategic Performance and Planning Group (SPPG) for the purposes of informing and engaging with potential service providers regarding the upcoming public competition for the provision of Engineering Inspections within Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI). The SPPG wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of Health and Social Care for Northern Ireland to obtain a view of the market's current practices in the following areas: * Provision of Independent Advice, Support and Mediation to Children in Need and their Parents and Carers acting on their behalf. * The introduction of mandatory scored Social Value criteria. * Current practices in regard to ethical procurement, human rights and modern slavery. * Current data protection and cybersecurity arrangements ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032077-2023 | | 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 | 31 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Nov 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £580,000 | | 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 | PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE | | Locality | BELFAST | | Post town | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT12 6HU | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast | | Local authority | Belfast | | Electoral ward | Blackstaff | | Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down | | Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 31 Oct 2023 at 09:38 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032077-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps - https://online.hscni.net/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04105d. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04105d.json.