--- title: "Lincolnshire County Council Home Learning Parcels 2025-26" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05cd78" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05cd78" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05cd78.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05cd78.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2025-10-15" --- # Lincolnshire County Council Home Learning Parcels 2025-26 Buyer: LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05cd78 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05cd78) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05cd78.json) ## Summary Lincolnshire County Council is in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Home Learning Parcels 2025-26", aimed at reviewing their current provision and engaging with the market to develop a support package for Children in Care (CiC) aged 3 to 12. The project focuses on literacy, numeracy, and wellbeing, requiring evidence-based, high-quality resources tailored to individual needs. The planning phase includes a market engagement event scheduled for 28 October 2025, providing potential suppliers an opportunity to discuss and provide feedback that will shape the requirements ahead of the full tender process. This project is primarily within the educational sector, with procurement activities set to formally begin so that the service is in place by 1 April 2026. This is an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in educational resources, printing services, or related sectors to contribute innovative solutions tailored to the needs of the targeted cohort. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, given the suitability acknowledgements in the procurement notice. Engaging in this project could lead to long-term contracts, as the initial contract period is set from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029, with potential renewals extending to 2031. Businesses interested in leveraging their expertise in educational equipment or school books will find this tender particularly promising for growth and building partnerships within public sector procurement. ## Notice Lincolnshire County Council are undertaking a review of Home Learning Parcels to determine the requirement from April 2026 and how it can support statutory duties. Service users in scope are Children in Care (CiC) aged 3 - 12. Lincolnshire County Council's review includes benchmarking activity, and engagement with service users currently using the service and potential providers offering solutions. The Home Learning Parcels review is intended to lead to recommendations around the requirements for the service, which is required to be in place 1 April 2026. ### Planning Information Lincolnshire County Council Home Learning Parcels 2025 -2026 Lincolnshire County Council Children's Services are undertaking a Service Review into Home Learning Parcels and are seeking to engage with the market, and related and involved professionals and stakeholders. Children's Commissioning have engaged with the Virtual School to seek their views on the needs of the cohort, and have also undertaken some engagement with service users of the current programme in place. We are seeking to develop a resource package that supports the aims and objectives of the Service. This includes: - Encouraging reading and supporting literacy and numeracy at home for CiC - Promoting positive wellbeing within the target cohort - Ensuring materials are evidence based, accessible, high-quality, and tailored to individual needs The purpose of this engagement is to explore supplier capabilities, field any queries, and gather feedback to inform the final requirement. The Council wish to engage with providers who may be able to provide innovative bespoke solutions. Those providers interested in providing Home Learning Parcels are invited to join the Virtual School and Children's Commissioning at a TEAMS event on Tuesday 28 October at 1pm. There will be a short presentation and the opportunity for questions. Up to two hours has been allowed for the event. Providers can join the Teams event via: Meeting ID: 321 953 874 028 4 Passcode: 6UW97SN9 If you are unable to access via the details above, you are able to book a place via childrens_commissioning@lincolnshire.gov.uk who will provide the TEAMS link via email. The discussion will allow interested providers the opportunity to digest the information presented at the TEAMS event, ask further questions, outline how they feel the needs of the cohort can be best met, and how they might contribute. Any issues in joining the meeting please email childrens_commissioning@lincolnshire.gov.uk If you are unable to attend the event on Tuesday 28 October 2025, the slides can be made available upon request shortly after, together with a summary of any Q&A at the event. Interested parties will be kept fully informed of progress on the project including signposting to any tender opportunity and notices published on Central Digital Platform. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065663-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | 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 | 15 Oct 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 29 Oct 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 | | 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 | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | LINCOLN | | Post town | Lincoln | | Postcode | LN1 1YL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF3 Lincolnshire | | ITL 3 | TLF30 Lincolnshire CC | | Local authority | Lincoln | | Electoral ward | Carholme | | Westminster constituency | Lincoln | | Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 22 - Printed matter and related products - 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 22111000 - School books - 39162000 - Educational equipment - 79800000 - Printing and related services ## Release History - 15 Oct 2025 at 14:35 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065663-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065663-2025 15th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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