--- title: "25107 Early Intervention and Prevention Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0682eb" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0682eb" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0682eb.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0682eb.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2026-04-15" --- # 25107 Early Intervention and Prevention Services Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0682eb [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0682eb) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0682eb.json) ## Summary Cambridgeshire County Council is currently in the planning phase for the tendering of 'Early Intervention and Prevention Services', with the procurement focusing on health and social work services. Located in Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, the council aims to recommission services covering information and advice, befriending, and sensory support for older people in Cambridgeshire. The initial market engagement event is scheduled for 21st May 2026, with a confirmed deadline for participation via email. This tender is categorised under the 'services' industry, and it employs a 'light touch' procurement regime given its focus on social services. This tender presents significant business opportunities, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community and social enterprises (VCSEs), as it encourages consortium bids and collaboration. Firms specialising in elderly care, sensory service provision, or community support are particularly well-suited to compete. The tender offers a chance to contribute to community development and enhance service delivery in Cambridgeshire, with the contract expected to start on 1st April 2027 and potential renewal extending to 2034. Engaging in this process could enable businesses to expand their reach and expertise, given its emphasis on tailoring services to individuals' needs and local contexts. ## Notice Cambridgeshire County Council are planning for the recommissioning of four services focused on early intervention and prevention: * Information and advice service to older people * Befriending service for older people * Sensory services to people with sight loss * Sensory services to people with hearing loss We are conducting preliminary market engagement to gather insights from potential providers and better understand the current landscape from a provider's perspective. We intend to retender the above services at the same time in a single tender process, divided into lots. Service Overview: The Information and Advice Service for Older People supports independence at home and provides help with access to benefits and other services. The service is strengths-based, encouraging peer support, community connections, and helping individuals build resilience, independence, and coping skills. It is also place-based, with a requirement to tailor recommendations and signposting to the local reality in each locality, and is responsive to individual needs. We are open to consortium bids for this contract or a lead provider model where one organisation works collaboratively with others to ensure local knowledge and resources are optimised across all our communities. The Befriending Service provides telephone or face-to-face contact for older people who would otherwise experience social isolation and who are not accessing local opportunities or venues at the time of referral. The service should seek to promote autonomy and independence where possible, but provides a lifeline for those who have struggled to build or maintain relationships in their community, sometimes due to limited mobility. We would welcome consortium bids for this contract or a lead provider model where one organisation works collaboratively with others to ensure local knowledge and resources are optimised across all our communities. The Sensory Services ensure Information and Advice needed by people living with sensory loss (i.e. sight loss or hearing loss) is made available in an accessible format and provide expert advice on benefits and other services that may be needed, including British Sign Language and/or help with Assistive Technology. It is hoped that these services will be accessible to people who live in all corners of Cambridgeshire and to that end, there may be opportunities for lead providers (of each kind of sensory service) to collaborate with local partners in certain areas or to submit a consortium bid. ### Planning Information The Market Engagement Event will be held via MS Teams from 3pm to 4.30pm on Thursday 21st May 2026. Please confirm your intention to join by e-mail to: Commissioning.BusinessSupport@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. We then share the link to join the Teams meeting with attendees ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034157-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | 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 Apr 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 29 May 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 | | 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 | CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | ALCONBURY WEALD, HUNTINGDON | | Post town | Peterborough | | Postcode | PE28 4YE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC | | Local authority | Huntingdonshire | | Electoral ward | The Stukeleys | | Westminster constituency | Huntingdon | | Delivery location | TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 15 Apr 2026 at 11:18 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034157-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034157-2026 15th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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