--- title: "Kirklees Young Carers Service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06c7df" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06c7df" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06c7df.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06c7df.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES" published: "2026-07-09" --- # Kirklees Young Carers Service Buyer: THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06c7df [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06c7df) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06c7df.json) ## Summary The Council of the Borough of Kirklees is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Kirklees Young Carers Service," focusing on health and social work services. This service is intended for the Kirklees region, coded as UKE44, in the United Kingdom. The procurement process is using a market engagement approach to frame the eventual tender, with a preliminary market engagement notice published on 9th July 2026. Stakeholders are encouraged to complete and electronically return an associated questionnaire by 31st July 2026, to shape the procurement process. The new contract, planned under UKPGA 2023/54, will potentially run from 1st April 2027 to 31st March 2030, with an optional extension to 31st March 2032. This procurement offers significant opportunities for businesses operating in health and social work services, especially those that are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs). By participating in this early market engagement, businesses can influence a well-framed procurement process that aligns with market capabilities and needs, potentially positioning themselves for robust competitive bidding. The emphasis on collaboration during the planning phase highlights the Council's intent to ensure that the subsequent contract aligns effectively with both community needs and market capabilities. ## Notice Kirklees Council is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to provide for a Young Carers and Young Adult Carers Support Service in Kirklees that will form part of the contract with Kirklees Council (the Council). To support this, we would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise. Suppliers are therefore invited to consider the programme requirements detailed in this document and complete the attached questionnaire to give us feedback on the proposed approach. This Market Sounding Exercise (MSE) is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. The Council, as contracting authority, is issuing this request for information only, in order to assess the reaction of the market and thus make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. The new contract will commence on 1st April 2027 to 31st March 2030, with the option to extend for 2 years to 31st March 2032. ### Planning Information Your responses will assist us in creating a procurement process which is well-framed, focused, feasible and likely to be of interest to the market. This process focuses on the market as a whole, rather than on the merits of individual organisations. Returned questionnaires will be assessed based on responses to the questions identified at Appendix 1. You should complete the Appendix 1 document and return electronically via the internet using the YORtender electronic tendering system: https://yortender.eu-supply.com Please note The Tender for this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice will be advertised on the Atamis portal Suppliers will need to be registered, link below:- https://ypo2.my.site.com/s/Welcome ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064860-2026 | | 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 | 9 Jul 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Jul 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 | | 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 | THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES | | Locality | HUDDERSFIELD | | Post town | Huddersfield | | Postcode | HD1 2TA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees | | Local authority | Kirklees | | Electoral ward | Newsome | | Westminster constituency | Huddersfield | | Delivery location | TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 9 Jul 2026 at 14:56 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064860-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/064860-2026 9th July 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.kirklees.gov.uk - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://yortender.eu-supply.com - https://ypo2.my.site.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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