{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-06ce30-2026-07-17T15:59:37+01:00", "date": "2026-07-17T15:59:37+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06ce30", "initiationType": "tender", "parties": [ { "id": "GB-PPON-PVVT-2483-WWMH", "name": "Metropolitan borough of Bury", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PVVT-2483-WWMH" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "Town Hall, Knowsley Street", "locality": "Bury", "postalCode": "BL9 0SW", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKD37" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "corporateprocurement@bury.gov.uk" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "classifications": [ { "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment", "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE", "description": "Public authority - sub-central government" } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-PPON-PVVT-2483-WWMH", "name": "Metropolitan borough of Bury" }, "planning": { "milestones": [ { "id": "engagement", "type": "engagement", "description": "The Authority will hold a live market engagement presentation event on Friday 31st July 2026. Organisations wishing to participate should register using the link below: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44ce40e6-649c-4e41-9818-17003632497d@b3b731d0-98c0-440b-8765-8d6464a8ed82 Following the presentation, market engagement questions will be issued to all registered participants via Microsoft Forms. The deadline for responses is Thursday 18th June 2026. Responses will be used solely to inform the Authority's procurement strategy and Scope of Works. All responses will be treated in confidence and anonymised in any published summary. In advance of the live event, supporting information can be made available on request. This will include an outline Pre-Market Engagement (PME) document, together with a draft outline service specification. To request this, please contact: Comfort Ndigwe on e: C.Ndigwe@bury.gov.uk. This is engagement only: it is not an invitation to tender and does not commit the Council to any particular procurement route or outcome.", "dueDate": "2026-08-14T23:59:59+01:00", "status": "scheduled" } ], "documents": [ { "id": "067947-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067947-2026", "datePublished": "2026-07-17T15:59:37+01:00", "format": "text/html" } ] }, "tender": { "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-06ce30", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "Children's Short Breaks Services", "description": "Bury Council (the Authority) is preparing to recommission its SEND Short Breaks service. Ahead of any procurement, we are seeking expressions of interest and market intelligence from suitably experienced and accredited providers through preliminary market engagement (PME). The PME will share our emerging thinking, test it with providers, and understand the capacity, appetite, local reach and pricing realities of the market. We want to hear from a wide range of organisations, including current providers, voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, faith-based providers, youth, play and activity providers, specialist care and overnight providers, Ofsted-registered children's homes, personal assistants and micro-providers, and locally-based provision of all sizes across the six townships of Bury (Bury, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Tottington and Whitefield). This notice is issued pursuant to Section 16 of the Procurement Act 2023 to invite the market to participate in a structured pre-market engagement process ahead of a formal competitive procurement. The purpose of this engagement is to inform the Council's procurement strategy, service model and lot structure ahead of publication of the tender notice. In particular, the Council is seeking market views on: * The proposed unbundling of the current anchor-provider lot into a sub-lotted structure by service type and township, and alternative packaging options considered; * The deliverability of an open, refreshable provider list / framework model with periodic re-opening for new entrants; * Market capacity and appetite across specialist/complex (including overnight residential), targeted and universal/community short breaks provision; * The proposed conditions of participation, including Ofsted and CQC \"Good\" minimum ratings for specialist and complex service lots; * The proposed Mid-Tier Contract form (zero guaranteed volume, work-order call-off, collective performance management); and * The design of a Direct Payments / Personal Assistant route sitting alongside the commissioned framework.", "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "55241000", "description": "Holiday centre services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "55242000", "description": "Holiday home services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "55243000", "description": "Children's holiday-camp services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85311000", "description": "Social work services with accommodation" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85312100", "description": "Daycare services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85312110", "description": "Child daycare services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85312120", "description": "Daycare services for disabled children and young people" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85312200", "description": "Homedelivery of provisions" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85312310", "description": "Guidance services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85312400", "description": "Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "85322000", "description": "Community action programme" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKD36", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UKD37", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "value": { "amountGross": 15986611, "amount": 13322176, "currency": "GBP" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "specialRegime": [ "lightTouch" ], "aboveThreshold": true, "techniques": { "hasFrameworkAgreement": true }, "lots": [ { "id": "1", "suitability": { "sme": true, "vcse": true }, "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2027-02-01T00:00:00Z", "endDate": "2031-01-31T23:59:59Z", "maxExtentDate": "2035-01-31T23:59:59Z" }, "hasRenewal": true, "status": "planning" } ], "communication": { "futureNoticeDate": "2026-11-01T23:59:59Z" }, "status": "planning" }, "language": "en" }