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title: "Hosting of Online Policies and Procedures"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e10c"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Lincolnshire County Council"
published: "2026-08-13"
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# Hosting of Online Policies and Procedures

Buyer: Lincolnshire County Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e10c

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## Summary

Lincolnshire County Council intends to procure an online policy and procedures manual for Children’s Services, Adult Services and the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Partnership. The service will host and manage current national legislation, statutory guidance, local policies, procedures and best-practice guidance, together with safeguarding and regulatory manuals. It must support access by practitioners and partner organisations across Lincolnshire, including the police, education, health, and voluntary and community sectors. The purpose is to give professionals who work with or have direct contact with children or adults reliable access to guidance supporting safeguarding and compliant service delivery. This is a services requirement covering online information hosting, content management and related computer and internet services.

This procurement is at the planning stage: Lincolnshire County Council has stated its intention to buy the service, but has not yet invited tenders. Preliminary market engagement is planned through a questionnaire, with responses expected by 21 August 2026. The council’s current expectation is for a contract running from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029, with an option to renew or extend to 31 March 2031. The estimated gross value is £140,940. There is one planned lot. The procurement is below the applicable threshold and is intended to be suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The council has updated the engagement contact email during planning.

The work is likely to suit suppliers operating online policy, procedure, legal-information or professional-guidance platforms, particularly those able to organise and maintain frequently updated content for multiple user groups. Relevant experience would include hosting national legislation and statutory guidance alongside locally authored policies, procedures and best-practice material, and presenting this in a form that practitioners and partner agencies can use across children’s and adult services. Suppliers with knowledge of safeguarding, social care, regulatory compliance or multi-agency public services should be well placed to understand the audience and content requirements. The planned lot is explicitly suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises, so smaller specialist providers may be able to prepare for the future competition.

## Notice

All practitioners in Lincolnshire who work with or have direct contact with Children or Adults must have access to current national legislation and statutory guidance, alongside local policies and procedures and best practice guidance, to enable them to safeguard Children and Adults. This includes staff within Lincolnshire County Council's (LCC) Children's Services, Adult Services, and professionals from partner organisations and sectors, such as Police, Education, Health and the Voluntary and Community sector. LCC therefore requires access to an online manual to host and manage policies and procedures on behalf of Children's Services, Adult Services and the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) as well as a range of safeguarding and regulatory manuals to support multi agency access to legislation, practice and policy guidance across Lincolnshire. This service is a critical resource for practitioners across Lincolnshire, ensuring access to up-to-date legislative, statutory and practice guidance that supports safe, effective and compliant service delivery.

### Planning Information

Response to published questionnaire required by the deadline.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077182-2026 |
| 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 | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £140,940 |
| 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 |
| Postcode area | 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 | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72400000 - Internet services
- 72500000 - Computer-related services
- 72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
- 72700000 - Computer network services
- 72800000 - Computer audit and testing services
- 72900000 - Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services

## Release History

- 13 Aug 2026 at 11:57 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077182-2026
- 11 Aug 2026 at 11:13 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076117-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077182-2026
  13th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076117-2026
  11th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/

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