--- title: "Pre-Market Engagement - York and North Yorkshire Force Control Room Mental Health" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e493" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e493" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e493.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e493.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority" published: "2026-08-14" --- # Pre-Market Engagement - York and North Yorkshire Force Control Room Mental Health Buyer: York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e493 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e493) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e493.json) ## Summary York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, through its Policing, Fire and Crime directorate, is planning a new Force Control Room Mental Health Service. The requirement is for health and social work services supporting mental health provision linked to a force control room. The market exercise is intended to explore how the service could be delivered, including arrangements for providers that have limited or no direct access to mental health records or other confidential health data. Delivery will support the York and North Yorkshire policing area. The procurement is classified as a light-touch service requirement and is intended to be suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. This process is at the planning stage and is currently a soft market-testing exercise rather than a formal procurement. The authority expects to use the responses to shape the future service specification and procurement approach. Interested parties are asked to complete a Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire by 14 September 2026, with a future notice expected on 5 October 2026. The planned contract period is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030. The requirement is organised as one lot. No contract value or budget is stated. Participation in the market exercise will not form part of any future tender evaluation, so suppliers should treat it as an opportunity to inform the eventual requirement rather than as an invitation to submit a bid. This planning exercise will suit providers of mental health, health and social work services that can support a force control room environment. The authority is seeking views on market capability, available capacity, innovative approaches and practical service-delivery models. Providers should consider how they would operate where direct access to mental health records or confidential health data is limited or unavailable, and how service quality and information handling could be maintained in that setting. Organisations preparing for the future procurement may include established healthcare or social care providers, specialist mental health organisations, charities and community or voluntary-sector bodies. Smaller organisations and social enterprises are expressly considered suitable, creating scope for individual providers, partnerships or delivery models involving specialist subcontractors. ## Notice The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA), Policing, Fire and Crime (PFC) directorate, is conducting a soft market testing to shape the future of a new Force Control Room Mental Health Service. The purpose of this questionnaire is to understand the market's capability, capacity, innovation, and views regarding service delivery, particularly where providers may have limited or no direct access to mental health records or confidential health data. Responses will be used to shape the future service specification and procurement approach. This exercise does not form part of any formal procurement process and participation will not influence any future tender evaluation. ### Planning Information Interested parties are requested to complete and return the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire by 2pm September 14th. This should be downloaded and submitted via the portal: https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictender-details?tid=7b897551-0f6a-4d39-bfd8-243f22243f28 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077648-2026 | | 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 | 14 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 5 Oct 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 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 | York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority | | Locality | YORK | | Postcode area | York | | Postcode | YO1 6GA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE2 North Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE21 York | | Local authority | York | | Electoral ward | Micklegate | | Westminster constituency | York Central | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 14 Aug 2026 at 12:15 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077648-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077648-2026 14th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictender-details?tid=7b897551-0f6a-4d39-bfd8-243f22243f28 - 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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