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title: "Provision of Youth Digital Safety and Online Harms"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside"
published: "2026-10-26"
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# Provision of Youth Digital Safety and Online Harms

Buyer: Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07904d

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## Summary

The Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside and Chief Constable for Merseyside are exploring a future service to improve children and young people’s safety and wellbeing online across Merseyside. The work would take a coordinated public health approach to online harms, supporting young people to build confidence and agency in digital environments. Areas under consideration include workforce development, practical guidance and resources, communities of practice, evidence sharing and local-authority pilots. Pilots could test digital youth work, targeted prevention, safeguarding pathways and peer-led approaches. The market engagement will examine current services, gaps in practice and strategy, partnership options, evidence and evaluation, and the feasibility of different delivery models. This is service development and delivery, rather than a defined software purchase; the technical classifications also encompass software and IT services.

The process is at preliminary market engagement and planning stage: the buyer is gathering written responses to shape a possible future commissioning opportunity, not inviting bids. The engagement is expected to inform priorities, service design, procurement strategy and evaluation. The buyer has not settled a procurement model; possibilities include one strategic partner, several providers, partnership or consortium delivery, specialist lots, or a mixed approach. The planned engagement response date is 4 December 2026. The indicative contract period is 1 April 2027 to 1 April 2028, with a possible extension to 1 April 2029. The stated estimated value is £150,000. The future service is marked as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises. No final specification or commitment to procure has been made.

This engagement is relevant to organisations working in youth digital safety, online harms, public health prevention, safeguarding, digital youth work or related research and evaluation. The buyer is seeking input from charities, community and voluntary organisations, social enterprises, private-sector and public-sector providers, researchers, and partnerships or consortia; smaller and specialist organisations are explicitly welcome. Useful experience includes developing workforce capability, translating evidence into practice, designing prevention interventions and building sustainable partnerships across local systems. Suppliers with knowledge of place-based delivery, youth participation, peer approaches and safeguarding pathways could help shape the options being explored. The engagement also offers a chance to explain delivery capacity and what forms of commissioning could work for the market. No particular accreditation, staffing threshold or technical qualification is set out at this planning stage, and participation does not guarantee a role in any later competition.

## Notice

Provision of Youth Digital Safety and Online Harms. PCC/PD/1347. MVRP intends to undertake preliminary market engagement to inform the potential development of a future commissioning opportunity relating to youth digital safety and online harms across Merseyside. The initial scope is to explore how a coordinated public health approach could support children and young people to be safe and well online and to have the confidence, agency and support to thrive in digital environments. The engagement will explore existing provision, strategic and practice gaps, workforce capability, prevention approaches, partnership models, evidence and evaluation, and the feasibility of future delivery options. Potential areas of focus include: (1) building system capability through workforce development, guidance, resources, communities of practice and evidence translation; and (2) local authority test-and-learn pilots to explore place-based approaches such as digital youth work, targeted prevention, safeguarding pathways and peer approaches. These are areas for exploration and are not a final specification or commitment to procure.

### Planning Information

C. Subject matter and initial scope
MVRP intends to undertake preliminary market engagement to inform the potential development of a future commissioning opportunity relating to youth digital safety and online harms across Merseyside.
The initial scope is to explore how a coordinated public health approach could support children and young people to be safe and well online and to have the confidence, agency and support to thrive in digital environments. The engagement will explore existing provision, strategic and practice gaps, workforce capability, prevention approaches, partnership models, evidence and evaluation, and the feasibility of future delivery options.
Potential areas of focus include: (1) building system capability through workforce development, guidance, resources, communities of practice and evidence translation; and (2) local authority test-and-learn pilots to explore place-based approaches such as digital youth work, targeted prevention, safeguarding pathways and peer approaches. These are areas for exploration and are not a final specification or commitment to procure.
D. Purpose of the preliminary market engagement
The engagement is intended to help MVRP understand national, regional and local provision; identify strengths, gaps and emerging evidence; explore partnership and delivery options; assess market capacity; and inform future commissioning priorities, service design, procurement strategy and evaluation.
The engagement is open to relevant organisations, including charities, community and voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises, private-sector providers, public-sector organisations, researchers, partnerships and consortia. Smaller and specialist organisations are welcome to contribute.
E. Proposed engagement process
MVRP proposes to invite written responses through an accompanying Supplier Questionnaire organised around six themes: Strategic Need and Local Priorities; Policy, Practice and Intervention; Building Capability and Confidence; Public Health Prevention; Partnership, Systems Leadership and Sustainability; and Innovation, Learning and Future Development.
Engagement method(s): Written questionnaire
F. Indicative future procurement approach
No final procurement model has been determined. MVRP may consider a single strategic partner, multiple providers, partnership or consortium delivery, specialist lots or a mixed model. Market engagement findings will inform whether and how any future procurement is taken forward, subject to approval, funding and applicable procurement requirements.
G. Important procurement information
This notice invites participation in preliminary market engagement and is not a tender notice, call for competition or invitation to submit a bid. MVRP is not committing to proceed with a procurement or to award a contract. Participation does not guarantee involvement in a future procurement and does not confer preferential treatment.
MVRP will take appropriate steps to ensure that participation in preliminary market engagement does not give a supplier an unfair advantage or otherwise distort competition. Information gathered may be used to inform the future requirement and procurement approach. Any subsequent procurement will be conducted in accordance with the applicable legal and procurement framework.
Please email laura.fawcett@merseyside.police.uk to request the supplier questionnaire.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101100-2026 |
| 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 | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 1 Apr 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £150,000 |
| 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 | Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside & Chief Constable for Merseyside |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode area | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 3AN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | Everton West |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2026 at 14:44 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101100-2026
- 26 Oct 2026 at 14:32 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101087-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101100-2026
  26th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/101087-2026
  26th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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