Planning

HCC – Jan 26 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the Procurement Provision of Digital Communications and Marketing in Public Health

  • Hertfordshire County Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-004394

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0608d6

Published 19 January 2026, 2:29pm



Scope

Description

The Council is carrying out PME in relation to this project. The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council's options, requirements and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process.

Participation or non-participation in the PME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.

Participation in the PME will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this PME will be reimbursed by the Council.

To access the PME documentation please visit the Council's e-tendering system Supply Hertfordshire, run by Intend at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire and follow the on-screen guidance. In addition, to participate in this PME, organisations must return their completed Provider Questionnaire (Appendix A of the PME Document), together with any supporting documents, through the Correspondence area of this project by the return deadline of 12.00 Noon on 06 February 2026, as per the PME documentation and e-tendering system. Provider Questionnaires received after the deadline

may not be reviewed at the Council's sole discretion.

Please make sure that you have submitted your Provider Questionnaire following the instructions within the PME documentation and e-tendering system. The Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their Provider Questionnaire.

If you are experiencing problems with the Supply Hertfordshire website, In-Tend offer a help section which includes a dedicated UK support desk which can be contacted via email: support@in-tend.co.uk or Telephone: +44 1144070065 for any website/technical questions, Monday to Friday, 8:30-17:00.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2030
  • Possible extension to 31 March 2031
  • 5 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services
  • 85100000 - Health services
  • 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

Engagement

Engagement deadline

6 February 2026

Engagement process description

To access the PME documentation please visit the Council's e-tendering system Supply Hertfordshire, run by Intend at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire and follow the on-screen guidance. In addition, to participate in this PME, organisations must return their completed Provider Questionnaire (Appendix A of the PME Document), together with any supporting documents, through the Correspondence area of this project by the return deadline of 12.00 Noon on 06 February 2026, as per the PME documentation and e-tendering system. Provider Questionnaires received after the deadline

may not be reviewed at the Council's sole discretion.

Please make sure that you have submitted your Provider Questionnaire following the instructions within the PME documentation and e-tendering system. The Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their Provider Questionnaire.

If you are experiencing problems with the Supply Hertfordshire website, In-Tend offer a help section which includes a dedicated UK support desk which can be contacted via email: support@in-tend.co.uk or Telephone: +44 1144070065 for any website/technical questions, Monday to Friday, 8:30-17:00.


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

6 February 2026


Contracting authority

Hertfordshire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWJT-5264-WYMY

Robertson House, Six Hills Way

Stevenage

SG1 2FQ

United Kingdom

Region: UKH23 - Hertfordshire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government