Planning

Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (PPME) for Provision of a Countywide Information and Advice Helpline for Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Support (HertsHelp)

  • Hertfordshire County Council

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-023575

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03625c

Published 24 August 2022, 11:07am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Hertfordshire County Council

Pegs Lane

HERTFORD

SG13 8DE

Contact

Helen Bruce Hoy

Email

helen.brucehoy@hertfordshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 01992588668

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/BuyerProfiles

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (PPME) for Provision of a Countywide Information and Advice Helpline for Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Support (HertsHelp)

Reference number

HCC 08/22 - PPME

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 75100000 - Administration services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (‘PPME’) for the HertsHelp telephone information and advice helpline service which acts as a gateway for all Hertfordshire residents to access voluntary sector services, community based health and social care services across Hertfordshire.The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options 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 PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 75100000 - Administration services
  • 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
  • 98300000 - Miscellaneous services
  • 85300000 - Social work and related services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (‘PPME’) for the HertsHelp telephone information and advice helpline service which acts as a gateway for all Hertfordshire residents to access voluntary sector services, community based health and social care services across Hertfordshire.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

24 August 2022


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No