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Meet the Buyer / Market Engagement Event for Overnight Short Breaks with Outreach Support Service for Children and Young People with Disabilities (0-18 years old) in Herefordshire

  • Herefordshire Council

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-069436

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05aa7d

Published 28 October 2025, 12:21pm

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Scope

Reference

DN795663

Description

Herefordshire Council will be running a Market Engagement events for all businesses interested in delivering Overnight Short Breaks with Outreach Support Service for Children and Young People with Disabilities (0-18 years old) in Herefordshire.

Dates of the engagement:

1) 5th November 10:00am - 12:30pm at Shell Store, Rotherwas, Skylon Park, Hereford HR2 6SR

2) 12th November 1:00pm - 2:00pm via Microsoft teams (for this event suppliers should confirm their name and email address that we should send the Microsoft Teams invitation to)

Each event will cover the following topics: information of where to find council opportunities, how to successfully bid for them and specific information about this project along with opportunities to ask questions and network.

ALL SUPPLIERS WHO WISH TO ATTEND WOULD NEED TO EXPRESS THEIR INTEREST no later than

1) 12 noon, Friday 31st October for the first event and

2) 12 noon, Monday 10th November for the second event

To secure your spot please contact us via ProContract messages or via email on panelsupportcypd@herefordshire.gov.uk by providing your company name and email addresses of representatives who wish to attend.

If attending the 5th November event, please advise of any special dietary requirements, as refreshments will be provided. If attending the Teams event, a meeting invite will be sent shortly before the session.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2029
  • Possible extension to 28 February 2033
  • 7 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Contract locations

  • UKG11 - Herefordshire, County of

Engagement

Engagement deadline

10 November 2025

Engagement process description

Dates of the engagement:

1) 5th November 10:00am - 12:30pm at Shell Store, Rotherwas, Skylon Park, Hereford HR2 6SR

2) 12th November 1:00pm - 2:00pm via Microsoft teams (for this event suppliers should confirm their name and email address that we should send the Microsoft Teams invitation to)

Herefordshire Council has published this market engagement notice on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal', project reference DN795663. To view the documentation related to this Market Engagement Event you will need to register on the portal if you are not already registered with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity.

Closing date for registration:

- 12 noon, Friday 31st October for the first event and

- 12 noon, Monday 10th November for the second event

To register with Procontract on the Supplying the Southwest Portal, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk


Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

5 December 2025


Procedure

Special regime

Light touch


Contracting authority

Herefordshire Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDTG-2978-LHCN

Herefordshire Council, Plough Lane

Hereford

HR4 0LE

United Kingdom

Contact name: Ms Aksana Hironak

Email: commercialservices@herefordshire.gov.uk

Region: UKG11 - Herefordshire, County of

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government