Planning

Specialist Supported Living for People with Autism - Pre-Market Engagement

  • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-082977

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f5ea

Published 15 December 2025, 3:00pm



Scope

Reference

P054

Description

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) seeks to engage with service providers in relation to the provision of a support provider for supported living for autistic adults at Dillington Mews in Barnsley. Dillington Mews is a 6-person purpose built supported living service for autistic adults. Each of the unit is a single person apartment. There is a separate staff office. The service is currently staffed 24/7 with additional 1:1 commissioned for individual need as necessary. The commissioning intention is that the outcome of this market engagement will feed into a procurement exercise in early 2026. This may result in a contract commencement in the autumn of 2026. A supplier presentation briefing session will be held on Thursday 22nd January 2026 at 14:00 via MS Teams. The session is expected to last no more than 1 hour. A maximum of two representatives per supplier organisation may attend the session. For further information, please download and review the Pre-Market Engagement - Document for Suppliers. To confirm attendance to the session, please complete and submit Appendix 1 via YORtender by the deadline of 12noon on 21/01/2026. Please note that he value and contract dates used within this notice are estimates and still to be confirmed.

Total value (estimated)

  • £1,000,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 October 2026 to 1 October 2031
  • 5 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

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

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Engagement

Engagement deadline

21 January 2026

Engagement process description


Participation

Particular suitability

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

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

23 January 2026


Contracting authority

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYHH-2597-YVZG

Town Hall

Barnsley, South Yorkshire

S70 2TA

United Kingdom

Contact name: Katie Tomlinson

Telephone: +44 0126000000

Email: katietomlinson@barnsley.gov.uk

Website: https://www.barnsley.gov.uk

Region: UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government