Planning

Premarket engagement - services to support children who display sexualised behaviour

  • Nottinghamshire County Council

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-083944

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f814

Published 17 December 2025, 3:02pm



Scope

Reference

DN800979

Description

Nottinghamshire County Council are currently in the process of developing a specification to deliver a framework of Providers who can offer care for children with multiple presenting needs including care for those children displaying sexualised behaviours.

This exercise is designed to gather insights from you about capacity, appetite, challenges, and innovative approaches to delivering care for children who display sexualised behaviour, and for those who may have convictions.

Your feedback will help us better understand market conditions, refine our commissioning strategy, and ensure that any potential future framework is informed by provider experience.

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029
  • Possible extension to 31 August 2035
  • 9 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Contract locations

  • UKF - East Midlands (England)

Engagement

Engagement deadline

5 January 2026

Engagement process description

A pre-market engagement exercise is being carried out on https://www.eastmidstenders.org/

Direct link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=75f2e808-57db-f011-813c-005056b64545&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21

We invite Providers to submit their responses via the Portal.


Participation

Particular suitability

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

Procedure

Special regime

Light touch


Contracting authority

Nottinghamshire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBCV-5152-BXBP

County Hall, Loughborough Road

Nottingham

NG2 7QP

United Kingdom

Contact name: Samantha Gilbert

Email: samantha.gilbert@nottscc.gov.uk

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

Region: UKF16 - South Nottinghamshire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government