Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 13 Apr 2025, 22:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Early Years Mentoring Service

Official notice

Authority: Islington Council (Local council)

Services
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 1 Apr 2027 · up to 1 Apr 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Early Help Mentoring Service

A bespoke service delivering intensive mentoring for children aged 5-11 in Islington, or those looked after by Islington Council, with behavioural difficulties. The service aims to:

Engage children and young people at risk of poor educational attendance/attainment or multiple school suspensions/exclusions.

Focus on children less likely to achieve good educational outcomes.

Represent Islington’s diverse population.

Key Points:

Referrals primarily from primary schools, but also from other agencies supporting children and families.

Targeted support to improve educational outcomes and reduce behavioural issues.

Suppliers must also demonstrate their ability to work within an integrated and safe children and family’s framework. In addition, Islington will be looking for an organisation who have the ability to lever in additional resources to expand the Islington service over the life of the contract

This procurement is dependant on securing external funding. The annual funding available is up to £150,000.

CPV: Guidance and counselling services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yr
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2027 (1 yr) · up to 1 Apr 2029 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Apr 2025, 22:26 BST
Last source update
13 Apr 2025, 22:26 BST
Authority reference
2425-0763
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014795
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Guidance and counselling services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050206 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    13 Apr 2025, 22:26 BST
  2. Market engagement
    15 May 2025, 00:59 BST

    Important Information

    This Notice is for informational purposes only and is not a formal invitation to tender. Its aim is to enhance transparency and competition for the upcoming contract notice. All details provided here may be updated or changed in the final contract notice.

    The Council reserves the right to cancel, postpone, suspend or abort this procurement at any stage. The issue of this notice in no way commits the Council to commence the procurement process.

    Engagement Session

    Suppliers interested in this opportunity are invited to attend a virtual information and engagement session to be held on Microsoft Teams on 7th May 2025 at 12pm-1pm

    Contact Information

    Commissioner Name: Catherine Briody

    Commissioner Job Title: Head of VAWG & Youth Safety Commissioning

    Commissioner Email: catherine.briody@islington.gov.uk

    Alternative contact procurement@islington.gov.uk

  3. Contract starts211 days ago
    1 Apr 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Apr 2025, 22:26 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Islington Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBMD-2513-CWJJ Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, London, London, N1 2UDContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure