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Published 9 May 2025, 09:00 BST

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Family Lifestyles Programme - 'Food Labs'

Official notice

Authority: Hampshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ3)
Planned pipeline value£50,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Aug 2026 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Hampshire County Council intends to seek providers for the delivery of Food Labs resource development and training that supports families with increasing dietary diversity by trying new foods and managing or reducing picky eating (within financial or resource constraints). The service to be delivered will contain three main elements:

Part 1: Development of content for 8-12 Food Labs sessions

Part 2: Development and delivery of Food Labs training for professionals

Part 3: Development of Food Labs resources for families

The Food Labs sessions, training, and family resources are intended to support dietary diversity and healthy eating habits, with a focus on upskilling professionals already working in community settings or with families.

CPV: Health and social work services · Specialist training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 (1 yr)
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
80510000 Specialist training services85000000 Health and social work services

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
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 May 2025, 09:00 BST
Last source update
9 May 2025, 09:00 BST
Authority reference
AS25387
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019916
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesSpecialist training services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050f50 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    9 May 2025, 09:00 BST
  2. Market engagement
    23 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    Hampshire County Council invites potential Suppliers to participate in an pre-tender market engagement questionnaire aimed at understanding the market and gathering feedback from interested Suppliers. This input will be instrumental in shaping the development and delivery of Food Labs training sessions.

    The questionnaire and more information about this requirement is available within the In-Tend system at in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/ ↗

    If your organisation is not registered on the Hampshire In-Tend portal, please go to the website stated above and click on the 'Register' tab - registration is free.

    Logging into In-Tend (once registered)

    • To view this opportunity please click on 'Tenders' then 'Current' and then scroll down to the project 'AS25387 Family Lifestyle Programme (Food Labs)'.
    • Selecting 'View Details' on the relevant opportunity
    • Clicking the 'Express Interest' tab
    • Following the on-screen instructions
    • More information is available via the Synopsis button

    We recommend that you refer to the e-tendering guidance for suppliers which can be found by clicking on 'Information for Suppliers' at the top of the In-Tend home page.

    All communication, including returning completed questionnaires, should be via the Correspondence function on the project.

    Receiving Notification Emails

    To ensure you receive email alerts and notifications from our system, please add the email domain `@in-tendorganiser.co.uk' to your Safe Senders list.

    The deadline for completion of questionnaires is Friday 23rd May 2025 at 4pm.

  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 May 2025, 09:00 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

Hampshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBHM-7586-PWLP The Castle, High Street, Winchester, South East, SO238UJContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

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Notices published for this procedure