Official UK procurement notice
Fostering · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cornwall Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCornwall Council is undertaking a soft market assessment to explore the level of interest from providers across the Voluntary, NHS, Independent, and Private sectors in delivering Fostering services within Cornwall. This exercise is intended to inform the development of a business proposal ahead of any potential commissioning of local services. Responses will help shape our understanding of the market and guide future service design. Please note, this is not a formal tender and does not represent any commercial commitment. Any costings or service models shared will be treated as indicative and used solely to support strategic planning. Participation in this soft market assessment will not affect your eligibility to engage in any future procurement processes. If you are interested in supporting children through Fostering and you would like to contribute to our market assessment, please complete the “Information Required” section at the end of this notice. You may also include any additional information you feel is relevant. Please return your response via the Due North / Supplying the South-West messaging system by Friday, 24th October 12:00
PLEASE NOTE IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A RESPONSE THERE IS NO NEED TO RESUBMIT
CPV: Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 10 Sept 2025, 15:34 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Sept 2025, 11:25 BST
- Authority reference
D790196- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060061- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0597c5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published10 Sept 2025, 15:34 BST
- Latest notice published400 days ago26 Sept 2025, 11:25 BST
- Market engagement372 days ago24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Cornwall Council is undertaking a soft market assessment to explore the level of interest from providers across the Voluntary, NHS, Independent, and Private sectors in delivering Fostering services within Cornwall.
This exercise is intended to inform the development of a business proposal ahead of any potential commissioning of local services. Responses will help shape our understanding of the market and guide future service design. Please note, this is not a formal tender and does not represent any commercial commitment. Any costings or service models shared will be treated as indicative and used solely to support strategic planning.
Participation in this soft market assessment will not affect your eligibility to engage in any future procurement processes.
If you are interested in supporting children through Fostering and you would like to contribute to our market assessment, please complete the “Information Required” section at the end of this notice. You may also include any additional information you feel is relevant.
Please return your response via the Due North / Supplying the South-West messaging system by Friday, 24th October 12:00 and not 23:59 as the notice defaults to
- Tender notice expected337 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts214 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Sept 2025, 15:34 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Sept 2025, 11:25 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Second release of Market Engagement to allow for further submissions. Open 26/09/25 12:00 Close 24/10/25 12:00
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender