Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 15 Oct 2025, 15:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lincolnshire County Council Home Learning Parcels 2025-26

Official notice

Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)

GoodsBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lincolnshire County Council are undertaking a review of Home Learning Parcels to determine the requirement from April 2026 and how it can support statutory duties.

Service users in scope are Children in Care (CiC) aged 3 - 12.

Lincolnshire County Council's review includes benchmarking activity, and engagement with service users currently using the service and potential providers offering solutions.

The Home Learning Parcels review is intended to lead to recommendations around the requirements for the service, which is required to be in place 1 April 2026.

CPV: Educational equipment · Printing and related services · School books

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
15 Oct 2025, 15:35 BST
Last source update
15 Oct 2025, 15:35 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065663
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Educational equipmentPrinting and related servicesSchool books
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cd78 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published378 days ago
    15 Oct 2025, 15:35 BST
  2. Market engagement363 days ago
    29 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Lincolnshire County Council Home Learning Parcels 2025 -2026

    Lincolnshire County Council Children's Services are undertaking a Service Review into Home Learning Parcels and are seeking to engage with the market, and related and involved professionals and stakeholders.

    Children's Commissioning have engaged with the Virtual School to seek their views on the needs of the cohort, and have also undertaken some engagement with service users of the current programme in place.

    We are seeking to develop a resource package that supports the aims and objectives of the Service. This includes:

    • Encouraging reading and supporting literacy and numeracy at home for CiC
    • Promoting positive wellbeing within the target cohort
    • Ensuring materials are evidence based, accessible, high-quality, and tailored to individual needs

    The purpose of this engagement is to explore supplier capabilities, field any queries, and gather feedback to inform the final requirement. The Council wish to engage with providers who may be able to provide innovative bespoke solutions. Those providers interested in providing Home Learning Parcels are invited to join the Virtual School and Children's Commissioning at a TEAMS event on Tuesday 28 October at 1pm. There will be a short presentation and the opportunity for questions. Up to two hours has been allowed for the event.

    Providers can join the Teams event via:

    Meeting ID: 321 953 874 028 4

    Passcode: 6UW97SN9

    If you are unable to access via the details above, you are able to book a place via childrens_commissioning@lincolnshire.gov.uk who will provide the TEAMS link via email.

    The discussion will allow interested providers the opportunity to digest the information presented at the TEAMS event, ask further questions, outline how they feel the needs of the cohort can be best met, and how they might contribute.

    Any issues in joining the meeting please email childrens_commissioning@lincolnshire.gov.uk

    If you are unable to attend the event on Tuesday 28 October 2025, the slides can be made available upon request shortly after, together with a summary of any Q&A at the event.

    Interested parties will be kept fully informed of progress on the project including signposting to any tender opportunity and notices published on Central Digital Platform.

  3. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Oct 2025, 15:35 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

Lincolnshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGRB-3736-CHZN County Offices, Newland, Lincoln, East Midlands, LN1 1YLContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure