Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 19 Aug 2025, 14:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Parenting Programmes · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon (Local council)

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£435,324pipeline 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 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The London Borough of Hillingdon Children's services are planning to run an open tender for the provision of Parenting Programme of support and development for families whose children are at the risk of exploitation. The service provider will be expected to deliver training programmes, seminars and workshops which can be interactive in nature and useful in regards to parenting support and development. The service provider will work towards attracting, recruiting, training and supporting a model of Parenting support facilitators and volunteer Parent Champions. The service delivery will be across Hillingdon's five geographic localities with a focus on those localities that evidence the greatest number of parents with Tier 2 support and development needs as agreed with London Borough of Hillingdon.

The length of the contract will be from the 1st of April 2026 to the 31st of March 2029 with an option of a 3 year extension. (total 6 years)

The estimated total value of the contract is £435,324 (6 years) of which annually £54,111 is the core value and a further £18,443 annually is optional depending on additional funding available.

The Council reserves the right to increase the contract by variation if further funding becomes available.

CPV: Health and social work services

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 2032 with extensions
Delivery: LondonEligibility: 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
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
19 Aug 2025, 14:57 BST
Last source update
28 Aug 2025, 15:28 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052093
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
London (UKI74)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058aa2 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

19 Aug 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    19 Aug 2025, 14:57 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 15:28 BST
  3. Market engagement364 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    The London Borough of Hillingdon Children's Services are seeking interested parties who would like to participate in a provider engagement event on Thursday 18th of September 2025 at 12.30pm at the Civic Centre, Uxbridge in preparation for a opportunity to provide a Parenting Programme of support and development for families whose children are at risk of exploitation.

    The session will provide an opportunity for interested suppliers to understand the service requirements whilst having the opportunity to offer views and comments, helping to ensure that the proposed approach is clear, achievable and aligned to Hillingdon's requirements. Suppliers will be able to seek clarification to prepare for the forthcoming tender process.

    Please register your interest in this event by Wednesday the 10th of September 2025 by emailing rverma@hillingdon.gov.uk with "Provider Engagement - Parenting Programmes" in the email subject.

    We would encourage all interested parties to register for free at supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ↗

    on Proactis tendering portal where the opportunity will be advertised.

    Details in this notice may be subject to change as the services are reviewed.

  4. Contract starts213 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    19 Aug 2025, 14:57 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Aug 2025, 15:28 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

The timing of the pre-market engagement event has changed from 11am to 12.30 pm on the same date and it should last for approx. 1 1/2 hours

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

London Borough of Hillingdon

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PHZZ-4724-NYPH Civic Centre, Uxbridge, London, UB8 1UWContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure