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Published 9 Oct 2025, 18:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Preliminary Market Engagement - Making Every Contact Count, Mental Health First Aid and Suicide Prevention Training

Official notice

Authority: Southwark Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: London (UKI44)
Planned pipeline value£1pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 1 Apr 2026
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Southwark Council is currently planning to procure Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and Suicide First Aid (SFA) training to targeted frontline staff working in Southwark. We would like to hear from any organisations who are currently providing these training programmes to understand:

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Southwark Council is currently planning to procure Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and Suicide First Aid (SFA) training to targeted frontline staff working in Southwark.

We would like to hear from any organisations who are currently providing these training programmes to understand:

  • The types of training courses offered
  • The delivery structure
  • The pricing structure
  • Promotional and engagement strategies that are used

We would welcome responses from any organisations delivering these services or similar services, whether or not they are currently being delivered to local authorities.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr)
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
85000000 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 Oct 2025, 18:41 BST
Last source update
9 Oct 2025, 18:41 BST
Authority reference
DN793691
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-063944
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
London (UKI44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ac2f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

9 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published388 days ago
    9 Oct 2025, 18:41 BST
  2. Market engagement362 days ago
    3 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    This notice includes a questionnaire which is designed to be completed by organisations wishing to engage participate in this market engagement and assist the Council in this market insight stage.

    This is NOT the commencement of a procurement procedure, neither is it a call for expressions of interest.

    Please complete the questionnaire hosted on ProContract and submit the response via the messaging service on ProContract and/or via email to: Rosalind.Vince@southwark.gov.uk

    This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services for the Council, and the Council is not bound to accept any proposals offered. The Council is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in this soft market testing/sounding exercise. Any procurement of any services by the Council in due course will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of The Procurement Act 2023.

    Responses to the questionnaire will be treated confidentially.

    The Council’s tenders will be advertised on the ProContract portal and the following websites; please see links below:

  3. Tender notice expected273 days ago
    31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts214 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Oct 2025, 18:41 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

London Borough of Southwark

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXTW-7647-VDLV Southwark Council, London, London, SE1 2QHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure