Official UK procurement notice
Soft Market Test - Transitions Services for Young Adults aged 18-25 with Disabilities and/or Complex Needs
Authority: Peterborough City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of Peterborough City Council's (PCC) Corporate Strategy (2025), specifically the Prevention, Independence & Resilience priority, PCC are looking to increase the opportunities for those with disabilities and/or complex needs transitioning into adulthood.
We are seeking to engage with providers who would be interested in delivering services for young adults (18-25 years) with disabilities, where outcomes to be achieved align with the four elements of Preparing for Adulthood:
- Independent living
- Employment & careers
- Community inclusion
- Good health
This Preliminary Market Engagement is a follow on from a previous Preliminary Market Engagement carried out in August 2025 (Ref: DN785713); this was carried out to understand the current market and inform future service design, and confirmed market interest in delivering services targeted at 18 to 25 year olds with disabilities and/or complex needs.
Please note: this market testing exercise is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. This soft market testing exercise is being conducted purely as a scoping exercise and there is no guarantee it will lead to a commissioning exercise or procurement. This document does not form any part of an invitation to tender; PCC are issuing this request for information only. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied.
For more information and to respond, please use the following link: procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View ↗
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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
- 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
- 6 Aug 2025, 12:04 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jan 2026, 09:27 GMT
- Authority reference
DN785713- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004181- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058258Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Aug 2025 → 9 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published6 Aug 2025, 12:04 BST
- Latest notice published284 days ago19 Jan 2026, 09:27 GMT
- Contract starts284 days ago20 Jan 2026
- Market engagement263 days ago9 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
As part of Peterborough City Council's (PCC) Corporate Strategy (2025), specifically the Prevention, Independence & Resilience priority, PCC are looking to increase the opportunities for those with disabilities and/or complex needs transitioning into adulthood.
We are seeking to engage with providers who would be interested in delivering services for young adults (18-25 years) with disabilities, where outcomes to be achieved align with the four elements of Preparing for Adulthood:
- Independent living
- Employment & careers
- Community inclusion
- Good health
This Preliminary Market Engagement is a follow on from a previous Preliminary Market Engagement carried out in August 2025 (Ref: DN785713); this was carried out to understand the current market and inform future service design, and confirmed market interest in delivering services targeted at 18 to 25 year olds with disabilities and/or complex needs.
Please note: this market testing exercise is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. This soft market testing exercise is being conducted purely as a scoping exercise and there is no guarantee it will lead to a commissioning exercise or procurement. This document does not form any part of an invitation to tender; PCC are issuing this request for information only. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied.
Respondents are asked to complete a Microsoft Form no later than 12:00 Noon on Monday 9th February 2026. For more information and to access the Form, please use the following link:procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View ↗
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2025, 12:04 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Jan 2026, 09:27 GMTUK2
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