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Published 28 Feb 2025, 15:13 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Voluntary Sector Prospectus - Market Engagement Event

Official notice

Authority: West Berkshire District Council (Local council)

ServicesSME suitable
Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75)Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 yrs 11 moends 3 Mar 2031 · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

West Berkshire Council are looking to carry out an early market engagement exercise in relation to a Voluntary Sector Prospectus (VSP) contract. The Council have been commissioning the Voluntary Sector Prospectus under multiple lots since 2015 and contracts are held with various voluntary sector organisations. The overall aims of the VSP previously have related to promoting; independence, wellbeing and sustainability of the district. The current VSP is due to expire on 31st March 2026 and the Council are looking to innovate and refresh how this has traditionally been commissioned.

The purpose of the engagement exercise is as follows:

  • To inform Providers that the Council may be bringing the project to the market later this year
  • Gauge market interest
  • To obtain preliminary information from potential bidders around the proposed service and to understand; gaps in the market, needs of service users, idea specification types and contract terms
  • To obtain preliminary information in regards to the aims and outcomes of the proposed service

The event will be held at the Volunteer Centre West Berkshire on Monday 24th March between 10:30am – 12:00pm. To register interest in the event and to obtain a preliminary information pack, please register your interest via email to: Emma.Richardson1@Westberks.gov.uk

CPV: Community health services · Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrs 11 moSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 3 Mar 2031 (4 yrs 11 mo)
Eligibility: SME eligible
75200000 Provision of services to the community85323000 Community health services98000000 Other community, social and personal 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
Unspecified in notice
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
28 Feb 2025, 15:13 GMT
Last source update
28 Feb 2025, 15:13 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007548
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Community health servicesOther community, social and personal servicesProvision of services to the community
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e8b2 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

28 Feb 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    28 Feb 2025, 15:13 GMT
  2. Market engagement
    24 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT

    West Berkshire Council are looking to carry out an early market engagement exercise in relation to a Voluntary Sector Prospectus (VSP) contract. The Council have commissioned the VSP since 2015 and the current VSP is due to expire on 31st March 2026. The Council are now looking to innovate and refresh how this has traditionally been commissioned.

    The purpose of the engagement is:

    • To inform Providers that the Council may be bringing the project to the market later this year
    • Gauge market interest
    • To obtain preliminary information from potential bidders around the proposed service and to understand; gaps in the market, needs of service users, idea specification types and contract terms
    • To obtain preliminary information in regards to the aims and outcomes of the proposed service

    The event will be held at the Volunteer Centre West Berkshire on Monday 24th March between 10:30am – 12:00pm. To register interest in the event and to obtain a preliminary information pack, please email: Emma.Richardson1@Westberks.gov.uk

  3. Tender notice expected
    2 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Feb 2025, 15:13 GMT
    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

West Berkshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PTXJ-8922-CMNQ Market Street, Newbury, South East, RG14 5LD Contact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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