Coming up· published 16 Nov 2025
Foodbank Plus 2025
Leicester City Council · Leicester, East Midlands
Leicester City Council is planning Foodbank Plus 2025. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leicester.
Source: Find a Tender, published 17 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 14:14
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2028
Contract ends
3 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Leicester City Council is planning Foodbank Plus 2025. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leicester. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £315,000. The contract runs from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028. It lasts 3 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 17 November 2025. The notice number is 074418-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05e287.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process for the "Foodbank Plus 2025" initiative, conducted by Leicester City Council, is currently in the planning stage. This process is centred on soliciting feedback through a Soft Market Test regarding a proposed service that integrates welfare advice with mental wellbeing support within community settings.
This falls under the health and social work services category and is pertinent to stakeholders within the UK, particularly in the UKF21 region which encompasses Leicester. While no formal tender has been issued yet, the deadline for providing feedback during the soft market engagement phase is scheduled for 2nd December 2025. This process will aid in shaping the final service specification to align with local health and poverty action goals.
For businesses, particularly SMEs and VCSEs, this soft market testing represents an opportunity to influence the service model that will later be tendered. Participation in this stage can be instrumental in establishing a foothold for competitiveness when the official procurement process kicks off, expected post 9th December 2025.
The project, with a contractual period from January 2026 through to December 2028 and valued at £315,000, presents opportunities for growth within the public sector service provision.
The notice in full
Leicester City Council is carrying out a Soft Market Test to gather feedback from potential providers on the proposed Foodbank Plus service. The aim is to understand market interest, capacity, and potential delivery approaches for a model that combines welfare advice with mental wellbeing support in community settings. The feedback received will help shape the final specification, ensuring the service aligns with Leicester's public health and poverty actions.
As part of the commissioning process, the authority is undertaking a soft market test. This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential model and specification principles. The commissioners will use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification.
This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The authority is using this process solely to test the market to gather information and ascertain the level of interest in this particular service.
There are therefore no formal criteria which we will use to judge your responses and it is not our intention to provide any feedback.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Dec 2028 (3 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £315,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 074418-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e287
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Town
- Leicester
- Postcode
- LE1 1FZ
- Electoral ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Delivery area
- Leicester
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- Leicester
- Area
- Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Leicester City Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Robbie Ingram
- Address
- Leicester, LE1 1FZ · East Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Foodbank Plus 2025
When will the Foodbank Plus 2025 tender open?
Leicester City Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the Foodbank Plus 2025 contract worth?
The estimated value is £315,000. The contract runs from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028 (3 years).
Who is the buyer for Foodbank Plus 2025?
Leicester City Council, based in Leicester, East Midlands. The named contact is Robbie Ingram.
How do I bid for Foodbank Plus 2025?
Register on the buyer's portal named in the notice, download the tender pack and check every condition of participation before you start writing. The buyer has marked it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Care Sync Experts writes and reviews care tender bids from £1,500 + VAT.
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
- Gather your evidence and case studies now.
- Check your policies are up to date.
- Watch for the tender notice.
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