Coming up· published 25 Nov 2025
IA3617 Communicator Guide Service
Staffordshire County Council · Stafford, West Midlands
Staffordshire County Council is planning IA3617 Communicator Guide Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 26 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 17:56
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2028
Contract ends
2 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Staffordshire County Council is planning IA3617 Communicator Guide Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stafford. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 31 August 2026 to 31 August 2028. It lasts 2 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 26 November 2025. The notice number is 077446-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05e9b1.
Summary of the contracting process
Staffordshire County Council is currently in the planning stage of a public procurement process titled "IA3617 Communicator Guide Service". This procurement focuses on providing communicator guides for Deaf, visually impaired, and Deafblind individuals, falling within the "services" industry category. The council is seeking pre-market engagement to gather feedback from potential service providers by 1st December 2025.
The council's headquarters, located at 1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street, Stafford, will oversee this initiative within the region UKG24 in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. The procurement, facilitated under the Procurement Act 2023, involves a scheduled timeline that anticipates further communication on 2nd February 2026.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) could significantly benefit from participating, with an extensive contract period slated to start on 1st September 2026 and potential for extension up to 31st August 2030.
The notice in full
Staffordshire County Council (The Authority) would like Service Providers to engage in pre-market engagement, before 5pm on 01/12/2025 by responding to a questionnaire.
THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the requirements, any estimated value, the service classification of this requirement and the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of current thinking and is neither exhaustive nor binding and the Authority reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time.
The publication of this notice in no way obliges the Authority to commence any competitive tender process. The Authority is not and shall not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in participating in this premarket engagement exercise.
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
- 31 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2028 (2 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
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 077446-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e9b1
- CPV code
- 79540000 - Interpretation services; 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security; 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Stafford
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Postcode
- ST16 2DH
- Electoral ward
- Forebridge
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Delivery area
- Staffordshire CC
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Staffordshire CC
- Area
- Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Staffordshire County Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Stafford, ST16 2DH · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077446-2025
- Forms.office.comforms.office.com/e/QtrFTwzwnz
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05e9b1 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about IA3617 Communicator Guide Service
When will the IA3617 Communicator Guide Service tender open?
Staffordshire County 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 long is the IA3617 Communicator Guide Service contract?
The contract runs from 31 August 2026 to 31 August 2028 (2 years).
Who is the buyer for IA3617 Communicator Guide Service?
Staffordshire County Council, based in Stafford, West Midlands.
How do I bid for IA3617 Communicator Guide Service?
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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