Coming up· published 10 Apr 2025
Virtual Reality For Youth Justice Service Soft Market Test
Sheffield City Council · Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
Sheffield City Council is planning Virtual Reality For Youth Justice Service Soft Market Test. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sheffield.
Source: Find a Tender, published 10 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 15:53
View notice2025
Pipeline notice updated
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 11:57
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Contract starts
2026
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Sheffield City Council is planning Virtual Reality For Youth Justice Service Soft Market Test. It is a contract for other health and social care in Sheffield. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £20,000. The contract runs from 2 June 2025 to 1 June 2026. It lasts 1 year.
Find a Tender published it on 10 April 2025. The notice number is 014275-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04ff26. Bids are made through the buyer's EU-Supply portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Sheffield City Council is planning a procurement process titled "Virtual Reality For Youth Justice Service Soft Market Test." This initiative falls under the industry category of goods and involves miscellaneous software packages, computer systems, hardware consultancy services, and community action programmes. The key location for this procurement is Sheffield, United Kingdom, and it is currently in the planning stage.
Important dates include the milestone due date of 18 April 2025 for engagement, and the contract period starting on 2 June 2025 and ending on 1 June 2026, with a total value of £20,000. The targeted prevention programmes and interventions aim to support informed decision-making among children and young people through new creative engagement methods.
The notice in full
Sheffield Youth Justice Service is seeking to commissioning targeted prevention programmes and interventions through new and creative ways to engage with children. We wish to explore the opportunity of using Virtual Reality headsets and programmes to support informed decision making, helping children and young people to think before they act, understand other people's perspectives, communicate effectively and use strategies for managing impulsiveness or aggression.
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 health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Goods
- Contract period
- 2 Jun 2025 to 1 Jun 2026 (1 year)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- EU-Supply
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £20,000
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
- 014275-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ff26
- CPV code
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems; 48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems; 72100000 - Hardware consultancy services; 85322000 - Community action programme
- CPV division
- 48 - Software package and information systems; 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support; 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Town
- Sheffield
- Postcode
- S1 2HH
- Electoral ward
- City
- Constituency
- Sheffield Central
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Sub-region
- Sheffield
- Area
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Sheffield City Council
- Category
- Goods
- Contact
- Procurement
- Phone
- +44 1142053646
- Address
- Sheffield, S1 2HH · Yorkshire and The Humber · England
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014275-2025
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013784-2025
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- EU-Supply portal, to register and bidyortender.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicPurchase/92911/0/0
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-04ff26 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Virtual Reality For Youth Justice Service Soft Market Test
When will the Virtual Reality For Youth Justice Service Soft Market Test tender open?
Sheffield 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 Virtual Reality For Youth Justice Service Soft Market Test contract worth?
The estimated value is £20,000. The contract runs from 2 June 2025 to 1 June 2026 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Virtual Reality For Youth Justice Service Soft Market Test?
Sheffield City Council, based in Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber. The named contact is Procurement, on +44 1142053646.
How do I bid for Virtual Reality For Youth Justice Service Soft Market Test?
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- Read the early notice in full.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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