Coming up· published 17 Sept 2025
Young Carer and Sibling Support Offer
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Barnsley, Yorkshire and the Humber
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is planning Young Carer and Sibling Support Offer. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Barnsley.
Source: Find a Tender, published 17 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 11:30
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2027
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is planning Young Carer and Sibling Support Offer. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Barnsley. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £130,000. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. It lasts 1 year.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 17 September 2025. The notice number is 057294-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059c24. Bids are made through the buyer's EU-Supply portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is currently in the planning stage for a procurement process titled "Young Carer and Sibling Support Offer." This initiative falls under the services category, specifically targeting social work services, including those for children and young people, in the United Kingdom. This stage is marked by a pre-market engagement process, which aims to gather insights and potential approaches from the supply market.
Interested providers must complete the pre-market engagement document and submit Appendix 1 by 1st October 2025, at 12 noon. The final tender notice is expected to be published on 2nd October 2025. This procurement initiative presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in social work and related services, as the contract value is estimated at £130,000 annually, with the possibility of extending until March 2026.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs) with innovative models to assist young carers and siblings can benefit from participating in the market engagement.
The notice in full
The Council is considering a procurement exercise for young carers and sibling support offer. This service ensures children and young people who provide care for a family member are identified early, supported appropriately, and not disadvantaged by their caring role. In order to help inform such an exercise, the Council in undertaking this pre-market engagement stage to explore what is available and seek feedback and guidance from the supply market.
The Council currently commissions an external provider to deliver this service. The contract value is currently estimated at PS130,000 per year, running until the end March 2026. The Council has an estimated annual budget of PS130,000 for this service.
Providers are invited to set out what is practicably possible within this financial envelope, including models of part delivery that prioritise the highest-impact elements of the scope. The Council is currently undertaking a market review and, at this stage, no formal contract dates have been set. The contract value is also yet to be determined and the estimated value is for the current annual budget.
This exercise is purely for market testing purposes and does not constitute a commitment to procure. For further information please download the pre-market engagement document. Please complete and return Appendix 1 by the submission deadline of 1st October 2025 at 12noon.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Children and Young People's Social Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2027 (1 year)
- 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
- Buyer's portal
- EU-Supply
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £130,000
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
- 057294-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059c24
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services; 85300000 - Social work and related services; 85310000 - Social work services; 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people; 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Barnsley
- Town
- Sheffield
- Postcode
- S70 2TA
- Electoral ward
- Central
- Constituency
- Barnsley North
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Sub-region
- Barnsley
- Area
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Katie Tomlinson
- Phone
- +44 0126000000
- Address
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2TA · Yorkshire and the Humber · England
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057294-2025
- EU-Supply portal, to register and biduk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-059c24 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Young Carer and Sibling Support Offer
When will the Young Carer and Sibling Support Offer tender open?
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough 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 Young Carer and Sibling Support Offer contract worth?
The estimated value is £130,000. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Young Carer and Sibling Support Offer?
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, based in Barnsley, Yorkshire and the Humber. The named contact is Katie Tomlinson, on +44 0126000000.
How do I bid for Young Carer and Sibling Support Offer?
Register on the buyer's EU-Supply portal, 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.
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