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Notice published 8 Jul 2025

Procurement Act 2023 notice

Early Years Universal and Targeted Speech, Language and Communication Support

Blackpool Council

Buyer
Blackpool Council
Latest stage
contract
Latest notice
8 Jul 2025
Stated contract period
Not stated to Not stated
Award period
Not stated to Not stated
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050d5f
Procurement method
open
Official notice ↗

Payments Transparency Register ↗. Search the register for OCID ocds-h6vhtk-050d5f. The Payments Transparency Register publishes payments under public contracts commenced after 31 March 2026 that fall under Section 70 of the Procurement Act 2023. Contracting authorities must publish information about any payment of more than £30,000, including VAT. Values on the register exclude VAT. This site does not republish those payments.

Held original notices: Contracts Finder to 9 November 2026. Find a Tender originals run from 24 February 2025 through 10 November 2026 exclusive, including the L1 gap package from 17 August 2026, with supplementary packages for part of 16 to 23 August 2026. The official notice may have changed. Check Find a Tender search if it cannot be opened.

Which stages have a stated date?

2 of the six stages have a date on the held notices. A gap means no held notice states that date; it does not mean the stage did not happen.

  1. Planning noticeNo planning notice is held.
  2. Tender noticePublication date of the first held tender notice.
  3. Tender deadline
  4. Award dateNot stated on the held notice.
  5. Contract startNot stated on the held notice.
  6. Contract endNot stated on the held notice.

Source: held original Find a Tender notices 019194-2025, 038092-2025, read offline: stage notices, tender period, awards and the stated contract period.

What the held notices state

Tender deadline
6 Jun 2025
Process status
Complete
Regime
Procurement Act 2023, stated as UKPGA 2023/54
Procurement method
Below threshold open competition
Stated reason for the method
Not stated on the held notice
Number of bids
Not stated on the held notice
Above the procurement threshold
No
Framework agreement
Not stated on the held notice
Marked suitable for small firms
Not stated on the held notice

Awards

  • Award. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • COMMUNICATE SLT CIC: Small or medium enterprise

Lots

Source: held Find a Tender notices 019194-2025, 038092-2025.
LotTitleStatusContract periodLatest possible end
Lot 1Not stated on the held noticeCompleteNot stated on the held noticeNot stated on the held notice

Options and renewal

Not stated on the held notice.

Source: held original Find a Tender notices 019194-2025, 038092-2025, read offline. Each field shows what the latest held notice stating it says. Not stated means no held notice for this process states it. A size is shown only where the notice states it for that supplier.

Contract period

No contract period with a start and a later end is stated. Option and renewal wording is shown above where a held notice states it.

Notice description

Blackpool Council is seeking an experienced Supplier to provide a reliable and effective Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) support resource for Early Years Settings, Early Years Workforce and the provision of targeted interventions for children 0 5 with identified need is critical to ensuring that all Blackpool's Children have the correct support and access language experiences which will support the development of their language for their life. Blackpool Better Start is a partnership funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, which consists of the NSPCC, Blackpool Local Authority, Blackpool and Fylde Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool ICP and Community and Voluntary Sector organisations. The services are to be delivered across Blackpool and the provider will work with the Council and specialist SLT providers to ensure that all children are provided with the support that they need. The requirements for service delivery services are outlined within the specification provided with the Tender documents. This Procurement Procedure is being conducted through an open tender procedure under the light touch regime, in line with the Procurement Act 2023. The Contracting Authority wishes to appoint a Supplier who can clearly demonstrate the ability to meet our requirements and who offers the most advantageous tender. It is anticipated that the contract term will be from 01 October 2025 to 31 March 2027. The maximum budget for the contract term will be £110,000.

Contact removal rule: contacts/1.

Separate stated values

Estimate 1

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 2

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

No ceiling or maximum amount is in this export. The official notice is the place to read one.

Held stage events

  1. : tender
  2. : amendment
  3. : award
  4. : contract

Dates are the publication dates of the held stage notices. This is not a complete release history. The tender deadline is shown above where a held notice states it.

Suppliers

This list gathers every supplier named on any held award. Each award and its suppliers are shown above. Names without an organisation identity remain withheld pending review.

Sources

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Publisher
Find a Tender
SHA256
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Licence
Not recorded in held file
Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded
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Publisher
Find a Tender
SHA256
6356683128e56ecc9f837042a4e36bfbfb629039cdd75280c51257749d05f4a2
Licence
Not recorded in held file
Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded
Official notice 038092-2025
Publisher
Find a Tender
SHA256
f731f0959713b35365b19862efe834a00786474972e214b3123a337ef548548b
Licence
See held source file
Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded

Coverage and the source register.

What this export cannot show

Award values are not linked to a named supplier, and no ceiling or maximum amount is shown. Those facts stay on the official notice when the notice publishes them. A tender deadline, award dates, supplier sizes, lots, and option or renewal wording appear on contract pages only where a held notice states them. A held process counts as last at tender or planning only when that is the latest stage among the held releases. Where more than one supplier is named, the names are joint and no share is stated.