Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bd5-1715-72e5-9bfa-a00c3b106ef3/community-sensory-service pending GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Community Sensory Service [Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole-council) Estimated value £10 Published 9 Feb 2026 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Below-threshold contract Buyers cannot shortlist bidders on suitability before tenders are in, so everyone gets to submit a bid (except some larger works contracts). [Procurement Act 2023, section 85](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/section/85) - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council (BCP Council) is seeking market feedback to help inform and shape a possible upcoming procurement to establish a new Community Sensory Service for the BCP Council area via a preliminary market engagement exercise. The Community Sensory Support Service will provide practical, emotional, and informational support to adults (aged 18 and over) in Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole who have significant sight and/or hearing impairments, including those with dual sensory loss (deaf blindness). The aim of the Community Sensory Support Service is to promote and sustain the independence and inclusion of people using the service by being part of a co-ordinated approach which reduces individuals’ dependency on statutory services and exclusion from mainstream community life. Interested organisations are invited to complete the attached questionnaire. Completed questionnaires should be submitted via the messaging facility on this activity by midday Friday 27 February 2026. This market engagement questionnaire is open to all providers who have an interest in the delivery of a Community Sensory Service. Participation or non-participation in this market engagement event shall not prejudice organisations participating in any future procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any organisation at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process. Please ignore value in this notice, funding is not yet finalised Read full description ## CPV classification Health and social work services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-064bb2-2026-02-09T17:23:03Z [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-064bb2-2026-02-09T17:23:03Z) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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