WCC Preliminary Market Engagement for the provision of A Learning Outside the Classroom, Educational Visits Advice and Reporting Service for all Warwickshire County Council Maintained Schools
Contract Value:
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Notice Type:
Prior Information Notice
Published Date:
11 March 2026
Closing Date:
Location(s):
UKG13 Warwickshire (UK UNITED KINGDOM)
Description:
Warwickshire County Council is exploring the market for a Learning Outside the Classroom, Educational Visits Advice and Reporting Service for its maintained schools to assess service design, market offerings, and potential providers.
Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is seeking to understand market capacity, capability and interest in delivering a Learning Outside the Classroom, Educational Visits Advice and Reporting Service for WCC-maintained schools. The purpose of this preliminary market engagement (PME) exercise is to: • Test assumptions about service design and delivery models • Understand current market offerings and innovations • Identify potential providers and gauge interest in providing this service • Gather feedback to refine the forthcoming service specification and procurement approach. WCC maintains statutory responsibilities related to the health, safety and management of educational visits and offsite activities. The current service supports: • 106 maintained schools with a total of 25,888 pupils on roll. The service ensures that planning, risk assessment, reporting and emergency procedures related to offsite educational activities reflect national best practice and statutory requirements. WCC anticipates procuring a service to deliver the following: 1. Advisory and Support Services 2. Reporting and Quality Assurance 3. Training Services 4. IT System
Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (WarwickshireCC) for the administration of this market engagement process. Providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest and download documents. The web address for the portal is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/warwickshirecc/aspx/Home Registration and use of our portal is free. When registering you will be re-directed to the In-Tend sell2midlands site. If you already registered and have issues logging in then you may need to re-set your password. You will need to select "Log in to portal" next to Warwickshire County Council. All correspondence or clarifications relating to this market engagement must be via the portal's correspondence function. If you are having trouble registering with the portal please email us at: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk Providers must register on In-Tend and log in to our portal to express an interest in this project and to be able to correspond with us about this market testing. The deadline for Clarification questions is 20th March 2026 at 12 midday, and the deadline for Market Testing Returns is 1st April 2026 at 12 midday.