Planning

Southampton City Council - Residential & Nursing Care Home Strategy - Preliminary Market Engagement

SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL

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24 Sep 2025 at 14:57

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Southampton City Council is initiating a preliminary market engagement process as part of the planning stages for its Residential & Nursing Care Home Strategy. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage and aims to address the future needs of residential and nursing home residents in Southampton over the next five years. The engagement will conclude with a questionnaire due on 28th November 2025. The Council is seeking input from providers of residential and nursing care homes to develop a comprehensive strategy. This initiative falls under the services category, specifically welfare services for the elderly and disabled, with the engagement taking place in Southampton, United Kingdom.

This preliminary market engagement offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in residential and nursing care services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can leverage this process to contribute valuable insights and potentially shape future contracting opportunities that emerge from the Council's strategic planning. Companies in the welfare services sector, particularly those offering innovative care and partnership experiences, are well-suited to participate and competitively position themselves for any subsequent contracts that may arise. Engaging early in this preliminary stage could establish beneficial relationships with the Council and enhance business prospects for the years to come.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Southampton City Council - Residential & Nursing Care Home Strategy - Preliminary Market Engagement

Notice Description

The Southampton City Council Living and Ageing Well Commissioning team will be developing a Care Home Strategy in early 2026 to consider the needs of the city's residential and nursing home residents over the next five years. The Care Home Strategy will help shape the Council's future commissioning decisions and will be developed in partnership and in consultation with service users, care home providers and other relevant stakeholders. At this stage, the development of the Council's Care Home Strategy does not infer that any procurement procedure will necessarily follow. However, for the purposes of transparency a preliminary market engagement notice is being published concerning the preliminary market engagement that the Council intends to undertake this autumn 2025 in developing its Care Home Strategy - given this may shape the Council's future commissioning intentions. For further details as to how residential and nursing care home providers can participate in this preliminary market engagement, residential care home and nursing care home providers can register on and access the Council's e-procurement portal - Proactis- at: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/ then clicking on the "Opportunities" tile to search for the pre-market engagement project (reference: REQ/1000418).

Planning Information

The preliminary market engagement is for providers of residential care homes and nursing care homes. The preliminary market engagement is to address the following areas of interest to the Council: 1. Challenges that care home providers may be currently facing in relation to supporting residents' care needs. 2. The gaps providers identify in the care home market relating to meeting service user needs. 3. Providers' views as to how the care home market needs to develop within the next 5 years to meet residents' needs. 4. Ideas providers might have for improved partnership working between care homes and the Council to lead to better outcomes for service users placed in residential/nursing care. 5. Providers' views as to how non-care related needs are met within their care home settings (such as relating to sexuality, religion, culture, family, community, gender etc). 6. Providers' views as to how the care home market might look in 5 years' time, and what the perceived gaps are in staff training and knowledge to meet service users' care and non-care related needs. For further details as to how residential and nursing care home providers can participate in this preliminary market engagement, residential care home and nursing care home providers can register on and access the Council's e-procurement portal - Proactis- at: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/ then clicking on the "Opportunities" tile to search for the pre-market engagement project (reference: REQ/1000418). A preliminary market engagement questionnaire will be available on this project for providers to download and respond to by the end of Friday 28th November 2025. Please note, the questions on the questionnaire will replicate those that are being asked of local providers attending two preliminary market engagement events that the Council will be holding in November 2025. Provider organisations should note that it is neither the intention nor purpose of the preliminary market engagement events or the preliminary market engagement questionnaire to confer any advantage to participants regarding any future procurement process.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a168
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059398-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85311100 - Welfare services for the elderly

85311200 - Welfare services for the handicapped

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
28 Nov 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2031 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode
SO14 7LY
Post Town
Southampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ32 Southampton
Delivery Location
TLJ32 Southampton
Local Authority
Southampton
Electoral Ward
Bargate
Westminster Constituency
Southampton Itchen

Further Information

Notice Documents

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