Notice Information
Notice Title
SCE0045 Dementia Support Service
Notice Description
Dementia Support Services, Leicester City Council and Leicestershire County Council wish to commission a Dementia Support Service. Tenders for this service were sought in April 2026, to enable a new contract to begin from 01/10/2026. As part of the commissioning process, the authorities jointly undertook a soft market test. This gave potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential service model and specification principles. The commissioners have used this information to appraise options and help develop the specification.
Lot Information
Lot 1 - County Services
Services within Leicestershire County Council remit
Renewal: 2 x 12month extension options
Lot 2 - City ServicesServices within the Leicester City Council remit
Renewal: 2 x 12 month extension
Planning Information
A Soft Market Test questionnaire was issued and the response window closed 01/12/2025. Following this a supplier engagement event will be held 08/12/2025
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05edf7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061947-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,890,216 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,890,215 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £2,656,114 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Jul 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 May 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Apr 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 25 Jun 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-03-31
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE1 1FZ
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
- Delivery Location
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, TLF21 Leicester, TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
-
- Local Authority
- Blaby
- Electoral Ward
- Glenfield Faire
- Westminster Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061947-2026
1st July 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031014-2026
2nd April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029488-2026
31st March 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079349-2025
3rd December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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