Life Opportunities for Adults With Additional Needs

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Notice Title

Life Opportunities for Adults With Additional Needs

Notice Description

There are no tender documents at this stage - this is purely to allow expressions of interest and to inform all of market engagement. Norfolk County Council intends to procure a new framework to deliver day opportunities (both hub-based and community/outreach) for approximately 2,170 adults with additional needs arising from mental health conditions, learning disabilities, autism, and/or physical disabilities. This will supersede all previous contractual arrangements for Day Services/Life Opportunities for these groups including the existing Life Opportunities Framework, introducing a single framework for adults with additional needs delivering across all specialisms. Scope of the Future Procurement The forthcoming framework, Life Opportunities for Adults With Additional Needs, will: * Cover community opportunities and support for adults (18+) with additional needs primarily due to mental health conditions, learning disabilities, autism, and/or physical disabilities. * Include hub-based day opportunities and outreach-based delivery. * Focus on outcomes related to wellbeing, independent living skills, community connection and employment support. * Align costs across the market for similar delivery through built in price mechanisms. * Replace session-based funding with a person-centred hourly payment model. * Contain robust terms and conditions to ensure quality and safeguard service users. This framework will not include domiciliary care or older people's day services, which are commissioned separately.

Planning Information

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) for information purposes only. It is not a formal invitation to tender. You will need to respond to the tender notice ( when it is issued) in order to be considered for these contracts. The purpose of this PMEN is to maximise transparency and competition for the upcoming tender notice. All details in this PMEN are subject to being updated or changed in the tender notice. We are publishing this notice to share engagement outputs and to ensure as wider audience as possible are aware and informed of Norfolk County Council's (NCC) intentions. Engagement with current providers has been taking place and the notes and reports from these conversations is available on the clarification tab on in-tend. These documents can be viewed by registering on the NCC in-tend portal, expressing an interest in this tender. The PMEN fulfils the requirement for a Preliminary Market. Engagement Notice to be issued under the Procurement Act 2023. Tender activity is planned for the second half of 2026, with the tender due to open in late summer/early autumn and contract awards in late 2026/early 2027. The Council will hold a market engagement webinar on 9 July 2026 for all prospective providers to attend for further information. If you wish to attend the market engagement planned for 9 July 2026 please register on in-tend and express an interest in this project. Please then use the correspondence facility to send the email addresses of those individuals who wish to attend. The meeting will be carried out on Teams. This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement and gain access to documents when they are available, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://intendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` in this tender. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk.

Notice Details

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Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-06b716
Publication Source: Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057155-2026
Current Stage: Planning
All Stages: Planning

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85300000 - Social work and related services

85312000 - Social work services without accommodation

85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date: 17 Jun 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline: Not specified
Future Notice Date: 1 Oct 20264 months to go
Award Date: Not specified
Contract Period: 4 Jan 2027 - 3 Jan 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence: Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

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Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer: NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality: NORWICH
Postcode: NR1 2DH
Post Town: Norwich
Country: England
Major Region (ITL 1): TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2): TLH5 Norfolk
Small Region (ITL 3): TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
Delivery Location: TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk, TLH16 North and West Norfolk, TLH17 Breckland and South Norfolk
Local Authority: Norwich
Electoral Ward: Lakenham
Westminster Constituency: Norwich South

Further Information

Notice Documents

https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057155-2026
17th June 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Notice URLs

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