--- title: "ASC0279 - Assessment and Equipment Service for People who are Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-06359804-a848-43da-8699-e228387ca3ae" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-06359804-a848-43da-8699-e228387ca3ae" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-06359804-a848-43da-8699-e228387ca3ae.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-06359804-a848-43da-8699-e228387ca3ae.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2022-03-30" --- # ASC0279 - Assessment and Equipment Service for People who are Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-06359804-a848-43da-8699-e228387ca3ae [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-06359804-a848-43da-8699-e228387ca3ae) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-06359804-a848-43da-8699-e228387ca3ae.json) ## Summary Leicester City Council is seeking to commission an Assessment and Equipment Service for individuals aged 18 and over who are deaf, deafened, or hard of hearing, residing within the boundary of Leicester. Currently in the planning stage, this tender allows providers to engage in a soft market test, with a deadline for completed questionnaires set for 14:00 hours on 13th April 2022. The contract is expected to span from 1st January 2023 to 31st March 2026, with a total budget of £170,000 for the 2022/2023 fiscal year. The relevant industry category includes repair and maintenance services, alongside health and social work services, with the soft market testing being classified for regional delivery in the East Midlands. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in services for the deaf and hard of hearing, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs). As Leicester City Council is open to exploring various service models through this engagement, potential providers can showcase their expertise and gather valuable insights into service definitions, paving the way for future contractual opportunities. Businesses well-versed in delivering tailored support and equipment services to deaf individuals would be ideally positioned to compete. ## Notice Leicester City Council intends to commission an Assessment and Equipment Service for people aged 18 and over, who are deaf, deafened or hard or hearing, who live within the boundary of the city of Leicester. Commissioners would like to undertake a soft market test. This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential service model and service definitions. The commissioners will use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification. This engagement is specifically aimed at specialist providers of services for deaf people This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The commissioners are using this process solely to test the market to gather information and ascertain the level of interest in this particular service. There are therefore no formal criteria which commissioners will use to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. If you would like to participate in this Soft Market Testing, then please click the link below to access the questionnaire. Please email your completed questionnaire to the email address procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk with the subject heading: 'Completed SMT Q - A&Es' before or by no later than 14:00 hours on 13th April 2022. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/82361ba4-0187-4669-b932-aa44b9132e63 | | Notice type | Planned Procurement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Mar 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Mar 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Jan 2023 - 31 Mar 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £170 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | LEICESTER | | Post town | Leicester | | Postcode | LE1 1FZ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester | | Local authority | Leicester | | Electoral ward | Castle | | Westminster constituency | Leicester South | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 50 - Repair and maintenance services - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 30 Mar 2022 at 12:41 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/82361ba4-0187-4669-b932-aa44b9132e63 - 30 Mar 2022 at 12:27 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d1d84d0e-bf55-4898-b5ba-da9ffdc11bce ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/82361ba4-0187-4669-b932-aa44b9132e63 30th March 2022 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d1d84d0e-bf55-4898-b5ba-da9ffdc11bce 30th March 2022 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=1502fa84-399a-ec11-8112-005056b64545 Advert ## Notice URLs - http://www.leicester.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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