--- title: "ASC0277 - Soft Market Testing - Drug and Alcohol Lived Experience Commissioning Service (LECS): Integrating Lived Experience within Substance Misuse Commissioning" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-20f58d77-f8ee-4ef4-93ea-23d3f3ad0a4f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-20f58d77-f8ee-4ef4-93ea-23d3f3ad0a4f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-20f58d77-f8ee-4ef4-93ea-23d3f3ad0a4f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-20f58d77-f8ee-4ef4-93ea-23d3f3ad0a4f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2022-02-01" --- # ASC0277 - Soft Market Testing - Drug and Alcohol Lived Experience Commissioning Service (LECS): Integrating Lived Experience within Substance Misuse Commissioning Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-20f58d77-f8ee-4ef4-93ea-23d3f3ad0a4f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-20f58d77-f8ee-4ef4-93ea-23d3f3ad0a4f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-20f58d77-f8ee-4ef4-93ea-23d3f3ad0a4f.json) ## Summary Leicester City Council is currently undertaking a soft market testing process for the procurement titled "ASC0277 - Soft Market Testing - Drug and Alcohol Lived Experience Commissioning Service (LECS)". This service aims to integrate lived experience within the planning and commissioning of substance misuse services in Leicester. The procurement is categorised under health and social work services and is in the planning stage. The engagement period will conclude on 22nd February 2022, and the council anticipates seeking tenders for this service in April 2022, with a targeted contract start date of 1st September 2022. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, particularly those within the health and social care sectors, to contribute to the development of innovative commissioning services that leverage lived experiences in addressing substance misuse. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) would be well-suited to participate, either individually or in consortiums. Businesses interested in being involved are encouraged to complete the Soft Market Testing questionnaire before the deadline to ensure their insights are considered in shaping the final service model. ## Notice THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council is considering co-commissioning a Drug and Alcohol Lived Experience Commissioning Service (LECS) that will effectively integrate local Lived Experience within the design, delivery, and review of substance misuse services. We anticipate that this service will recruit, train and support individuals living in Leicester with Lived Experience of substance misuse to play an active role in the planning and commissioning functions around drugs and alcohol misuse. As part of the commissioning process, the Authority is undertaking 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 specification principles. The Commissioners will use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification. This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The Authority is 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 we will use to judge your responses and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. It is anticipated, dependent upon an engagement exercise, that tenders/quotations for this service would be sought in April 2022, to enable a new contract to begin from 01/09/2022. To participate in this Soft Market Testing, organisations that may be interested, either individually or as part of a consortium, must complete a Soft Market Testing questionnaire. The questionnaire can be found by copying and pasting the following web link into your web browser: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=1b987de6-a182-ec11-8110-005056b64545 This completed questionnaire must be returned electronically by email before or no later than 14:00 hours on 22/02/2022 to procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk with the subject heading: 'Completed SMT Q - LECS'. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/898f3daa-3daa-45d3-9190-396b2c92f709 | | Notice type | Market Engagement 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 | 1 Feb 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 22 Feb 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | 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 | TLF East Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 1 Feb 2022 at 17:06 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/898f3daa-3daa-45d3-9190-396b2c92f709 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/898f3daa-3daa-45d3-9190-396b2c92f709 1st February 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=1b987de6-a182-ec11-8110-005056b64545 Link to the Soft Market Testing Questionnaire ## 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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