--- title: "ASC0253 - Soft Market Testing - Supported Living Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-45e2d2c0-6453-4c5b-bd71-e21816485b14" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-45e2d2c0-6453-4c5b-bd71-e21816485b14" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-45e2d2c0-6453-4c5b-bd71-e21816485b14.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-45e2d2c0-6453-4c5b-bd71-e21816485b14.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2019-04-15" --- # ASC0253 - Soft Market Testing - Supported Living Services Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-45e2d2c0-6453-4c5b-bd71-e21816485b14 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-45e2d2c0-6453-4c5b-bd71-e21816485b14) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-45e2d2c0-6453-4c5b-bd71-e21816485b14.json) ## Summary Leicester City Council is currently in the planning stage of a public procurement process titled "ASC0253 - Soft Market Testing - Supported Living Services". This initiative focuses on health and social work services, specifically aiming to recommission supported living services. The location for this procurement is Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom, with a key engagement deadline set for 10 May 2019. Interested providers should complete a Soft Market Testing questionnaire, which is essential for expressing interest and providing input regarding the service model. This questionnaire must be submitted electronically before the deadline. This procurement process presents an excellent opportunity for businesses in the health and social services sector looking to expand their offerings. Organisations that specialise in supported living services or related community services would be particularly well-suited to engage in this soft market testing. By participating, potential providers can influence the service specifications and positions themselves for future competitive tendering opportunities that will emerge when Leicester City Council seeks formal bids in November 2019. ## Notice THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council is recommissioning its supported living services. It is anticipated, that tenders for the next set of supported living arrangements would be sought in November 2019 to enable new contract(s) to begin from November 2020. As part of the commissioning process, the 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 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 we will use to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. To participate in this Soft Market Testing, interested organisations that may be interested in tendering at a later stage, 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=5f9dc577-d65a-e911-80f3-005056b64545 The completed questionnaire must be returned electronically by email before or no later than 14:00 hours on 10 May 2019 to the email address procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk with the subject heading 'Completed SMT Q - SL' ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d3bc77f-995f-4881-858e-c855e62d1ccb | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 Apr 2019 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 May 2019 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £108,178,000 | | 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 - 15 Apr 2019 at 09:28 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d3bc77f-995f-4881-858e-c855e62d1ccb ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4d3bc77f-995f-4881-858e-c855e62d1ccb 15th April 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=5f9dc577-d65a-e911-80f3-005056b64545 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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