--- title: "Children With Disabilities - Soft Market Testing - London Borough of Croydon" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-47a646d4-f298-4bbf-b274-d5722bc8913a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-47a646d4-f298-4bbf-b274-d5722bc8913a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-47a646d4-f298-4bbf-b274-d5722bc8913a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-47a646d4-f298-4bbf-b274-d5722bc8913a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CROYDON COUNCIL" published: "2020-08-07" --- # Children With Disabilities - Soft Market Testing - London Borough of Croydon Buyer: CROYDON COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-47a646d4-f298-4bbf-b274-d5722bc8913a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-47a646d4-f298-4bbf-b274-d5722bc8913a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-47a646d4-f298-4bbf-b274-d5722bc8913a.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Croydon is conducting a soft market test titled "Children With Disabilities - Soft Market Testing" to explore potential service provisions for disabled children and young people in the region. This initiative is part of the planning stage and aims to engage with suppliers regarding short break provision, care packages, family support, and parent/carer assessments. The deadline for submissions of the market test questionnaire is 28th August 2020. The procurement process follows an informal tender method and is classified under health and social work services, further identifying Croydon as its location. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses that specialise in health and social care services, particularly those focused on support for children with disabilities and their families. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) would be particularly well-suited to participate, as the Council is seeking insights and capabilities from the market to inform future service delivery. Engaging in this process can help businesses align their offerings with the Council's needs and prepare for any upcoming formal tender opportunities that may arise from this planning activity. ## Notice London Borough of Croydon Children with Disabilities Service are currently reviewing the following service provisions; * Short break provision * Care packages * Family support * Parent/Carer assessments. With this soft market test and request for information we are providing you with advanced indication of our intentions in relation to the potential recommissioning of Short Break and associated support activities for Disabled Children and Young People in Croydon. We are also requesting information regarding your company and the services you provide. This soft market test and request for information will complement feedback we are requesting from parents/carers. We hope that with the market's views, the capacity of the market to supply these services and the level of interest it will help inform our future commissioning intentions. The document contains requests for information in key areas that will help to inform the authority on the options available for future service delivery. This is not a formal tender opportunity and there is no guarantee of any tender opportunity arising following this period of soft market testing. Any subsequent tenders will be advertised accordingly via The London Tenders Portal. Participants are invited to respond to the key questions in Section 4, Request for Information in the Market Testing document concerning the potential services to be procured and their own organisation. The Council is using the London Tenders portal to conduct this exercise, which can be accessed using this link https://www.londontenders.org. The use of this system allows a full audit trail of communication with providers to ensure fair treatment as well as to maintain full confidentiality for the market test questionnaire received. The completed market test questionnaire should be uploaded no later than 28/08/2020 and should be returned to the Council using the London Tenders Portal electronic tendering system only. If you require assistance in using the London Tenders portal please contact their Support Helpdesk by email ProContractTenderers@proactis.com for all support issues. This will auto-log a support ticket. On logging a ticket, if you have not already logged one before, you will be issued with a registration email that will give you instructions to allow you to log in, log, review and update your own tickets. In emergency situations you can contact their Support Service Desk on +44 (0)20 7539 2828. Please note the Support Service Desk will not be able to answer any market test specific enquiries. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d6b6349-dc82-49f2-92df-141ab1962781 | | 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 | 7 Aug 2020 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 28 Aug 2020 | | 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 | CROYDON COUNCIL | | Locality | CROYDON | | Post town | Croydon | | Postcode | CR0 1EA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South | | ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon | | Local authority | Croydon | | Electoral ward | Fairfield | | Westminster constituency | Croydon West | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 7 Aug 2020 at 14:31 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d6b6349-dc82-49f2-92df-141ab1962781 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d6b6349-dc82-49f2-92df-141ab1962781 7th August 2020 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.croydon.gov.uk - https://www.londontenders.org ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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