--- title: "ASC0255 - Leicester Substance Misuse Treatment Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-66f2c46c-9f9d-48f6-81f3-b13725b26a31" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-66f2c46c-9f9d-48f6-81f3-b13725b26a31" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-66f2c46c-9f9d-48f6-81f3-b13725b26a31.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-66f2c46c-9f9d-48f6-81f3-b13725b26a31.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2021-01-25" --- # ASC0255 - Leicester Substance Misuse Treatment Services Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-66f2c46c-9f9d-48f6-81f3-b13725b26a31 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-66f2c46c-9f9d-48f6-81f3-b13725b26a31) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-66f2c46c-9f9d-48f6-81f3-b13725b26a31.json) ## Summary The Leicester City Council is currently in the planning stage of the procurement process for the contract titled "ASC0255 - Leicester Substance Misuse Treatment Services". This initiative aims to co-commission an Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment Service specifically for Leicester, targeting adults and young people and including pathways for criminal justice. Key dates include the engagement end date on 10th February 2021, after which the Council will gather insights from potential providers. The procurement is classified under health and social work services within the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those in the health and social care sectors, to contribute to the design and implementation of vital community services. Organisations with experience in substance misuse treatment, as well as those specialising in rehabilitation and support services, would benefit from engaging in the soft market testing process to share valuable insights in shaping the forthcoming procurement. Leicester City Council is particularly interested in hearing from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary and community sector organisations that can bring innovative solutions to service delivery. ## Notice Leicester City Council is seeking to co-commission an Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment Service across Leicester, incorporating community-based services for adults and young people, including criminal justice pathways. The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland local authorities originally intended to co-commission a single service for the residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR). This is now not possible and Leicester City Council now needs to explore the challenges and opportunities around a service commissioned just for the residents of Leicester City only. The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire and the National Probation Service were part of the original LLR co-commissioned approach and although they still wish to be co-commissioners for the criminal justice pathways, the exact modelling for how this can be achieved still needs to be determined. The Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire and the National Probation Service remain interested in hearing the provider experience of delivering criminal justice services as part of an integrated substance misuse service. Current contracts for this service end on 31 March 2022 and the Commissioners are reviewing their substance misuse services to inform their future commissioning and procurement activity. As part of the commissioning process, the Council is undertaking further soft market testing. This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the commissioning proposals. This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The Council 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 will be used to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. We would encourage you to respond if you feel this is something your organisation may have an interest in. If you would like to participate in this Soft Market Testing, then please click on the link below to access and complete the Soft Market Testing questionnaire located below and then email your completed questionnaire to the email address procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk with the subject heading: 'Completed SMT Q - SMTS' before or by no later than 12:00 hours on 10th February 2021. Please note this is not a call for competition. The Council welcomes the opportunity to engage with and appreciate your assistance in providing us with your views. However you should note that in any subsequent procurement exercise the Council will have to comply with our legal obligations and that neither the intention nor the purpose of this soft market testing exercise is to confer any advantage upon its participation in any future procurement process. Associated Documents ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a32775e8-ff37-4b09-8bc7-dc8ef31946fb | | 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 | 25 Jan 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 10 Feb 2021 | | 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 - 25 Jan 2021 at 08:23 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a32775e8-ff37-4b09-8bc7-dc8ef31946fb ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a32775e8-ff37-4b09-8bc7-dc8ef31946fb 25th January 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=c832c16b-b85c-eb11-8106-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True 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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