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title: "Southampton Inclusive Lives: Market Engagement Event - Supported Living (Mental Health, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Neurodiversity)"
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# Southampton Inclusive Lives: Market Engagement Event - Supported Living (Mental Health, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Neurodiversity)

Buyer: SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8f85a84f-318e-4d86-863e-c6e34f39f8f8

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## Summary

The Southampton City Council is organising a market engagement event titled "Southampton Inclusive Lives: Market Engagement Event - Supported Living (Mental Health, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Neurodiversity)" in the Health and social work services industry category. This tender falls under the "Light Touch Regime" and aims to lead a joint procurement with Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ICB within the next 12 months. The engagement end date is set for 9th November 2023.

This market engagement event by Southampton City Council presents opportunities for suppliers of supported living services to contribute to their Inclusive Lives commissioning programme. The event focuses on maximising independence, developing supportive services, creating employment pathways, and supporting carers. SMEs and VCSEs are suitable for participation, and interested businesses must register by 6th November 2023 to attend the online consultation workshop on 8th November 2023.

## Notice

Suppliers of supported living services - and providers/investors/developers of accommodation associated with such services - targeted at adults with mental health problems, and/or complex needs associated with autistic spectrum disorders, other neurodiverse conditions, trauma and /or other eligible care needs, are invited to participate in an online market engagement consultation event on Wednesday 8th November 2023 (09.30-12.00 noon). The market engagement relates to Southampton City Council's intention, via a procurement vehicle currently under development, to lead a joint procurement during the next 12 months with Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ICB, for a range of service provisions to enable delivery of its Inclusive Lives commissioning programme. Within the cohort of individuals accessing such services will be some individuals in receipt of continuing health care and complex care services through the ICB. The intended procurement will be conducted under the "Light Touch Regime" in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 74-76. The procurement will seek to source a broad range of service suppliers to support the Council and the local NHS Integrated Care Board in generating opportunities for individuals to experience inclusive lives through: * Maximising independence through flexible Supported Living models including consideration of linked outreach approaches * Developing services so that people with lived experience and their carers feel well supported and their voices are heard * Creating and promoting employment pathways for people with varying levels of need * Supporting carers by developing highly flexible, strengths based, person centred approaches to services which can support the individual in achieving their aspirations and enable carers to continue their caring role. * Ensuring that people who are at risk of admission to specialist hospitals are well supported and those that are receiving care in hospital are supported to discharge in a timely manner This prior information notice is not the start of a procurement process and interested provider organisations should note it is neither the intention nor purpose of the engagement events or consultation questionnaire to confer any advantage to participants regarding any future procurement process. Additional information: The date of the online consultation workshop event will be Wednesday 8th November 2023 (09.30-12.00 noon). The workshop will explore the scope of need and potential direction of travel for the commissioning of local supported living services ,and is primarily aimed at existing and potential suppliers of these services - and suppliers of associated accommodation - to Southampton residents. It will focus on specific areas of consultation that Southampton City Council and ICB wish to undertake with the supported living provider market to inform the future commissioning approach. To request your attendance please register - by end of Monday 6th November - on Southampton City Council's Proactis e-procurement portal at: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login Suppliers not already registered with Proactis should register by selecting the 'Register' option and completing details as requested. Once registered, full details about the market engagement can then be accessed and downloaded from the Proactis e-portal by clicking on the "Opportunities" tile and using the search bar to search for " Southampton Inclusive Lives: Market Engagement Event -Supported Living (Mental Health, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Neurodiversity); project reference REQ/1000200. Suppliers may alternatively book attendance by confirming the e-mail addresses of their attendees (max. 2 per organisation to each workshop) to simon.crouch@southampton.gov.uk by the end of Monday 6th November 2023 for inclusion on the MS Teams invite.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7c0aa6d6-85b8-47a8-a548-a5b437bd8880 |
| 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 | 6 Oct 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 9 Nov 2023 |
| 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 | SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Post town | Southampton |
| Postcode | SO14 7LY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ32 Southampton |
| Local authority | Southampton |
| Electoral ward | Bargate |
| Westminster constituency | Southampton Itchen |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (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

- 6 Oct 2023 at 15:13 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7c0aa6d6-85b8-47a8-a548-a5b437bd8880

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7c0aa6d6-85b8-47a8-a548-a5b437bd8880
  6th October 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
  To request your attendance and for additional details concerning these market engagement opportunities, please register - by end of Wednesday 14th June - on Southampton City Council's Proactis e-procurement portal at: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login Suppliers not already registered with Proactis should register by selecting the 'Register' option and completing details as requested. Once registered, full details about the market engagement can then be accessed and downloaded from the Proactis e-portal by clicking on the "Opportunities" tile and using the search bar to search for " Southampton Inclusive Lives Online Market Engagement Event" (project reference REQ/1000171 ).

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