--- title: "ASC0263 - Soft Market Testing - Community Opportunities" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-95d335cc-3b3d-43d4-8450-01ee6e87bf20" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-95d335cc-3b3d-43d4-8450-01ee6e87bf20" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-95d335cc-3b3d-43d4-8450-01ee6e87bf20.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-95d335cc-3b3d-43d4-8450-01ee6e87bf20.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2021-03-05" --- # ASC0263 - Soft Market Testing - Community Opportunities Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-95d335cc-3b3d-43d4-8450-01ee6e87bf20 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-95d335cc-3b3d-43d4-8450-01ee6e87bf20) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-95d335cc-3b3d-43d4-8450-01ee6e87bf20.json) ## Summary Leicester City Council is currently in the planning stage for a soft market testing initiative titled "ASC0263 - Soft Market Testing - Community Opportunities". This tender relates to health and social work services targeted at individuals aged 18 and over within the Leicester area. Interested parties should respond by submitting a questionnaire by 14:00 on 5 April 2021. The goal of this engagement is to gather insights that will shape the eventual tendering process, which is anticipated to commence in June/July 2021, paving the way for new contracts to be established in April 2022. This soft market testing provides a valuable opportunity for businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), to influence the formulation of community services. Businesses with expertise in health and social care provision, community development, and flexible service delivery are particularly well-suited to participate. By engaging in this process, companies can position themselves favourably for future contract opportunities with Leicester City Council, thereby fostering growth and expansion in a competitive market. ## Notice THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council is recommissioning its Community Opportunities services, potentially for people aged 18 and over, located within the boundary of the city of Leicester. This new service will include services that have previously been referred to as 'day care', 'community opportunities' or 'flexible short breaks. It is anticipated that tenders for the community opportunities arrangements will be sought in June/July 2021 to enable new contract(s) to begin from April 2022. 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 commissioners will use to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. 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=4ae797c5-db49-eb11-8106-005056b64545 The completed questionnaire must be returned electronically by email before or no later than 14:00 hours on 05 April 2021 to the email address procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk with the subject heading 'Completed SMT Q - CO'. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aee02df0-29e1-4162-ae36-1f9a065cd8c5 | | 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 | 5 Mar 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 5 Apr 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 - 5 Mar 2021 at 09:35 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aee02df0-29e1-4162-ae36-1f9a065cd8c5 - 3 Feb 2021 at 13:52 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/15a9bf2c-04f4-4530-b412-9cc5352ea810 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aee02df0-29e1-4162-ae36-1f9a065cd8c5 5th March 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/15a9bf2c-04f4-4530-b412-9cc5352ea810 3rd February 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=4ae797c5-db49-eb11-8106-005056b64545 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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