--- title: "Pre-Procurement Market Engagement - City Advice Service Oct 2020" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-9a2adc42-21cc-4aa5-85f2-3120b67c503e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9a2adc42-21cc-4aa5-85f2-3120b67c503e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9a2adc42-21cc-4aa5-85f2-3120b67c503e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9a2adc42-21cc-4aa5-85f2-3120b67c503e.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION" published: "2020-10-09" --- # Pre-Procurement Market Engagement - City Advice Service Oct 2020 Buyer: CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9a2adc42-21cc-4aa5-85f2-3120b67c503e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9a2adc42-21cc-4aa5-85f2-3120b67c503e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9a2adc42-21cc-4aa5-85f2-3120b67c503e.json) ## Summary The City of London Corporation is conducting a Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (PPME) for a City Advice Service, aimed at assessing potential service options in light of Covid implications. This preliminary engagement phase is scheduled to conclude on 30 October 2020. Located in London, the focus is on health and social work services, with interested parties required to submit their responses via the Capital eSourcing portal by midday on the deadline date. This current planning stage reflects an intent to gather insights but does not commit the authority to a formal procurement process at this time. This market engagement offers significant opportunities for businesses looking to expand in the health and social work sectors. Organisations participating in this process, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), can provide valuable input that may shape the future procurement process. Companies interested in this tender should ensure they are registered on the Capital eSourcing portal to engage effectively in the opportunity and potentially position themselves for future contracts with the City of London Corporation. ## Notice The City of London Corporation (the 'City') is carrying out Pre-procurement market engagement ('PPME') in relation to a City Advice Service. A pre-procurement market engagement exercise was carried out in March 2020, but this is being carried out again in light of Covid implications for the Service. The City will consider the feedback received to help inform its options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this phase of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the City is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the City. Additional information: This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London Corporation (the City) has for a new City Advice Service. The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire - to be received by 12.00pm Noon on 30.10.2020 via the capital esourcingportal. If your organisation would like to participate in this market engagement exercise, it can do so by completing and returning the market testing questionnaire which can be found on the City's e-procurement portal at www.capitalesourcing.com Participants should register as a supplier on the portal on the aforementioned link (if not already), then search for the opportunity titled 'City Advice Service' where the questionnaire can be obtained. Please ensure the questionnaire is uploaded to the capital esourcing portal www.capitalesourcing.com by 12.00pm Noon on 30.10.2020. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/52c47ae9-d5e3-4f63-b896-e212f15c6469 | | 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 | 9 Oct 2020 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Oct 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 | CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION | | Locality | CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION, GUILDHALL, PO BOX 270 | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC2P 2EJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington | | Local authority | Islington | | Electoral ward | Clerkenwell | | Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 9 Oct 2020 at 11:42 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/52c47ae9-d5e3-4f63-b896-e212f15c6469 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/52c47ae9-d5e3-4f63-b896-e212f15c6469 9th October 2020 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - http://www.capitalesourcing.com Pre-Procurement Market Engagement - City Advice Service ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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