--- title: "Provision of Autism Support Services in Enfield" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a0b39815-9782-415b-a220-f21be699e506" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a0b39815-9782-415b-a220-f21be699e506" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a0b39815-9782-415b-a220-f21be699e506.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a0b39815-9782-415b-a220-f21be699e506.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD" published: "2022-09-16" --- # Provision of Autism Support Services in Enfield Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a0b39815-9782-415b-a220-f21be699e506 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a0b39815-9782-415b-a220-f21be699e506) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a0b39815-9782-415b-a220-f21be699e506.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Enfield is planning a procurement process titled "Provision of Autism Support Services in Enfield" in the industry category of Other community, social and personal services. The buying organization, London Borough of Enfield, is engaging in market intelligence gathering to inform future decisions regarding Autism Support services. Interested providers are invited to submit a Soft Market Testing Questionnaire by 12:00 Noon on September 19, 2022, via the London Tenders Portal to explore potential solutions and innovations. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, especially those specializing in community and personal services, to engage with the London Borough of Enfield in providing Autism Support services. The market engagement phase aims to obtain insights from interested organizations on potential service delivery approaches and innovations that could align with the Council's future requirements. Businesses suited for this tender should be prepared to cover their own costs for participating in the market engagement and be aware that responses do not guarantee future procurement opportunities. ## Notice The London Borough of Enfield ('the Council) is undertaking market engagement to gather market intelligence and views regarding a future Autism Service in the borough. The purpose of this engagement phase is to help inform the Council's options and further decision making. The delivery of the Council's all age autism strategy by supporting autistic adults in a range of areas including peer support, access to information and advice, activities and social opportunities in line with our vision to improve the lives of autistic people and their families. The Council has jointly commissioned Autism Support services with North Central London Integrated Care Board through a local supplier to provide support to our autistic adult population until January 2023. Therefore, the Council would like to find out about the solutions that the market currently or potentially offers, along with the types of innovation or areas of best practice that are being developed and could meet the Council's future requirements and/or make improvements to current ways of working and business processes. Interested providers are invited to complete and return a Soft Market Testing Questionnaire by 12:00 Noon, Tuesday 20th September 2022 via the London Tenders Portal at: https://www.londontenders.org. The Soft Market Testing Questionnaire is to be submitted using the portal's messaging facility within the project (reference: DN628033). For the avoidance of doubt, this market engagement is intended as an awareness and information gathering exercise only - this is not a call for competition (to commence a formal procurement process) or a pre-qualification process. Participants must also know that they should cover their own cost of participating in this market engagement and the Council is not liable for any cost incurred due potential providers participation in the exercise. Please note that organisations will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this market engagement or failure to attend any follow up meetings that may be arranged at the absolute discretion of the Council in line with the market engagement documentation. See Section 5 of this Notice for additional information/details regarding this market engagement. Additional information: Additional Information: Currently the Council is at an early stage in the development of its business proposals. This is prior to formulating or commencing any formal procurement. We are therefore seeking input from the market as to what might be the most attractive and feasible way of scoping a future procurement opportunity. This pre-procurement phase provides an opportunity for the Council to obtain insight into how potentially interested organisations might approach the delivery of Autism Support services. It also gives useful early insight into the likely level of interest from the supply market. Organisations will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the pre-procurement market engagement or failure to attend any follow up meetings that may be arranged at the absolute discretion of the Council. Organisations must also note that a response to this pre-procurement market engagement does not guarantee an invitation to participate in this or any future procurement that the Council may conduct, nor that the Council will procure any such supply and services or accepts any proposals offered. Any procurement of the supply and services by the Council will be carried out strictly in accordance with its Contract Procedure Rules as appropriate. The Council has developed a SMT Questionnaire (included in the Market Engagement documentation) and are asking potentially interested organisations to complete it. At the absolute discretion of the Council, respondents may then be invited to meet with the project team to discuss in more detail their responses and key areas of interest for the Council. How to apply: Interested providers are invited to complete and return a Soft Market Testing Questionnaire by 12:00 Noon, Monday 12 September 2022 via the London Tenders Portal at: https://www.londontenders.org. The Soft Market Testing Questionnaire is to be submitted using the portal's messaging facility within the project (reference: DN628033). ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9fe15c45-69dd-40dc-8838-8c9e69f67014 | | 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 | 16 Sep 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 20 Sep 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £62,500 | | 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 | LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Enfield | | Postcode | EN1 2ES | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East | | ITL 3 | TLI54 Enfield | | Local authority | Enfield | | Electoral ward | Bush Hill Park | | Westminster constituency | Edmonton and Winchmore Hill | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 16 Sep 2022 at 10:45 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9fe15c45-69dd-40dc-8838-8c9e69f67014 - 12 Sep 2022 at 08:05 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e749280-fa59-4072-9205-e5f1bdaa7e12 - 9 Sep 2022 at 15:40 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72bd562d-31d6-4ffd-b43d-c3a04d6d84ff - 9 Sep 2022 at 15:39 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e9af4cfe-4263-4e9a-b742-09d16f208727 - 19 Aug 2022 at 09:12 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d606151-60a8-4b56-a4db-389b06eee6fc ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9fe15c45-69dd-40dc-8838-8c9e69f67014 16th September 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e749280-fa59-4072-9205-e5f1bdaa7e12 12th September 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/72bd562d-31d6-4ffd-b43d-c3a04d6d84ff 9th September 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e9af4cfe-4263-4e9a-b742-09d16f208727 9th September 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d606151-60a8-4b56-a4db-389b06eee6fc 19th August 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.enfield.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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