--- title: "ASC0286 - Leicester Inpatient Detox Service (Stabilisation and Withdrawal) Soft Market Testing" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a80fc6b9-974d-44b3-bb3c-f1e14a94d478" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a80fc6b9-974d-44b3-bb3c-f1e14a94d478" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a80fc6b9-974d-44b3-bb3c-f1e14a94d478.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a80fc6b9-974d-44b3-bb3c-f1e14a94d478.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2022-09-09" --- # ASC0286 - Leicester Inpatient Detox Service (Stabilisation and Withdrawal) Soft Market Testing Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a80fc6b9-974d-44b3-bb3c-f1e14a94d478 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a80fc6b9-974d-44b3-bb3c-f1e14a94d478) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a80fc6b9-974d-44b3-bb3c-f1e14a94d478.json) ## Summary Leicester City Council is planning a soft market testing for the provision of inpatient detox services in Leicester. The service aims to offer assessment, stabilisation, and withdrawal for eligible adults with substance misuse problems. The engagement end date for this opportunity is 30th December 2022, and potential providers need to submit their responses by 14:00 hours on 30th September 2022. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses involved in health and social work services, community services, and other related fields to participate in the soft market testing process. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to engage with Leicester City Council for potential future procurement exercises. ## Notice Leicester City Council Public Health is carrying out a commissioning review of its provision of a recovery-orientated, dedicated inpatient treatment service, offering assessment, (24 hour medically supervised) stabilisation and medically assisted withdrawal for eligible adults (18+), with substance misuse problems, who reside in the city of Leicester. The current service specification is being reviewed, and subject to the review findings, a tender for this Service could potentially be advertised from mid-November 2022 at the earliest to enable a new contract to begin from 01/06/2023. As part of the commissioning process, the Authority is undertaking 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 specification principles. 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 Council is using this process solely to test the market to gather information to ascertain the level of interest in this particular service and to appraise options and further develop the specification. Therefore, there are no formal criteria which we will use 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 download and complete the Soft Market Testing questionnaire located on this portal and then email your completed questionnaire to the email address procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk with the subject heading: 'Completed SMT Q - IPD SERVICE' before or by no later than 14:00 hours 30th September 2022. 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d01c7f73-d58f-4b29-85c8-3cd39bd327b4 | | 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 Sep 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Dec 2022 | | 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 | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services - 85 - Health and social work services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 75200000 - Provision of services to the community - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 9 Sep 2022 at 08:30 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d01c7f73-d58f-4b29-85c8-3cd39bd327b4 - 9 Sep 2022 at 08:29 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/458ad42f-27ce-4662-8235-b7b37f6e93f8 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d01c7f73-d58f-4b29-85c8-3cd39bd327b4 9th September 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/458ad42f-27ce-4662-8235-b7b37f6e93f8 9th September 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/advert?advertId=2f771cb8-782f-ed11-8119-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True Soft Market Testing ## 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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