--- title: "Soft Market Test for Cornwall's Family Hubs and Peer Support Network and Parent Carer Panel" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-baa1de21-5cb5-41c9-baf5-c63eed25906b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-baa1de21-5cb5-41c9-baf5-c63eed25906b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-baa1de21-5cb5-41c9-baf5-c63eed25906b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-baa1de21-5cb5-41c9-baf5-c63eed25906b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "CORNWALL COUNCIL" published: "2023-07-14" --- # Soft Market Test for Cornwall's Family Hubs and Peer Support Network and Parent Carer Panel Buyer: CORNWALL COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-baa1de21-5cb5-41c9-baf5-c63eed25906b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-baa1de21-5cb5-41c9-baf5-c63eed25906b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-baa1de21-5cb5-41c9-baf5-c63eed25906b.json) ## Summary The Cornwall Council is looking to commission a Family Hubs Peer Support Model and Parent Carer Panel Service, funded by the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme and the Integrated Care Board. The procurement stage is a soft market test scheduled to end on Friday 21st July 2023. The contracting process involves health and social work services and is open for interested providers to participate in a market assessment to help develop a business proposal for potential future procurement opportunities. This tender offers an opportunity for businesses experienced in delivering volunteer peer support networks across large rural areas in the health and social work services sector. Companies with expertise in early help and Start for Life pathways, as well as evidence-based parenting interventions, are well-suited to compete. Interested parties should engage with Cornwall Council to contribute to the market assessment phase and potentially establish long-term partnerships in delivering enhanced parenting support services in Cornwall. ## Notice Following Cornwall Council's Family Hubs Peer Support Programme engagement event on 22nd June 2023; Cornwall Council and the Integrated Care Board (ICB) are considering jointly commissioning a broader parenting offer, including Parent Carer Panels and additional neurodiversity targeted support. Cornwall Council is therefore looking to commission a Family Hubs Peer Support Model and Parent Carer Panel Service, to be delivered across Cornwall. This will be funded by the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme and ICB, for which the main objective is to join up and enhance the start for life services delivered through transformed Family Hubs in local authority areas, ensuring all parents and carers can access the support they need when they need it. The peer support model will support Cornwall's Early Help and Start for Life pathway and work in conjunction with additional targeted evidence-based parenting interventions, supporting the universal parenting or carer journey from conception to age 4, to support school readiness following lockdown. Cornwall Council wants to work with a provider who has experience in delivering the requirements of a volunteer peer support network across a large rural geographical area and understands the requirements and challenges this entails. It is intended that the responses supplied will enable the Council to develop a business proposal. Any such proposal would be subject to the development and approval of a business case, and, as such, this exercise implies no commercial commitment. This is not a formal tender document. Participation of this soft market assessment will not prejudice suppliers participating in any future procurement. If you are interested in this area of service provision and also helping with our assessment of the market, please complete the "Information Required" section at the end of this notice along with any additional information you consider to be relevant and return this via the Due North system by 12pm (noon) on Friday 21st July 2023. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c6d8d056-80df-4989-9d22-1ece20dc32ec | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Jul 2023 | | Submission deadline | 21 Jul 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Aug 2023 - 28 Feb 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £277,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CORNWALL COUNCIL | | Locality | TRURO | | Post town | Truro | | Postcode | TR1 3AY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | | ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | | Local authority | Cornwall | | Electoral ward | Truro Boscawen & Redannick | | Westminster constituency | Truro and Falmouth | | 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 - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 14 Jul 2023 at 10:09 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c6d8d056-80df-4989-9d22-1ece20dc32ec ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c6d8d056-80df-4989-9d22-1ece20dc32ec 14th July 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.cornwall.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-baa1de21-5cb5-41c9-baf5-c63eed25906b. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-baa1de21-5cb5-41c9-baf5-c63eed25906b.json.