--- title: "Cambridgeshire County Council - opportunity for Care Home providers to extend/offer capacity in East Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-d12cf056-d542-4ae7-a2ca-ceb0f25fba05" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d12cf056-d542-4ae7-a2ca-ceb0f25fba05" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d12cf056-d542-4ae7-a2ca-ceb0f25fba05.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d12cf056-d542-4ae7-a2ca-ceb0f25fba05.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LGSS" published: "2018-11-16" --- # Cambridgeshire County Council - opportunity for Care Home providers to extend/offer capacity in East Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Buyer: LGSS Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d12cf056-d542-4ae7-a2ca-ceb0f25fba05 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d12cf056-d542-4ae7-a2ca-ceb0f25fba05) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d12cf056-d542-4ae7-a2ca-ceb0f25fba05.json) ## Summary Cambridgeshire County Council, represented by LGSS, is initiating a procurement process aimed at care home providers to enhance service capacity in East Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdonshire. This opportunity is currently in the planning stage, with an engagement end date set for the 4th of December 2018. The procurement pertains to health and social work services and is designed to address a current shortfall of 150 commissioned beds for the growing older population in the region. Interested parties are encouraged to provide expressions of interest by completing an attached questionnaire. This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses in the health and social care sector, particularly those involved in care home provision. Companies already operating in care services or those with facilities that could accommodate expansions will find this procurement especially appealing. Additionally, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-suited to participate, as this initiative seeks to gather insights and foster collaborations to improve service delivery in line with community needs. ## Notice Cambridgeshire is currently facing an increasing challenge to meet the current and future needs of its expanding population of older people. We have identified that there is currently a 150 shortfall of Council commissioned beds in the market place which will be met by the three work streams as outlined below. 1. Maximise capacity for Council provision through the extended use of block contracts; 2. Commissioning arrangements with providers to extend capacity in Cambridgeshire; 3. Delivery model to develop additional residential and nursing beds within new residential and nursing home provision within Cambridgeshire. This opportunity is with regards to work stream 2 where the Council is interested in hearing from Care Home providers who are interested in, or have plans to increase capacity or offer any capacity in East Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for expressions of interest from providers to inform our commissioning and procurement strategy. This would suit providers of existing care homes who are interested in/planning on carrying out an extension to these to increase capacity in Huntingdonshire, East and South Cambridgeshire. This would also suit providers who we do not currently commission from but have existing capacity in the areas that have been highlighted. To express an interest please complete the questionnaire attached and return to adam.thorp@cambridgeshire.gov.uk by 4th December 2018. Additional information: This market testing exercise is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. This document does not form any part of an invitation to tender. Cambridgeshire County Council is issuing this request for information only. Any supplier invited to present to the Council is doing so to support market research only and to help make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bf10f770-34e6-418c-93d4-d00c44eab3b4 | | 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 Nov 2018 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Dec 2018 | | 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 | LGSS | | Locality | CAMBRIDGE | | Post town | Cambridge | | Postcode | CB3 0AJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC | | Local authority | Cambridge | | Electoral ward | Castle | | Westminster constituency | Cambridge | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 16 Nov 2018 at 14:54 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bf10f770-34e6-418c-93d4-d00c44eab3b4 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bf10f770-34e6-418c-93d4-d00c44eab3b4 16th November 2018 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e4c41176-7b83-4ee9-bc99-94e8c6ca236b Soft market test - questionnaire ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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