--- title: "ASC0295 - Visual Impairment Enablement Service" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-fb973579-5864-4a5d-acee-d18764bf2be2" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fb973579-5864-4a5d-acee-d18764bf2be2" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb973579-5864-4a5d-acee-d18764bf2be2.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb973579-5864-4a5d-acee-d18764bf2be2.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2023-02-27" --- # ASC0295 - Visual Impairment Enablement Service Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fb973579-5864-4a5d-acee-d18764bf2be2 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fb973579-5864-4a5d-acee-d18764bf2be2) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb973579-5864-4a5d-acee-d18764bf2be2.json) ## Summary The Leicester City Council Public Health is carrying out a commissioning review for a Visual Impairment Enablement Service. The current service specification is under review, and a tender for this Service could potentially be advertised from January 2024. There is an engagement end date set for 16th March 2023 for potential providers to express their interests and views. This procurement presents an opportunity for businesses interested in health and social work services, and other community, social, and personal services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) are suitable for this tender. Interested parties must respond by completing the Soft Market Testing questionnaire before 16th March 2023. ## Notice Leicester City Council Public Health is carrying out a commissioning review of its provision of a Visual Impairment Enablement Service for Leicester. The current service specification is being reviewed, and subject to the review findings, a tender for this Service could potentially be advertised from January 2024 at the earliest to enable a new contract to begin from 01/07/2024. 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. The Soft Market Testing questionnaire can be found by copying and pasting the web link below into your web browser and then download the SMT questionnaire. Please email your completed questionnaire to the email address procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk with the subject heading: 'Completed SMT Q - VIES' before or by no later than 14:00 hours 16th March 2023. 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/2b162e0e-c53d-4782-9cfd-1f2821e984b0 | | 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 | 27 Feb 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Mar 2023 | | 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 | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 27 Feb 2023 at 09:53 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2b162e0e-c53d-4782-9cfd-1f2821e984b0 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2b162e0e-c53d-4782-9cfd-1f2821e984b0 27th February 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/advert?advertId=40487e63-7bb6-ed11-8120-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True Link to Proactis Due North Tender Poratl ## 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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