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title: "ASC0263 - Soft Market Testing - Community Opportunities"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-029890"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2021-03-05"
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# ASC0263 - Soft Market Testing - Community Opportunities

Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-029890

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## Summary

The procurement process is initiated by Leicester City Council, focusing on the "ASC0263 - Soft Market Testing - Community Opportunities" project, which falls under the health and social work services category. The location for this procurement is within the city boundaries of Leicester, UK. Currently, the process is at the Planning stage, where the council is assessing the market's interest in recommissioning community opportunities services for individuals aged 18 and over. Key dates include a deadline for interested organisations to submit their responses via a Soft Market Testing questionnaire by 14:00 hours on 5 April 2021, with tenders anticipated to be sought in June/July 2021 for new contracts starting in April 2022.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health and social care services, particularly those capable of providing community and day care options. Organisations that can demonstrate experience in delivering flexible short breaks or community support services would be well-suited to participate in this procurement process. Additionally, potential bidders who are open to forming consortia to strengthen their proposals may enhance their competitiveness in responding to the eventual tender invitation following this soft market test.

## Notice

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council is recommissioning its Community Opportunities services, potentially for people aged 18 and over, located within the boundary of the city of Leicester. This new service will include services that have previously been referred to as 'day care', 'community opportunities' or 'flexible short breaks. As part of the commissioning process, the Commissioners would like to undertake 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 service definitions. The commissioners will use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification. To participate in this Soft Market Testing, organisations that may be interested, either individually or as part of a consortium, must complete a Soft Market Testing questionnaire. The questionnaire can be found by copying and pasting the following web link into your web browser: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=4ae797c5-db49-eb11-8106-005056b64545

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004411-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Mar 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| 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 | Not specified |
| 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

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 5 Mar 2021 at 06:10 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004411-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.leicester.gov.uk
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=4ae797c5-db49-eb11-8106-005056b64545
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002159-2021

## Provenance

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