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title: "ASC0288 - Soft Market Testing - Home Care Service, Leicester"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0380b9"
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current_stage: "Planning"
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# ASC0288 - Soft Market Testing - Home Care Service, Leicester

Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0380b9

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## Summary

The Leicester City Council and the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland NHS Integrated Care Board are recommissioning their Home Care Services in Leicester. This tender falls under the Health and social work services category. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage with the deadline set for 18th November 2023. The process involves a soft market test to gather information from potential providers and stakeholders. The aim is to develop the service model before seeking tenders in June 2023 for new contracts starting from June 2024.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses involved in health and social work services to participate in providing home care services to the population of Leicester. Businesses that offer community, social, or personal services will find this tender well-suited for growth opportunities. Interested parties must complete the soft market testing questionnaire by the deadline to express their interests and contribute to shaping the future service model. The procurement process is led by the Leicester City Council in collaboration with the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland NHS Integrated Care Board.

## Notice

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council (the Authority) and the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) are recommissioning their Home Care Services, for the population of Leicester. 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. The Commissioners will use the information to appraise options and develop the Service model. To participate in this Soft Market Testing, for organisations that may be interested, either individually or as part of a consortium, please complete the Soft Market Testing questionnaire. The questionnaire can be found by clicking the below web link or copying and pasting the below web link into your web browser: https://forms.office.com/r/hHkaGhkSbB Commissioners would also like to invite the views of Home Care provider staff. For Home Care provider staff that may be interested, please complete the Home Care provider staff questionnaire. The questionnaire can be found by clicking the below web link or copying and pasting the below web link into your web browser: https://forms.office.com/r/zPv3Lx1BVp Home Care Providers are encouraged to pass on the above link to their members of staff who would like to participate. The questionnaires must be completed and submitted before or no later than 17:00 hours on 18th November 2023. Should you experience any technical issues accessing or completing the questionnaire, please email procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk for assistance.

### Lot Information

ASC0288 - Soft Market Testing - Home Care Service, Leicester

In addition to the II.1.4 Short Description, please note the following: It is anticipated that Tenders for the Home Care Services arrangements will be sought in June 2023 to enable new contract(s) to begin from June 2024. This Prior Information Notice is regarding undertaking a Soft Market Test and therefore is not a call for competition. This process does not constitute a formal Tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract. The Commissioners are using this process solely to test the market to gather information. There are therefore no formal criteria which Commissioners will use to judge your responses, and it is not our intention to provide any feedback. Please be aware that we are subject to the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and that potentially any information we hold is liable to disclosure under that Act. For this reason, we would strongly advise that any information you consider to be confidential is labelled as such. The Authority may also decide to include certain information in the publication scheme which the Authority maintains under the Act. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("FOIA"), members of the public or any interested party may make a request for information to the Authority. The Authority will consider the disclosure of any information, contained in the SMT questionnaire, subject to the exemptions the FOIA.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031813-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning 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 | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Nov 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 31 May 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 | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| 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 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Glenfield Faire |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | TLF21 Leicester |

## 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

- 10 Nov 2022 at 11:58 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031813-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.leicester.gov.uk
- http://www.leicesterleicestershireandrutland.icb.nhs.uk
- https://forms.office.com/r/hHkaGhkSbB
- https://forms.office.com/r/zPv3Lx1BVp
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=5f9ee58c-585f-ed11-811b-9f38301b3091

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