--- title: "Market Testing - Learning Disabilities Floating and Community Support" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04730d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04730d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04730d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04730d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN COUNCIL" published: "2024-06-27" --- # Market Testing - Learning Disabilities Floating and Community Support Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04730d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04730d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04730d.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Camden Council is planning a tender for the provision of Learning Disabilities Floating and Community Support services. The procurement process involves soft market testing to gather providers' views on recommissioning the service. The contract, valued at £7,500,000, aims to support people with learning disabilities to live independently and engage with their local community. The anticipated contract end date is mid-late 2025, with an indicative annual budget of £1,500,000. This tender by the Camden Council offers business growth opportunities for service providers in the social work sector, particularly those experienced in supporting individuals with learning disabilities. The procurement stage is currently planned, with a future notice date set for 1st March 2025. Businesses capable of delivering personalised support, skills development, crisis management, and community inclusion for people with learning disabilities are well-suited to compete in this tender process. ## Notice Camden Council is reviewing its current Learning Disabilities Floating and Community Support service, with a view to deciding whether and how to recommission this provision. The Council wishes to undertake soft market testing on the possible re-commissioning of the service, and therefore would welcome the views of providers on the questions set out below. Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this soft market testing and a response to this notice does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future public procurement process that the Council may conduct. If you wish to complete a market testing questionnaire (to be returned by 5.00pm 12th July 2024 please email : salome.bryant@camden.gov.uk or if out of office anjalene.whittier@camden.gov.uk or if out of office david.walsh@camden.gov.uk ### Lot Information Lot 1 The floating and community support service offers high quality, flexible and personalised support for people with learning disabilities in one-to-one and group settings, with the key objective of supporting people to live independently in their own home, to develop practical living skills and take part in their local community. The service achieves this by offering a range of strengths-based interventions, including but not limited to: low level preventative support; skills development to reduce need for longer term support; wrap around support to manage a crisis; and a shared hours offer to optimise opportunities to socialise and share interests with others. The service requires eligibility for social care support under the Care Act and supports people with a range of needs, from mild to severe learning disabilities and a range of co-occurring other conditions, such as mental health, autism, behaviour that challenges and social isolation. This service was commenced on 1st July 2019 and is due to end mid- late 2025. Centre404 (C404) is the lead provider delivering support across Camden North/South to around 98 residents. As this is an activity-based contract, and not a block contract, there are no set hours the Council has pre-paid for and there are no un-used hours. This means the commissioned hours can therefore fluctuate over time. Currently the total weekly commissioned hours are estimated to be between 1,300- 1,400. Our ambitions for the new contract, should we recommission, are to: * Maximise the benefits of the current offer (as stated above). * Support people with learning disabilities (PWLD) to make friends and reduce loneliness. * Tackle obesity. * Improve the uptake of Cancer screenings for PWLD. * Improve employment outcomes for PWLD. The indicative annual budget for this contract is PS1,500,000. Additional information: The Council wishes to undertake soft market testing on the possible re-commissioning of the service, and therefore would welcome the views of providers. Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this soft market testing and a response to this notice does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future public procurement process that the Council may conduct. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019688-2024 | | 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 | 27 Jun 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Mar 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £7,500,000 | | 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 | LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN COUNCIL | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | WC1H 9JE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden | | Local authority | Camden | | Electoral ward | King's Cross | | Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras | | Delivery location | TLI31 Camden and City of London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85300000 - Social work and related services - 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation ## Release History - 27 Jun 2024 at 13:51 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019688-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://www.camden.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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