--- title: "TD2311 - Preparing for Adulthood Specialist Supported Living Development" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-060046" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-060046" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-060046.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-060046.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DERBY CITY COUNCIL" published: "2026-01-06" --- # TD2311 - Preparing for Adulthood Specialist Supported Living Development Buyer: DERBY CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-060046 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-060046) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-060046.json) ## Summary Derby City Council is currently in the planning phase of a public procurement process titled "TD2311 - Preparing for Adulthood Specialist Supported Living Development." This initiative aims to address the insufficiency of local specialist provisions by repurposing a former children's home site located in Sinfin, Derby, into a supported living arrangement for young adults aged 18-25, with learning disabilities, neurodiversity, and autism. The project falls under the "Health and Social Work Services" industry category, and the Council intends to employ a Competitive Flexible Procedure to guide the procurement stages. A preliminary market engagement notice has been published, inviting interested parties to provide insights by 30th January 2026. The Conditions of Participation stage is expected to be announced in February 2026, with significant opportunities for businesses to help shape the delivery models. This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in health, social services, and supported living models, particularly those experienced in providing hybrid property and care arrangements. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of delivering innovative service solutions are especially encouraged to participate. As the Council seeks to co-produce the delivery of this service with the market, businesses well-versed in transitioning support services, TEC integration, and transitional supported living practices will find this contract appealing. The potential ten-year contract, including break clauses, offers a long-term engagement opportunity for the successful service provider to operate and manage the newly designed supported living development. ## Notice Derby City Council is seeking to meet its strategic objective in mitigating a sufficiency gap in local specialist provision for those preparing for adulthood aged 18-25 years with eligible care needs and living with Learning Disabilities, Neurodiversity and/ or Autism (LDNA). A site has been identified, that was previously used as a Children's home, containing three buildings, garages and some outdoor space, which is a Council-owned asset located in Sinfin, to the south of Derby City. Our vision is to develop this provision using an outcomes-based commissioning model which delivers a Supported Living provision for 18 - 25 year-olds with LDNA and/or who are transitioning from children's services to Adult Social Care. The focus of this provision will be to improve outcomes, develop skills, and maximise individual's potential prior to proactive and incremental stepping-down of support towards greater independent living. The intended occupancy is for 12 people for a medium-term (approximately 18 months) duration of enablement. The scoping and design of this provision will be in collaboration with the market to innovate and co-produce delivery of this provision, and lead to the appointment of a suitably qualified and service provider to operate the site, through a formal procurement process at a later stage with a contract for up to 10 years (including break clauses). This is not a formal invitation to tender notice - a procurement exercise will follow at a later stage. ### Planning Information Engagement process to date: Initial feasibility discussions were held with a small number of Supported Living Providers that deliver both children's and adult's services, under a non-disclosure agreement, as parts of the site were still actively delivering services to Children and Young People, so required high security measures around site visits. An initial site visit was held in October 2024 Key Details of the Engagement: • Date and Time: Monday 14th October 2024 from 09:00AM to 15:00PM • Location: On site, Sinfin Derby • Eligibility: Currently contracted with the Council and delivered both children's and adults provisions, agreed to sign confidentiality agreement. • Attendees: 3 Providers Purpose of the Event The purpose of the discussion was to determine the suitability and viability of the identified site in terms of, standard of accommodation, size, layout and to gleam initial thoughts from providers on the potential options to repurpose the site for other provisions. To discuss potential operating delivery models and what cohorts of customer profile would be best suited in each building on the site. Providers were able to support the Council in defining the operating model, resources and the likely cohort, to reaffirm initial Council thinking. This affirmation from the initial feasibility discussions supported proposals to Council Cabinet and draft financial modelling to obtain approval to proceed with a formal procurement process. The Council is now undertaking a more formal Pre-Market Engagement and is inviting providers to share expertise, experience and ideas to support the Council in: • Gathering details of what providers are in the market and the extent of experience, expertise and lessons learned in delivering similar hybrid models. • Designing an outcomes‑based model of delivery. • Defining roles and responsibilities in a hybrid property‑and‑care arrangement. • Identifying opportunities for TEC integration. • Understanding best practice in transitional supported living. • Assessing market appetite, potential risks, and lessons learned. Further information regarding the process is available and includes: 1 - Draft procurement process Powerpoint slide 2 - Draft Specification Overview 3 - Market Engagement Response document These documents are available by emailing laura.rose@derby.gov.uk If you wish to contribute to the process please request the above documents and complete and return the Market Engagement Response Document to laura.rose@derby.gov.uk by 30th January 2026. **** This engagement is not part of the formal procurement process. A procurement exercise will follow at a later stage. The procurement exercise will be undertaken using a Competitive Flexible Procedure, which will allow the Council to design the procurement process stages so that potential providers are able to design and develop this provision throughout that process. This will cover elements such as, but not exclusive to, property matters (repairs and maintenance obligations for the buildings); technology enable care requirements; support models; financial models; transitioning of customers (assessment and reviews) and legal matters (terms and conditions of variety of agreements necessary). As part of the Conditions of Participation Stage it is expected that the Council will assess provider's prior experience of similar developments and innovative service deliveries. PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION TO TENDER. The Conditions of Participation Stage is estimated to be published at some point in February 2026 and will be available at www.eastmidstenders.org ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000763-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Jan 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 28 Feb 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2031 | | 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 | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DERBY CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | DERBY | | Post town | Derby | | Postcode | DE1 2FS | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | | ITL 3 | TLF11 Derby | | Local authority | Derby | | Electoral ward | Darley | | Westminster constituency | Derby South | | Delivery location | TLF11 Derby | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 6 Jan 2026 at 15:29 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000763-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000763-2026 6th January 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.derby.gov.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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