Published date: 31 July 2019
Last edited date: 31 July 2019
This notice was replaced on 2 August 2019
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Early engagement (published 29 August 2019, last edited 29 August 2019)
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
East Midlands
Procurement reference
LEICSCITY02-DN423393-40116406
Published date
31 July 2019
Closing date
30 August 2019
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Leicester City Council will be leading a consortium of statutory bodies to plan and procure new services for people diagnosed with dementia and their carers. Procurement is anticipated to take place in early 2020 for new services to be in place from 1st October 2020. Prior to that, consultation will be carried out to gather stakeholders' views on our commissioning proposals.
The purpose of the new contract will be to ensure that services are available to meet the Council's statutory obligations under the Care Act 2014 to provide support to people in Leicester who have dementia or care for those who do.
As part of the commissioning process, the Council 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 commissioning proposals.
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 and ascertain the level of interest in this particular Service. There are therefore no formal criteria which will be used 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.
If you would like to participate in this Soft Market Testing, then please complete the Soft Market Testing questionnaire located below and then email your completed questionnaire to the email address procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk with the subject heading: 'Completed SMT Q - DSS' before or by no later than 12:00 hours on 30th August 2019.
Please note this is not a call for competition. 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.
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More information
Previous notice about this procurement
ASC0254 - Soft Market Testing - Dementia Support Service
- Early engagement
- Published 31 July 2019
About the buyer
Contact name
Megan Law
Address
City Hall
115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
England
procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk
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