Published date: 19 February 2025

Last edited date: 19 February 2025

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 14 March 2025

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Procurement reference

NNC-SubstanceMisuse-MarketTesting

Published date

19 February 2025

Closing date

14 March 2025

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) would like to invite prospective providers to participate in a soft market testing exercise to seek views from the market on proposed service models for the future commissioning of Substance Misuse services in North Northamptonshire.

This process will help inform decision-making by gathering feedback from existing and potential providers on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limitations of each proposed model.

Please note: This market testing exercise is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. It does not form any part of a procurement process at this stage. North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) is issuing this document as a request for information only. No supplier selection or preference is implied by participation in this exercise.

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Providers are invited to submit feedback on the proposed models by completing the Soft Market Testing document and returning it to nncphcommissioning@northnorthants.gov.uk by Thursday 13th March 2025.

About the buyer

Contact name

North Northamptonshire Procurement Team

Address

41 Meadow Road
KETTERING
NN168TL
England

Email

procurement@northnorthants.gov.uk