Published date: 3 November 2021

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Early engagement (published 3 November 2021, last edited 3 November 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

England

Procurement reference

LEICSCITY02-DN576389-71041136

Published date

3 November 2021

Closing date

24 November 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Leicester City Council is seeking to co-commission the Mental Health Wellbeing and Recovery Support Service (MHWRSS) across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) which aims to build mental health wellbeing and recovery within local communities through the provision of advice, information, navigation and community recovery services.

Current contracts for existing services end in September 2022 and it is anticipated that tenders for the MHWRSS arrangements will be sought in February 2022 to enable new contracts to begin from October 2022.

As part of the commissioning process, the Council is undertaking soft market testing. 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 click on the link below and 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 - MHWRSS' before or by no later than 14:00 hours 24th November 2021.

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.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ashok Chotalia

Address

City Hall
115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1164542383

Email

procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk

Website

http://www.leicester.gov.uk