3181_17 Community Life Choices (Leicestershire County Council)

In this instance, ESPO is working on behalf of Leicestershire County Council ‘the Council’ to undertake a procurement process to identify and appoint a number of Service Providers to provide Community Life Choices. A variety of services and activities will be offered in a list format to an estimated 650 Service Users, who have a Council managed budget. The Framework, of independent providers, is required to meet the needs and wishes of Service Users with a learning disability, physical disability (including sensory impairment and acquired brain injury), mental ill-health and older persons, through the provision of meaningful activities during the daytime, with a focus on progression and community integration. The Services provided will be either community or building based, and need to cover one or more of the four categories of support as below;

• Increasing Independence
• Personal and Skills Development
• Community Engagement
• Health and Wellbeing

The requirement will be divided into the following lots

• Lot 1: Learning Disability
• Lot 2: Physical Disability, Sensory Impairment, Acquired Brain Injury
• Lot 3: Mental Health and Memory Cognition – aged 64 and under
• Lot 4: Mental Health and Memory Cognition – aged 65 and over
• Lot 5: Older People (aged 55+)

All tenderers are invited to attend a Bidders Forum on 24th June 2016. There will be an opportunity to hear from ESPO and Officers from the Council about the contract requirements and the tender process. It will also offer an opportunity to ask questions. Further information regarding this bidder’s forum can be found in the Invitation to Tender documents.

Please note, the closing date for submission of tender is 12.00 noon on Friday 29th July 2016.

Additional information: In order to express an interest in tendering for this opportunity and/or requesting any further information, please see details below: (a) Go to www.eastmidstenders.org, (b) Register your company by selecting the ‘Register’ box on the top of the home page, (c) Once registered select ‘View Opportunities’ then ‘Search Latest Opportunities', from the ‘Organisation' drop down box select ‘ESPO', click search (options) and select the appropriate opportunity ‘3181_17’, (d) Express an interest by selecting the ‘Register Interest’ box. You should receive a confirmation email, (e) Once fully registered, you should download the tender from the website.

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