ASC0254 - Soft Market Testing - Dementia Support Service

*Please note, the deadline for this exercise has now been extended to 12:00 hours on 2nd September 2019* 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.

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. Associated Documents These documents are for information only. Please follow instructions for registration and receipt of full tender/quotation documentation.