Health and social work services

Tender description

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK) is undertaking a commissioning exercise to determine the future delivery options for services for the Supported Employment service for people with Learning Disabilities and the Asperger's Service. In order to inform the future commissioning activity, soft market testing is required with potential suppliers and organisations with relevant experience in delivering similar services, to understand how the LD Supported Employment Service and Asperger's Service might best be delivered. The key aims of this SMT exercise are as follows: — To understand Provider interest in some or all of the services; — To discover new and innovative delivery models for some or all of the services; — To suggest a mobilisation period and test if this is viable; — To share a suggested timetable of the commissioning process. In order to inform the future commissioning activity, soft market testing is required with potential suppliers and organisations with relevant experience in delivering similar services, to gain a robust understanding of how the Council's requirements can best be met. The Memorandum of Information document provides background and information regarding the in-scope services and the Council's soft market testing process and time-frames. It accompanies a questionnaire which interested parties are kindly asked to complete via the London Tenders portal no later than 15:00 on 12.7.2017. All information provided in the questionnaire responses and the subsequent discussions will be strictly confidential and will provide insight into the most commissioning option for this contract. The Council does not have a firm intention to award contract(s) at this stage. Documents are available on the London Tenders Portal, project reference DN282434.