Extra Care and Day Support Soft Market Testing

Tender description

Swindon Borough Council is seeking input from the market for the provision of care and support in Extra Care Housing and the provision of Day Support services. This market assessment is not part of the procurement process, but is purely investigative in nature, to potentially assist the Council in defining a specification and contract for the services. In preparation for this, it is our intention to hold some ‘Soft Market Testing’ (Preliminary market consultations) Workshops to review the current supply market. The same information will be gathered from all providers, who wish to participate in the Soft Market testing to assist the Council. This advert relates to a proposed ‘soft market testing’ exercise only and is NOT a call for competition. Any contracts for services or supplies relating to this exercise may be subject to separate procurement process(es) in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). All participants in this ‘soft market testing’ exercise shall be responsible for their own costs (including third party costs) and the Contracting Authority shall have no liability to any participant. Description Swindon Borough Council will be seeking to procure services to provide care and support to vulnerable older people living in four extra care housing schemes and deliver day support services via a Day Centre located on each site. The care and support service will be regulated by the Care Quality Commission. The purpose of this Soft Market Test is to gain intelligence on the supply market for Swindon Borough Council’s requirements, including information that will help define the most appropriate structure, plan and budget for any potential competitive procurement exercise. Workshop Organisations interested in hearing more about our plans are invited to attend an interactive presentation at 10am on the 24th of August 2017 at the offices of Swindon Borough Council. If you are interested in attending, please email Ian Stenner at istenner@swindon.gov.uk by the 10th of August 2017. Those interested in attending will then be sent an information email with further information and instructions on the event. For the avoidance of doubt, no information provided in response to this questionnaire will be used by the Council in assessing providers during any future procurement process, scheduled to commence in 2017. Keywords: Extra Care, Day Support, Day Centres