Soft Market Test for the Provision of Carer Services

Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning group (CCG) is developing a joint tender for the delivery of all age carer services across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

This offers the opportunity to review and re-design services with the aim of placing the Councils and the CCG in a position whereby they may offer carer services as a sizeable, combined, opportunity to the supply market with a contract(s) commencing in February 2020.

To assist this work we would like to engage with representatives from interested organisations to seek and gather views regarding the specification and procurement approach.

This will take place through interested organisations completing a Soft Market Testing Questionnaire (https://secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/57fad8bb-8f6a-4ab1-afeb-531e2ec7e009/requests/23505) and then individual meetings being held during December 2018. Information gathered from this early engagement will inform the procurement approach and service specification. Participation in this exercise is voluntary and the subsequent tender will be open to all organisations whether or not they have been involved in this process. It is anticipated that the tender will be issued in April 2019.

If you are interested in this opportunity please complete the Soft Market Testing Questionnaire which can be accessed through this link https://secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/57fad8bb-8f6a-4ab1-afeb-531e2ec7e009/requests/23505 to the SourceDogg e-procurement system. Questionnaires are required to be completed by 12 noon on 23rd November 2018.

Further detail is provided in the Soft Market Testing Questionnaire.

Additional information: The above information and scope of the procurement has not been finalised therefore is subject to change and will be detailed in the procurement documents issued with the OJEU Contract Notice and Contract Finder Opportunity Notice.