Adult Community-Based Opportunities to meet eligible social care needs for; • Older People • Older People living with dementia • Working age individuals with a physical disability Out of scope services to support; • A learning disability • Mental health

For the avoidance of doubt this is not a Call for Competition, this is to initiate a Market Engagement process.

Staffordshire County Council is committed to working alongside Providers of all Community-Based Opportunities for Older People & Physical Disability and the VCSE sector to support and empower our communities. The Council therefore wish to meet with Providers to informally talk about:

• current Day Care Services and Community-Based Opportunities in each district locality scoping need and gaps in service provision in each district locality
• identifying what aspirations you have for future service delivery.

The main purpose of this Market Engagement is to consider how Day Care Services and Community-Based Opportunities for Older People & Physical Disability across Staffordshire can continue to be best provided in terms of :-

• geographical breakdown, to ensure appropriate service coverage
• improved choice of Services on offer and accessibility to Individuals.

This is a great opportunity for the Council, Providers and VCSE to work together to look at how we can:-

• Build capacity in communities to support future service delivery and shape the vision for the future service
• Improve and maintain individuals' health and well-being through increased independence, choice, control, dignity and quality of life.
• Promote independence and enable individuals to become an active member of society and the community.
• Address needs of the younger adult cohort for both high complex and lower level physical disabilities
• Recognise and deliver the needs of a community.

Meetings will take place with Providers during June/July 2022.

If you are interested in attending either a face to face meeting or via Teams please confirm your preference via email to

[email protected], a meeting invite will then be forwarded to you.

We also recommend you register on the Council's e-tendering system supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ↗.

If you are unable to attend a meeting with the Council you can complete a Providers Market Engagement Questionnaire via the below link.

forms.office.com/r/K23asTL2dk ↗

The closing date for all completed Market Engagement Questionnaire will be by midnight on June 19th, 2022. Once submitted the questionnaire will be sent automatically to Lisa Dobric at [email protected]

Please note the Council are not looking at contracting at this early stage just scoping service to inform future commissioning intentions.