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title: "ASC0273 - Soft Market Test - Design and Build an Affordable Housing Independent Living Scheme for People with Mental Ill Health and “Move On” Accommodation for Other Vulnerable Groups, including People with Mental Ill Health, for Ownership and Management by a Registered Provider"
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# ASC0273 - Soft Market Test - Design and Build an Affordable Housing Independent Living Scheme for People with Mental Ill Health and “Move On” Accommodation for Other Vulnerable Groups, including People with Mental Ill Health, for Ownership and Management by a Registered Provider

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/asc0273-soft-market-test-design-and-build-an-affordable-housing-independent-living-scheme--ocds-h6vhtk-03d33f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Leicester City Council: "ASC0273 - Soft Market Test - Design and Build an Affordable Housing Independent Living Scheme for People with Mental Ill Health and “Move On” Accommodation for Other Vulnerable Groups, including People with Mental Ill Health, for Ownership and Management by a Registered Provider". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Leicester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/leicester-city-council-ons-e06000016)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work, Construction-related services, Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF21
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d33f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/asc0273-soft-market-test-design-and-build-an-affordable-housing-independent-living-scheme--ocds-h6vhtk-03d33f#tl-md)

## Description
THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION
Leicester City Council (the ‘Authority’) is considering seeking to secure a provider to design and build an Affordable Housing Independent Living Scheme with “Move On” Accommodation on an Authority owned site at Sturdee Road, Leicester, to be owned and managed by a Registered Housing Provider (RP). The Authority is considering proposing to sell the freehold to the site to the successful Registered Provider and receive 100% nomination rights in perpetuity for all dwellings within the scheme.
It is anticipated, dependent upon this soft market testing exercise, that Tenders for this requirement would be sought in 2023 to enable selection of the provider during 2023.
As part of the commissioning process, the Authority is undertaking a soft market test. This gives potential Registered Housing Providers (RPs) or Consortia arrangements (“Providers”) and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the proposed project brief.
To participate in this Soft Market Testing, potential Registered Housing Providers (RPs) or Consortia arrangements (“Providers”) and other stakeholders that may be interested must complete a Soft Market Testing questionnaire.
The questionnaire can be found by copying and pasting the following web link into your web browser:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=3f32d997-fb4e-ed11-811a-005056b64545

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71500000, 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** In addition to the II.1.4 Short Description, please note the following:
Further project details can be found in the soft market test questionnaire.
This soft market test process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015674-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-02T10:38:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:24:45.409Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d33f