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# ASC0288 - Soft Market Testing - Home Care Service, Leicester

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/asc0288-soft-market-testing-home-care-service-leicester-ocds-h6vhtk-0380b9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION. Leicester City Council (the Authority) and the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) are recommissioning their Home Care Services, for the population of Leicester. The questionnaires must be completed and submitted before or no later than 17:00 hours on 18th November 2023.

## 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:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF21
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0380b9`

## 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/asc0288-soft-market-testing-home-care-service-leicester-ocds-h6vhtk-0380b9#tl-md)

## Description
THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION
Leicester City Council (the Authority) and the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) are recommissioning their Home Care Services, for the population of Leicester.
As part of the commissioning process, the Commissioners would like to undertake a soft market test. This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views. The Commissioners will use the information to appraise options and develop the Service model.
To participate in this Soft Market Testing, for organisations that may be interested, either individually or as part of a consortium, please complete the Soft Market Testing questionnaire. The questionnaire can be found by clicking the below web link or copying and pasting the below web link into your web browser:
https://forms.office.com/r/hHkaGhkSbB
Commissioners would also like to invite the views of Home Care provider staff. For Home Care provider staff that may be interested, please complete the Home Care provider staff questionnaire. The questionnaire can be found by clicking the below web link or copying and pasting the below web link into your web browser:
https://forms.office.com/r/zPv3Lx1BVp
Home Care Providers are encouraged to pass on the above link to their members of staff who would like to participate.
The questionnaires must be completed and submitted before or no later than 17:00 hours on 18th November 2023. Should you experience any technical issues accessing or completing the questionnaire, please email procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk for assistance.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: ASC0288 - Soft Market Testing - Home Care Service, Leicester
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** In addition to the II.1.4 Short Description, please note the following:
It is anticipated that Tenders for the Home Care Services arrangements will be sought in June 2023 to enable new contract(s) to begin from June 2024.
This Prior Information Notic...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031813-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-10T11:58:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T09:23:05.440Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0380b9