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# Improving the First Point of Contact with Reading Adult Social Care

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/improving-the-first-point-of-contact-with-reading-adult-social-care-ocds-h6vhtk-04102e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Improving the First Point of Contact with Reading Adult Social Care: "Improving the First Point of Contact with Reading Adult Social Care". 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:** [Improving the First Point of Contact with Reading Adult Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/improving-the-first-point-of-contact-with-reading-adult-soci-GB-FTS-96613)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04102e`

## 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/improving-the-first-point-of-contact-with-reading-adult-social-care-ocds-h6vhtk-04102e#tl-md)

## Description
What we want – Overview: The Council is looking to commission an organisation/partnership to provide a service that will support an improved customer journey for residents coming to Adult Social Care (ASC) for support. This organisation will:•Help people to live well and gain, maintain or regain their independence to meet their own outcomes.•Build on people’s strengths, recognise their own resilience and the resources offered by their family, friends. •Link people to the community, drawing on the skills and expertise available in the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS). •Provide a cohesive and seamless approach to the coordination of person-centred care and support by providing appropriate early intervention to empower people’s independence.•Reduce reliance on statutory services by supporting ASC and other public sector officers, voluntary community sector, and health partners in ensuring specialist input is available to those who need it the most:  right people, support, time.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Overarching Outcomes that we want to achieve.•	Supporting and promoting well-being for residents in their own communities.•	Supporting people to feel less socially isolated.•	Ensuring that people funding their own care feel they have direct support.•...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032010-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-30T14:55:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T13:50:37.270Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04102e