Preliminary Market Engagement - Older People's Respite - Planned & Predictable Residential Respite (Care Homes)

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  "date": "2026-04-17T12:49:04+01:00",
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    "description": "Peterborough City Council (PCC) is undertaking a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise to inform the future commissioning of planned and predictable residential respite provision for older adults, delivered primarily within care home settings.\nThis PME is intended to:\n· Test market appetite for delivering block commissioned, pre-bookable respite for older adults\n· Understand feasible delivery models, capacity, and service configurations\n· Identify workforce, regulatory, property and viability considerations\n· Gather indicative views on cost assumptions for planned respite\n· Inform the design of a future procurement, including the most appropriate compliant commissioning route\nThis PME focuses on planned and predictable respite only and does not relate to permanent residential placements.\nOnce you have expressed interest via the link to ProContract, you may access the PME document which includes the questions to be completed and returned via ProContract.",
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Peterborough",
        "postalCode": "PE2 8TY",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Sand Martin House Peterborough, Bittern Way"
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        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035172-2026",
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        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "datePublished": "2026-04-17T12:49:04+01:00"
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        "dueDate": "2026-05-18T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "· Primary engagement route: ProContract (questionnaire based PME) available here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=18415e60-523a-f111-813c-005056b64545\n· Optional provider engagement session:\nPCC intends to offer an optional Microsoft Teams session during the PME window on the 5th of May 2025 at 10am. Please email adultscommissioning@peterborough.gov.uk to receive the Teams link. The purpose of the session is to:\n· Clarify models\n· Answer questions\n· Explore ideas in more depth\nAttendance will be optional and will not disadvantage any provider.\nAny session will be clearly recorded and auditable, with outputs summarised and published via ProContract to ensure transparency."
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