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title: "Share lives Scheme Soft Market Test"
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# Share lives Scheme Soft Market Test

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/share-lives-scheme-soft-market-test-ocds-h6vhtk-038b24). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Plymouth City Council is engaging in a soft market test exercise to assess the market’s capacity, interest and capability in the management of a Shared Lives Scheme. A Shared Lives Scheme offers placements that provide people aged 18 years and older with an alternative and highly flexible form of accommodation and/or care or support which is provided by ordinary individuals or families in the local community.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Plymouth City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/plymouth-city-council-ons-e06000026)
- **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:** UKK41
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038b24`

## 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/share-lives-scheme-soft-market-test-ocds-h6vhtk-038b24#tl-md)

## Description
Plymouth City Council is engaging in a soft market test exercise to assess the market’s capacity, interest and capability in the management of a Shared Lives Scheme.
A Shared Lives Scheme offers placements that provide people aged 18 years and older with an alternative and highly flexible form of accommodation and/or care or support which is provided by ordinary individuals or families in the local community.
A Shared Lives Scheme is an alternative to home care and care homes for people in need of support. A Shared Lives Scheme offers a personalised model of care and support where carers share their lives and in most cases, their homes with those they support. Shared Lives Carers are self-employed carers supported by the provider, which is regulated by the Care Quality Commission.
The Shared Lives scheme will be expected:
	To recruit a range of appropriate short and long term Shared Lives carers
	To offer high quality shared lives placements to service users
	To expand the long term shared lives service to meet the needs of service users and the development priorities of the service purchaser
	To develop and expand the existing short break service to meet the needs of service users.
	To offer support for service users referred to the scheme in Plymouth
	To help develop service users independent living skills
	Support service users to be empowered to make informed choices and decisions about their care and treatment and to take greater control over their lives
	To help develop service users to become more independent and move on to a more independent environment if appropriate
Within Plymouth there is currently 12 long-term Shared Lives clients, currently no short break placements; there are a range of client groups such as adults with a learning disability, physical disability or mental health need. Plymouth City Council spent in the region of £266,000 on this service in the financial year 21/22. The local authority wishes to see the use of Shared Lives Schemes grow and expand.
Commissioners are committed to promoting Equality and Diversity and eliminating unlawful discrimination.  Equality will be built into all aspects of the commissioning cycle to reflect this.

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

- **Description:** Expression of Interest
In order to improve our understanding of the potential provider market we are requesting organisations, that could consider delivering these services, to respond with an expressions of interest by completing the questionnaire a...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034531-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-06T15:48:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T09:00:27.319Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038b24