Soft Market Testing - Nottinghamshire County Council Assessment placement framework for children-in-care

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    "title": "Soft Market Testing - Nottinghamshire County Council Assessment placement framework for children-in-care",
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    "description": "Nottinghamshire County Council's Children's Placement and Commissioning team are conducting a soft market test exercise to explore the possibility of developing a framework to support assessment placements for children-in-care.\nThis exercise is designed to gather insights from providers about capacity, appetite, challenges, and innovative approaches to emergency and planned assessment provisions to support the long-term home finding process. It is also an opportunity to shape future commissioning strategies with Nottinghamshire County Council.",
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        "locality": "Nottingham",
        "postalCode": "NG2 7QP",
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        "streetAddress": "County Hall, Loughborough Road"
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        "dueDate": "2025-12-12T23:59:59Z",
        "description": "Provider feedback will help us better understand market conditions, refine our commissioning strategy, and ensure that any potential future framework is informed by provider experience. We value your input and expertise in the market, and welcome open and honest conversations throughout the process. We will share a summary of our findings with all participants, which of course will be anonymised. Following this, we may hold a further provider forum if required.\nTo reiterate, this is not a procurement exercise but rather a data gathering exercise.\nThe Soft Market Testing exercise is being carried out on www.eastmidstenders.org - We kindly ask all providers to complete the response form attached to the market engagement exercise on the portal, and submit their responses by Friday 12th December 2025. \nYour input is essential in helping us shape a responsive and sustainable emergency and assessment placement framework. Timely submissions will ensure your views are considered as part of our strategic planning and next steps."
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