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title: "\"The Front Door\" - Improving the first point of contact with Reading Adult Social Care"
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# "The Front Door" - Improving the first point of contact with Reading Adult Social Care

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-front-door-improving-the-first-point-of-contact-with-reading-adult-social-care-ocds-h6vhtk-038498). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** "The Front Door" - Improving the first point of contact with Reading Adult Social Care - Market Engagement: ""The Front Door" - Improving the first point of contact with Reading Adult Social Care". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** ["The Front Door" - Improving the first point of contact with Reading Adult Social Care - Market Engagement](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-front-door-improving-the-first-point-of-contact-with-rea-GB-FTS-68532)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038498`

## 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/the-front-door-improving-the-first-point-of-contact-with-reading-adult-social-care-ocds-h6vhtk-038498#tl-md)

## Description
Reading Borough Council is interested in working with Voluntary Sector Partners and others to enhance the Adult Social Care ‘Front Door’: the first point of contact for the Councils’ Advice & Wellbeing Hub. We are inviting you to an engagement session to tell you more about our vision and requirements, get your feedback and thoughts and answer any questions.  After considering the information below, you feel like you could offer a service and would like to join the provider engagement session, then please confirm your attendance via the In-tend portal, or confirm your attendance via email with Soon Heshe, Transformation Project Manager soon.heshe@reading.gov.uk  If you have any related questions prior to the engagement meeting, please contact Jamie.Ford@reading.gov.uk.  The engagement session will be held on 30th November (time to be confirmed) and will be a virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams (Teams which can be downloaded to any device). A link with the time of th

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Overview - Reading Borough Council  Reading Borough Council is a Unitary Authority located in Berkshire serving a population of more than 160,000 people. Further information on the profile of Reading Borough can be found at: Reading Borough Profile  ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032373-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-15T13:55:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T15:00:15.888Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038498