21016 CCC Registered Social Landlord and Care Provider for Independent Living Service (ILS) in East Cambridgeshire

Please note this is not a call for competition but a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to advise prospective providers of the Authority's current intentions.

As part of this PIN the Authority is releasing a pre-recorded webinar (see below for further details) regarding the Independent Living Services (ILS) - for Registered Social Landlords, Care Homes, Domiciliary Care, Extra Care, and Nursing Provider Markets.

Independent Living Services (ILS) are a new model of housing-with-care services primarily for older people but not exclusively older people. Access to an ILS will be based on need and not on age.

This intended procurement process is for the delivery of ILS in Ely in East Cambridgeshire.

The Authority is at the late pre-market stage and is seeking to update the market on the project and seeking feedback. We believe that providers' input into design work is an important part of the process prior to any formal procurement.

The Authority has a pre-recorded webinar that provides an update in relation to the Independent Living Service project and the current strategy for the future procurement process.

As part of this engagement we are providing a Microsoft Forms Questionnaire to complete by no later than 12:00pm on Tuesday 3rd May 2022. We would encourage early completion of the form to enable the Authority to provide suitable responses for the live event detailed below.

Once you have sent us the form, we will send you an email invitation to our live event which is due to be held on Tuesday 10th May 2022 at 14:00/2:00pm where we will address all matters raised by the completed questionnaires.

Following the live event the Authority may share the draft specifications for market feedback for those that respond to the questionnaire.

The Authority will use the opportunity to gather intelligence from providers to help inform and finalise the development of the final tender documents

Please initially register your interest via our ProContract E-tendering portal so that you can access the Webinar and Microsoft Forms Questionnaire along with other relevant documentation.

If you have any questions in relation to this Soft Market Testing then please submit these via the ProContract Messaging System.

Please not details of the current intended Lot structure is detail in the Find A Tender link below and the pre-recorded webinar.

Additional information: The Authority reserves the right not to proceed with the Procurement, or any part thereof, or change the requirements as necessary at any time. It is the current intention of the Authority that the procurement will be conducted as an Open Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The ITT is expected to be published during Summer 2022. A separate advert will be released advising of this. Please note: this market testing exercise is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. This document does not form any part of an invitation to tender. The Authority is issuing this request for information only. Any provider invited to present to the Authority is doing so to support market research only and to help make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied.

Confidentiality and Freedom of Information (FOI) Please note: all information included in this Soft Market Testing is confidential and only for the recipients' knowledge. No information included in this document or in discussions connected to it may be disclosed to any other party without prior written authorisation.

All responses will be treated confidentially. However, please be aware that we are subject to the disclosure requirements of the FOI Act and that potentially any information we hold is liable to disclosure under that Act. For this reason, we strongly advise that any information you consider to be confidential is labelled as such. In the event that a request is subsequently made for disclosure under FOI the request will be dealt with in accordance with the legislation.

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