Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Lincolnshire County Council
County Offices, Newland
Lincoln
LN1 1YL
Contact
Mrs Karley Beck
karley.beck@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1522553695
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKF - East Midlands (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Carers Support Service
Reference number
DN555405
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Lincolnshire County Council will be recommissioning the existing Carers Support Service, and carer employment support initiatives, all of which come to an end on 30 May 2022. To inform this work, we are undertaking a market engagement exercise. This will help the Council develop the service specification(s) and inform decisions around the procurement and the structure of contracts. We hope to gather the views of providers on our plans for services going forward.
This PIN initiates a process of early market engagement, initially engagement will be conducted utilising a questionnaire seeking the views of the market on key factors associated with the service. Following the questionnaire we are planning to hold a virtual market engagement event. To register your interest in this Provider Day, please email karley.beck@lincolnshire.gov.uk.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF3 - Lincolnshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council is exploring the best way in which to procure the services and this will be informed by the interest generated by this PIN and analysis of the information shared through the market engagement process.
Details of early market engagement are as follows:
The questionnaire can be downloaded from the portal advert section in pro contract which is where you can officially express an interest (www.procontract.due-north.com). Deadline for response is 12 August 2021.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £8,000,000
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 November 2021