Planning

Market Testing - Learning Disabilities Floating and Community Support

  • London Borough of Camden Council

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-019688

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04730d

Published 27 June 2024, 2:51pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

London Borough of Camden Council

Town Hall

LONDON

WC1H9JE

Contact

David Walsh

Email

david.walsh@camden.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI31 - Camden and City of London

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.camden.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.camden.gov.uk

one.3) Communication

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

Market Testing - Learning Disabilities Floating and Community Support

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85300000 - Social work and related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Camden Council is reviewing its current Learning Disabilities Floating and Community Support service, with a view to deciding whether and how to recommission this provision.

The Council wishes to undertake soft market testing on the possible re-commissioning of the service, and therefore would welcome the views of providers on the questions set out below.

Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this soft market testing and a response to this notice does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future public procurement process that the Council may conduct.

If you wish to complete a market testing questionnaire (to be returned by 5.00pm 12th July 2024 please email :

salome.bryant@camden.gov.uk or if out of office anjalene.whittier@camden.gov.uk or if out of office

david.walsh@camden.gov.uk

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £7,500,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI31 - Camden and City of London
Main site or place of performance

The London Borough of Camden

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The floating and community support service offers high quality, flexible and personalised support for people with learning disabilities in one-to-one and group settings, with the key objective of supporting people to live independently in their own home, to develop practical living skills and take part in their local community. The service achieves this by offering a range of strengths-based interventions, including but not limited to: low level preventative support; skills development to reduce need for longer term support; wrap around support to manage a crisis; and a shared hours offer to optimise opportunities to socialise and share interests with others. The service requires eligibility for social care support under the Care Act and supports people with a range of needs, from mild to severe learning disabilities and a range of co-occurring other conditions, such as mental health, autism, behaviour that challenges and social isolation.

This service was commenced on 1st July 2019 and is due to end mid- late 2025. Centre404 (C404) is the lead provider delivering support across Camden North/South to around 98 residents. As this is an activity-based contract, and not a block contract, there are no set hours the Council has pre-paid for and there are no un-used hours. This means the commissioned hours can therefore fluctuate over time. Currently the total weekly commissioned hours are estimated to be between 1,300- 1,400.

Our ambitions for the new contract, should we recommission, are to:

• Maximise the benefits of the current offer (as stated above).

• Support people with learning disabilities (PWLD) to make friends and reduce loneliness.

• Tackle obesity.

• Improve the uptake of Cancer screenings for PWLD.

• Improve employment outcomes for PWLD.

The indicative annual budget for this contract is £1,500,000.

two.2.14) Additional information

The Council wishes to undertake soft market testing on the possible re-commissioning of the service, and therefore would welcome the views of providers.

Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this soft market testing and a response to this notice does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future public procurement process that the Council may conduct.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

1 March 2025


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

If you wish to complete a market testing questionnaire (to be returned by 5.00pm 12th July 2024 please email :

salome.bryant@camden.gov.uk or if out of office anjalene.whittier@camden.gov.uk or if out of office

david.walsh@camden.gov.uk