Early Market Engagement - Learning Disability Supported Living Accommodation in the preferred areas of Causeway, Ballymena and Antrim areas but the Trust will consider other areas as secondary options.
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The Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT) is conducting an Early Market Engagement as part of the planning stage in their public procurement process. The engagement, which is not a call for tender, seeks to assess current and future market capacity for bespoke single-occupancy Learning Disability Supported Living Accommodation, primarily in the Causeway, Ballymena, and Antrim areas. This initiative falls under the industry category of Health and Social Work Services.
Interested providers are encouraged to communicate via the specified email by 3:00 pm on 16 July 2025. This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in providing supported living accommodation for individuals with complex needs. The NHSCT is interested in engaging with potential providers who can offer 24/7 care with specialised staffing models.
Businesses with expertise in health and social care services, particularly those capable of managing supported living arrangements for challenging behaviours, would find this engagement beneficial for business growth. The information gathered through this process will guide future procurement activities, which could open additional opportunities for qualified providers.
This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) by way of an Early Market Engagement scoping for the NHSCT to ascertain potential current capacity and potential future capacity in the market for the provision of a bespoke single occupancy Learning Disability Supported Living Accommodation for a Service User with complex behaviors in the preferred areas of Causeway, Ballymena or Antrim areas but the Trust will consider other areas as secondary options.
This is a PIN by the NHSCT for an Early Market Engagement (NOT a Call for Tender) to ascertain potential current capacity in the market AND potential future capacity for the provision of bespoke single occupancy Learning Disability Supported Living Accommodation for a complex service user who presents with challenging behaviour. Given complexity, care must be provided in a 24/7 bespoke facility with anticipated 2:1 staffing at all times with 2 staff on sleep over due to challenging behaviour. Accommodation in the preferred areas of Causeway, Ballymena or Antrim areas but the Trust will consider other areas as secondary options. The NHSCT is announcing this PIN as it wishes to meet and discuss current and future capacity with potential providers interested in the delivery of the service. Further more specific details on this service would be provided at these meetings. Additional information: This is not a Call for Tender and there is no guarantee any procurement process will be run. Any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in a procurement exercise. Failure to show interest does not restrict providers from participating in any future procurement exercise. This notice has been placed for advertising purposes only. Any procurement exercise will be conducted in accordance with the information contained in any final published tender documentation.
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