Coming up· published 26 Feb 2025
Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies
Leicester City Council · Leicester, East Midlands
Leicester City Council is planning Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leicester.
Source: Contracts Finder, published 26 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Market Engagement Notice · 14:22
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Pipeline notice published
Market Engagement Notice · 14:18
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Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
Leicester City Council is planning Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leicester. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £63,000.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs. Contracts Finder published it on 26 February 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-b5fd17-1c99af71-ebae-4775-b981-f1083ceabd4c.
Summary of the contracting process
Leicester City Council is in the planning stage of a public procurement process titled "Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies," focusing on the health and social work services category. The service, estimated at GBP 63,000, is designed to support pregnant parents and their partners through Universal Bumps to Babies Antenatal Classes as part of the First 1001 Critical Days agenda.
The process is intended to commence in April 2025, with all interested parties required to express interest by 26th May 2025. The engagement will take place in Leicester, England, under CPV classification 85000000, and is specifically open to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), though not to voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs). Key contact for the process is Michael Percival, accessible via his Leicester City Council email.
SMEs with innovative ideas and experience in delivering similar support services could find this an excellent prospect to showcase their capabilities.
The notice in full
THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Leicester City Council is commissioning Universal Bumps to Babies Antenatal Classes as part of our commitment to the First 1001 Critical Days agenda. These classes will be to support new pregnant parents and their partners/support network to give their new baby the best start in life.
It is anticipated that this service would commence in April 2025 to ensure continuity of delivery and equity of support for all pregnant parents in Leicester. As part of the commissioning process, the authority is undertaking a soft market test. This gives potential providers and other stakeholders the opportunity to express their interests and feed in their views about the potential service model and specification principles.
The commissioners will use the information to appraise options and further develop the specification. This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a contract. The authority is using this process solely to test the market to gather information and ascertain the level of interest in this particular service.
There are therefore no formal criteria which we will use to judge your responses and it is not our intention to provide any feedback on answers submitted.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs)
Not stated in the notice: category.
Procedure
- Notice type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Contracts Finder
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £63,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: lots, awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1c99af71-ebae-4775-b981-f1083ceabd4c
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Town
- Leicester
- Postcode
- LE1 1FZ
- Electoral ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Delivery area
- North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- Leicester
- Area
- Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Leicester City Council
- Contact
- Michael Percival
- Address
- Leicester, LE1 1FZ · East Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: category, phone.
Documents and links
- Early engagement notice on Contracts Findercontractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0eb51264-ce42-478b-8163…
- Early engagement notice on Contracts Findercontractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a075343c-afc5-4f1a-9b5e…
- Advertprocontract.due-north.com/Advert
- OCDS record ocds-b5fd17-1c99af71-ebae-4775-b981-f1083ceabd4c (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-b…
Questions about Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies
When will the Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies tender open?
Leicester City Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies contract worth?
The estimated value is £63,000.
Who is the buyer for Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies?
Leicester City Council, based in Leicester, East Midlands. The named contact is Michael Percival.
How do I bid for Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies?
Register on the buyer's portal named in the notice, download the tender pack and check every condition of participation before you start writing. The buyer has marked it as suitable for SMEs. Care Sync Experts writes and reviews care tender bids from £1,500 + VAT.
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
- Gather your evidence and case studies now.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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