Soft Market Test Bumps to Babies
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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. This soft market test offers promising opportunities for businesses specialising in antenatal care and health services to influence the service model and specifications.
SMEs with innovative ideas and experience in delivering similar support services could find this an excellent prospect to showcase their capabilities. Participating in this early engagement stage can help shape the final procurement and position businesses as strong candidates when the formal tender process begins.
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.
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