Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-05-04
Buyer: Peterborough City Council
Country: UK
Region: Peterborough
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 80561000 | 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85323000 | 98330000
Estimated value: 6000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Peterborough City Council's (‘The Council’) Public Health directorate anticipates undertaking a procurement exercise for the provision of a new Integrated Healthy Lifestyles Service in Peterborough. The purpose of the proposed procurement exercise will be to appoint a provider who can deliver a range of associated public health interventions of high quality across various services settings.
Peterborough City Council's (‘The Council’) Public Health directorate anticipates undertaking a procurement exercise for the provision of a new Integrated Healthy Lifestyles Service in Peterborough. The purpose of the proposed procurement exercise will be to appoint a provider who can deliver a range of associated public health interventions of high quality service across various settings. The new service shall seek to reduce health inequalities and address lifestyle-driven health problems, most notably; smoking, obesity and physical inactivity, through an integrated approach that empowers individuals to make healthy choices. It is envisaged that the integrated service will include provision of a health trainer service, smoking cessation services, physical activity and weight management services, including Tier 2 and Tier 3 services (as part of an integrated approach with the local Clinical Commissioning Group).
This Prior Information Notice is being issued because Peterborough City Council (PCC) are looking to engage with the market, with regards to the service detailed above. If you believe that this will be of interest to you and your organisation, please register your interest at the following website (http://tenders.supplierforce.com?966). PCC, will be holding a supplier engagement day in order to help shape this service. The estimated value of the full contract will range from 6 000 000 GBP to 7 000 000 GBP depending on the outcome of this engagement process. We anticipate this being a 5-year contract with the option for 2 further extension periods of 1-year.
The Soft Market Testing (SMT) Documentation and a preliminary version of the Specification will be available from Monday the 18.4.2016, via the following link (http://tenders.supplierforce.com?966). The details of the engagement day will be available within the SMT documentation.
If you believe that this is of interest, the please register your interest, we are keen to engage with you in order to create a robust service, which is suitable for the citizens of Peterborough.
The Council may consider information and responses received as part of the preliminary market consultation to help inform the Council's options and further decision making in relation to the planning and conduct of the proposed procurement. For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not a Call for Competition, a Contract Notice will be issued as a call for competition. Non-participation in preliminary market consultation shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of preliminary market consultation shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in preliminary market consultation will be at each supplier's own cost.
It is anticipated that the contract will be effective from 1.4.2017, but this date may be subject to change.
For more information about this opportunity and to respond to this opportunity, please click following this link (or copy and paste into your web browser) http://tenders.supplierforce.com?966


Award value: 6000000