Stale Pre-tender

Tier 4 Substance Use Services - Market Engagement

Details

Buyer: Lancashire County Council
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 5 October 2023
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Lancashire County Council (LCC) is in the process of undertaking an exercise to commission Substance Use Services. Prior to the commencement of a procurement, we wish to engage with key stakeholders about the key elements of our plans. The provider engagement questionnaire can be accessed via the Lancashire County Council Website 'View tender opportunities' page between Friday 6th October 2023 - Friday 20th October 2023 We would welcome a response from your organisation. Responses need to be received by Friday 20th October 2023. It is our intention that a procurement process will follow this market engagement. Please ensure your organisation is registered on our Supplier portal on the Lancashire County Council website, and check the Supplier portal page regularly for updates. The feedback gained from the market engagement may be used in the planning and conduct of a subsequent procurement process. However, LCC reserves the right to amend what is set out in the market engagement. Any procurement process that may be conducted will only be in accordance with the procurement documents that are published. Lot 1: as above

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published5 October 2023
Current notice

About the buyer

Lancashire County Council is a local authority that buys through directorates spread across the county. Suppliers register and bid through the Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal, introduced in January 2023 to replace iSupplier. Contracts at or near national thresholds are advertised on Find a Tender. An Open Framework under the Procurement Act 2023 covers repeat competitions on the same terms. A Dynamic Market lets new suppliers join an approved list for above-threshold tenders at any time. Category managers based in directorates such as care and public health lead individual competitions.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Lancashire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov