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SCE0067 - Housing Support for people that use drugs and alcohol
Leicester City Council · Local authority
In brief
Leicester City Council has announced plans to buy care work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £1 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 2 years, starting 1 April 2027.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 60 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION. Leicester City Council (LCC) is considering commissioning a Housing Support for people that use drugs and alcohol for Leicester. It is anticipated, dependent upon an engagement exercise, that tenders for this service would be sought later in 2026 to enable a new contract to begin from 01/04/2027. 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 a potential service model and specification principles. The commissioners will use the information to appraise options and further develop a…Read the full description
THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION.
Leicester City Council (LCC) is considering commissioning a Housing Support for people that use drugs and alcohol for Leicester. It is anticipated, dependent upon an engagement exercise, that tenders for this service would be sought later in 2026 to enable a new contract to begin from 01/04/2027.
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 a potential service model and specification principles. The commissioners will use the information to appraise options and further develop a 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.
The council is extending this market engagement for two weeks from 29/06/2026 to 13/07/2026 for any other interested providers to participate. Please use the following link to access the advert: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=10951917-a073-f111-813c-005056b64545
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 040069-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 060714-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 062464-2026
About the buyer
Leicester City CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
226Awards
108Suppliers it has used most for care
- Inclusion Healthcare Social Enterprise CIC3 contracts
- Mosaic 1898 LTD2 contracts
- Action First Assessments Ltd1 contract
- Adaptus Cares Limited1 contract
- Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland1 contract
Similar open tenders
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- £567kframework ceiling
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From notice 040069-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 30 April 2026, last updated 2 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.