MW18002 - Supported Living Framework - Forensic - Market Warming

The City of Wolverhampton Council are inviting providers to hear about an upcoming tendering opportunity for a Supported Living Framework for people who are at risk of coming into contact with the Criminal Justice system or have a forensic history. This is an opportunity for new providers to enter the market, as well as providers on the current Supported Living Framework, who can demonstrate proven experience in delivering support to forensic clients.

The aim of this event is to provide an outline of the commissioning intentions, for commissioners to understanding the interest and the market's capabilities, and for potential service providers to gain a wider understanding of the scope, provide feedback and ask questions. The session will give an overview of the current services provided in Wolverhampton, describe the Council’s visions going forward and explain the procurement process. The information gathered from this exercise will help shape future proposals including any potential tendering process and associated service specification The event details are as follows: Date: Friday 9 March 2018 Time: 1pm start (event expected to last 1.5-2.0 hours) Location: Action for Independence, Albert Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 0AF.To book a place at this event, please email John.Linighan2@wolverhampton.gov.uk

Ahead of the event, we have attached a draft version of the Specification to be discussed. Areas we would like to discuss are: - How the referral processes should run – What are reasonable response times – How to ensure best practice is shared – How to incentivise providers – Access to beds in an emergency

For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the pre-procurement market engagement process shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the pre-procurement process shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the pre-procurement market engagement procurement process will be at each suppliers own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by the Council