Kent County Council has published this notice through Delta eSourcing
| Notice Summary |
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| Title: | Community Wellbeing Services |
| Notice type: | UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice |
| Authority: | Kent County Council |
| Nature of contract: | Services |
| Procedure: | Above threshold - Open procedure |
| Short Description: | Kent County Council are looking to commission a new and innovative Community Wellbeing Service for older people, individuals with physical disabilities, sensory impairments and dementia. These services aim to promote proactive health and wellbeing, increase independence and reduce or delay the need for additional care and support. This is aligned to the Kent County Council Adult Social Care Prevention Framework: https://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/strategies-and-policies/service-specific-policies/adult-social-care-policies/adult-social-care-prevention-framework-2025-to-2035 |
| Published: | 05/11/2025 15:54 |
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Contracting authority
- Contracting authority:
- Kent County Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number:
- PLDL-8938-YGYW
- Address:
Sessions House, County Road
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
UK- Contact name:
- nathan sills
- Email:
- CPD-Peopleteam@Kent.Gov.UK
- Telephone:
- 03000413728
- Website:
- https://www.kent.gov.uk/
- Organisation type:
- REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
- Devolved regulations that apply:
- None
Procedure
- Procedure type:
Open procedure- Preliminary market engagement conducted:
- Not provided
- Tenders received:
- 0
- Tenders assessed:
- 0
- Tenders from SMEs:
- 0
- Tenders from VCSEs:
- 0
- Special regime:
Light touch
Scope
- Title:
- Community Wellbeing Services
- Reference number:
- CN250579 - Community Wellbeing Services
- Main category:
- SERVICES
- Description:
- Kent County Council are looking to commission a new and innovative Community Wellbeing Service for older people, individuals with physical disabilities, sensory impairments and dementia. These services aim to promote proactive health and wellbeing, increase independence and reduce or delay the need for additional care and support. This is aligned to the Kent County Council Adult Social Care Prevention Framework: https://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/strategies-and-policies/service-specific-policies/adult-social-care-policies/adult-social-care-prevention-framework-2025-to-2035
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=990784497
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/B63668A9GJ - Total value (estimated):
GBP 18,250,000 excluding VAT
GBP 21,900,000 including VAT- Contract dates (estimated):
- 01/04/2027 to 31/03/2030
- CPV classifications:
85000000 - Health and social work services.- Delivery regions:
UKJ4 - Kent
Participation
- Suitable for SMEs:
- Yes
- Suitable for VCSEs:
- Yes
Engagement
- Engagement deadline:
- 26/11/2025
- Engagement status:
The engagement has not yet been carried out.- Engagement process description:
- Kent County Council (KCC) is inviting organisations to participate in engagement events to help shape the future commissioning of community wellbeing services for older people, individuals with physical disabilities, sensory impairments, and dementia. These services aim to promote proactive health and wellbeing, increase independence, and reduce or delay the need for additional care and support.
Description:
To help shape future commissioning of these services, KCC is inviting all interested organisations to attend a market/stakeholder engagement event.
The engagement events will gather insights to inform future service design and commissioning. Topics will include:
Service vision,
Good practice examples,
What are people you support telling you about how they would like to be supported and outcomes they want to achieve,
How demand, needs and service requirement have changed in recent years,
Innovation and targeting of services,
Equity and Inclusion,
How we collaborate in the future.
The Council will be hosting 4 locality based and 2 virtual market/stakeholder engagement events, which will follow the same agenda. Dates and times of these events are detailed below. Tea and coffee will be provided at all face-to-face events.
East Kent = Monday 1st December – 13.30 – 15.30 – Godmersham and Crundale Village Hall
East Kent = Tuesday 2nd December – 9.30-11.30 – West Faversham Community Centre
West Kent = Wednesday 3rd December – 13.30-15.30 – Paddock Wood Community Centre
North Kent = Thursday 4th December – 9.30-11.30 – Riverside Resource Community Centre - Gravesend
Virtual = Wednesday 10th December - 10.00-11.30 - Microsoft Teams (Invitations will be sent nearer the time)
Virtual = Thursday 11th December - 13.30-15.00 - Microsoft Teams (Invitations will be sent nearer the time)
***Interested organisations must complete the Market Engagement Registration Form: https://forms.office.com/e/fKX0g2aUbE
The council may cancel events if there is little or no response on a particular date.
Please ensure that you have registered using the link provided.
Please be advised that this is not a call for competition and should not be perceived as an intention to procure services. The aim of these events is to only gather insights/intelligence, which will be used to inform future service delivery.
Submission
Other organisations
Not provided