# Request for Information for the Provision of a Shared Lives Service

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Buckinghamshire Council](/buyers/buckinghamshire-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 14 June 2024
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 08fb6741-c7e4-4b4b-853a-d14bc66e88b3-759663
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1acca67a-f078-47bb-8303-ae365b2dfed6

## Description

Buckinghamshire Council is requesting information about the commissioning of a Shared Lives service\. Shared Lives is a type of community-based care where a person with adult social care needs receives care in a family home environment\. There are three types of services in Shared Lives - Long term arrangements, Short Breaks \(respite\) and Day Support\. Suppliers are invited to participate in this exercise by completing the attached questionnaire\. This will help the Council understand the market and whether there is interest in this specific opportunity\. The information obtained from this exercise may be used to inform the Council's approach to the procurement process it undertakes for the delivery of these services\.

## Related contract awards

- [Kingsbrook Secondary School Phase 2 - 8 FE Extension - Contractor - DN700556](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b46845e6-ccc0-402f-8295-5b72c913f59d): Buckinghamshire Council
- [Hampden Fields Primary School 3FE - Principal Contractor DN793213](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-82f6c942-b4aa-43c7-b80e-9582c264cd76): Buckinghamshire Council
- [Chalfont St Giles Junior School](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-be157243-8b6e-4077-8a10-7adbceb85037): Buckinghamshire Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/08fb6741-c7e4-4b4b-853a-d14bc66e88b3-759663)