# Soft Market Testing for Shared Lives Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Thurrock Council](/buyers/thurrock-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £5,600,000
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Planned start: 1 September 2016
- Planned end: 31 August 2021
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2d799f90-d2cf-4f7e-b95a-b2ebe140fda8-85341
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3a11b5d3-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Thurrock Council wishes to grow the number and range of Shared Lives arrangements available locally for those adults who may need support from the Council to fund their social care services\. The Council is working with Social Finance and Community Catalysts to identify an organisation to deliver Shared Lives services to diverse groups of people by working in partnership with the Shared Lives Incubator \. The new Shared Lives service will work in Thurrock to deliver Shared Lives care for adults with a learning disability and adults with mental health support needs\. This notice is for soft market testing purposes only- for further details go to https://www\.delta-esourcing\.com/respond/HGK32233XW

## Related contract awards

- [Passenger Lifts Servicing and Repairs - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7cfb1caf-02b6-4bdc-8931-095c03a0f978): Thurrock Council
- [Grays Riverfront Project 3 - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-84301450-a1f6-409a-8480-f1816eeca119): Thurrock Council
- [Confidential Waste Disposal Service - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2451d826-964a-4f09-8275-b79d1ede681b): Thurrock Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2d799f90-d2cf-4f7e-b95a-b2ebe140fda8-85341)