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Community Wellbeing Services

Kent County Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

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

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CN250579 - Community Wellbeing Services
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Contract period

Ends
1 Apr 2030, 00:59
Starts
1 Apr 2027, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
071373-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
5 Nov 2025, 16:05

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
26 Nov 2025, 23:59
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.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PLDL-8938-YGYW
Name
Kent County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ45
Country
GB
Locality
Maidstone
Postal Code
ME14 1XQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Sessions House, County Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PLDL-8938-YGYW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
nathan sills
Telephone
03000413728

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Maidstone · UKJ45 · ME14 1XQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ4 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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