Telecare Services/ Assistive Technology

Telford & Wrekin Council (T&WC) is engaging early with potential service providers of Telecare and related services to inform our commissioning intentions.

The purpose of this soft market engagement exercise is to:

• gauge interest in this opportunity

• inform Council's commissioning intentions

• help determine our procurement strategy and approach

• identify innovative ideas that can improve our local provision

• identify options to make the service more sustainable - both financially and technically

• inform the development of our service specification

Providers as part of this early market engagement exercise.

If you wish to respond, please complete this completed Soft Market Testing Questionnaire below, and email to …@telford.gov.uk by no later than 12 noon on 6th March, 2020.

Responses should consist of a single document containing the form attached.

Responses to this Early Market Engagement Exercise imply no commitment on Providers to engage in any subsequent procurement process, nor do they confer any advantaged status or guarantee of inclusion in any subsequent procurement process for those Providers who do respond. The SMT questionnaire and all responses received are in no way legally binding on any party.

T&WC reserves the right to withdraw this notice at any time. T&WC is not bound to accept any proposals submitted by Providers and is not liable for any costs incurred as a result of Providers engaging with this process. This Early Market Engagement Exercise does not guarantee that procurement will take place and T&WC reserves the right to defer from any procurement entirely.