Life Opportunities for Adults With Additional Needs

There are no tender documents at this stage - this is purely to allow expressions of interest and to inform all of market engagement.

Norfolk County Council intends to procure a new framework to deliver day opportunities (both hub-based and community/outreach) for approximately 2,170 adults with additional needs arising from mental health conditions, learning disabilities, autism, and/or physical disabilities. This will supersede all previous contractual arrangements for Day Services/Life Opportunities for these groups including the existing Life Opportunities Framework, introducing a single framework for adults with additional needs delivering across all specialisms.

Scope of the Future Procurement

The forthcoming framework, Life Opportunities for Adults With Additional Needs, will:

•Cover community opportunities and support for adults (18+) with additional needs primarily due to mental health conditions, learning disabilities, autism, and/or physical disabilities.

•Include hub-based day opportunities and outreach‑based delivery.

•Focus on outcomes related to wellbeing, independent living skills, community connection and employment support.

•Align costs across the market for similar delivery through built in price mechanisms.

•Replace session-based funding with a person‑centred hourly payment model.

•Contain robust terms and conditions to ensure quality and safeguard service users.

This framework will not include domiciliary care or older people’s day services, which are commissioned separately.

Lots

This procurement was divided into 1 lots, each awarded separately.