# Bed Based Short Term Assessment Services - Soft Market Testing

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Nottinghamshire County Council](/buyers/nottinghamshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1
- Published: 5 July 2017
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 29fc3eca-5799-4bbb-aef4-15d7722ca743-158390
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-45577ea6-8e21-4059-a4c7-04f58f48bbcd

## Description

Soft Market Testing is a method of gathering Market Intelligence on a given subject area by engaging with the providers of the goods and / or services required\. Nottinghamshire County Council's Adult Social Care and Health department is undertaking a soft market testing exercise to canvass independent views to support and shape the future specification and model of: • Bed based Short Term Assessment services that aim to promote independence and help facilitate hospital discharge and avoid hospital admittance\.

## Related contract awards

- [Pension Tracing Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b4a73541-8af5-416c-bfe0-6fa86d994c1d): Nottinghamshire County Council
- [Children's Social Care Service Procedures Manuals](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-abcab7a6-7458-4e34-8f17-99a1d4161237): Nottinghamshire County Council
- [Gartner Research Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4aed33ff-170a-4860-86b4-ce819c1a94d6): Nottinghamshire County Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/29fc3eca-5799-4bbb-aef4-15d7722ca743-158390)