# Soft Market Testing - Nottinghamshire County Council Assessment placement framework for children-in-care

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Nottinghamshire County Council](/buyers/nottinghamshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 24 November 2025
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 2051c8da-ba2a-4d29-a053-346601560ca8-873321
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e19ef8f7-5e73-4b28-8a13-5b026a61cdde

## Description

Nottinghamshire County Council's Children's Placement and Commissioning team are conducting a soft market test exercise to explore the possibility of developing a framework to support assessment placements for children-in-care\. This exercise is designed to gather insights from providers about capacity, appetite, challenges, and innovative approaches to emergency and planned assessment provisions to support the long-term home finding process\. It is also an opportunity to shape future commissioning strategies with Nottinghamshire County Council\. Your feedback will help us better understand market conditions, refine our commissioning strategy, and ensure that any potential future framework is informed by provider experience\. We value your input and expertise in the market, and welcome open and honest conversations throughout the process\. We will share a summary of our findings with all participants, which of course will be anonymised\. Following this, we may hold a further provider forum if required\. To reiterate, this is not a procurement exercise but rather a data gathering exercise\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2051c8da-ba2a-4d29-a053-346601560ca8-873321)