Market Position Statement - Provider engagement and support

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Provider engagement

We hope this market position statement enables providers to understand the current challenges and opportunities within the adult social care market in Wandsworth and how we can shape the market together.

We have worked closely with providers to understand how we can improve our engagement, co-production and the on-going development of commissioning intentions and used the feedback from conversations and surveys to develop our engagement approach as follows:

• We will continue to hold provider forums across different market sectors to allow sharing of information, ideas and best practice and to enable providers to understand our strategic priorities and local needs.
• We will promote consultations and encourage providers to take part in meaningful discussions as part of service shaping and pre-procurement exercises.
• We will work with providers to address workforce challenges.
• We will progress our market sustainability plan and fair cost of care work.
• We will continue to support providers to improve service quality and offer a better standard of care to our residents.
• We will clarify our commissioning intentions and provide demographic data and needs analysis through the market position statement to promote understanding of levels of needs and help inform development of sustainable models of delivery.
• We will develop the market position statement as a key communication channel and platform to maintaining dialogue with providers.
• We will maintain our provider circulation lists and develop our commissioning and contracting web pages to share key messages and updates.

Procurement opportunities and tendering

We use an e-procurement system, Atamis eSourcing, to advertise tender opportunities and market engagement events. You can find more information about how procurement works and how to register for Atamis eSourcing on our Procurement page. You can also view the contract register lists contracts held between the council and vendors.

Contact us

Your views are important to us in developing the MPS. If you have any feedback or queries, please email richmondandwandsworthmps@wandsworth.gov.uk.