Participation Service

Leicester City Council
East Midlands
Invited to quote
20 April 2026 to 19 April 2029

The service facilitates the involvement of people with lived experience in adult social care policy and service design. It requires working in partnership with the Making it Real group, which consists of experts by experience and social care professionals. The provider will support co-production activities, ensuring that service users and carers are effectively integrated into the council's decision-making frameworks.

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Awarded value: £260k; As published
Published: 22 April 2025
Awarded: 18 June 2026; Mosaic 1898
Contract length: 36 months; Ends 19 April 2029

What the contract covers

Service contract

Provision of engagement and participation services to facilitate co-production and lived experience involvement in adult social care decision-making processes.

Facilitate the participation and involvement of people with lived experience in adult social care decision making and policy making
Facilitate involvement in the co production of local adult social care services
Work alongside the Making it Real group of people with lived experience and social care workers

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Service contract
Procedure: Invited to quote
Initial term: 36 months
Extensions: 24 months
Longest it can run: 60 months
Contract dates: 20 April 2026 to 19 April 2029
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Services
CPV codes: 85000000

Services in this contract

Local Healthwatch and public voice servicesMain service£292k typicalLived-experience participation and co-production service in adult social care

Lifecycle

Published
22 April 2025
Contract awardedto Mosaic 1898
18 June 2026
Contract starts
20 April 2026
Contract ends
19 April 2029

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Leicester City Council

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Mosaic 1898

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/935450/participation-service
Buyer reference: ASC0322
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-0505e8
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Leicester City Council. Participation Service. Contract award, 22 April 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/935450/participation-service (accessed 5 November 2026).