How to win: Adult Day Opportunities

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Provider Engagement Event When – Thursday 22nd October 2026 at 2pm – 4pm Where - Huddersfield Town Hall – meeting room 3 Kirklees Council is developing how adults day opportunities are delivered in Kirklees. We are inviting providers to take part in a market engagement and co production event, to help shape the future service specification and commissioning model for these services. This event forms part of our early market engagement activity and is intended to gather insight from providers to ensure that any future arrangements are deliverable, sustainable, and reflective of current market conditions. We are particularly keen to engage with: • Providers currently delivering day opportunities for older people or people living with a learning disability. • Organisations interested in developing or expanding services in this area At the event, we will: • Provide an overview of current day opportunities provision in Kirklees • Share emerging proposals for future commissioning approaches including proposed ‘lots’ • Explore how services can better meet peoples needs. • Seek provider views on: o delivery models and capacity o challenges and barriers within the current system o opportuni

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — The Council of the Borough of Kirklees scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓Lead with evidenced capability and social value — for services work these usually outweigh price.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 21 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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