Life Opportunities for Adults With Additional Needs

There are no tender documents at this stage - this is purely to allow expressions of interest and to inform all of market engagement.

Norfolk County Council intends to procure a new framework to deliver day opportunities (both hub-based and community/outreach) for approximately 2,170 adults with additional needs arising from mental health conditions, learning disabilities, autism, and/or physical disabilities. This will supersede all previous contractual arrangements for Day Services/Life Opportunities for these groups including the existing Life Opportunities Framework, introducing a single framework for adults with additional needs delivering across all specialisms.

Scope of the Future Procurement

The forthcoming framework, Life Opportunities for Adults With Additional Needs, will:

• Cover community opportunities and support for adults (18+) with additional needs primarily due to mental health conditions, learning disabilities, autism, and/or physical disabilities.
• Include hub-based day opportunities and outreach‑based delivery.
• Focus on outcomes related to wellbeing, independent living skills, community connection and employment support.
• Align costs across the market for similar delivery through built in price mechanisms.
• Replace session-based funding with a person‑centred hourly payment model.
• Contain robust terms and conditions to ensure quality and safeguard service users.

This framework will not include domiciliary care or older people’s day services, which are commissioned separately.