Published date: 13 November 2023

This notice was replaced on 23 November 2023

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Awarded contract (published 23 November 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£5,000,000

Procurement reference

NOTTSCC001-DN676909-02004918

Published date

13 November 2023

Closing date

22 August 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 February 2024

Contract end date

31 January 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

Nottinghamshire County Council ("the Council") is seeking a suitably experienced Provider to deliver services to D/deaf people, under a single Provider Framework Agreement.\r
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The Provider must have:\r
- a minimum of two years' experience of working with people who are D/deaf\r
- experience of employing and supervising D/deaf staff\r
- experience of developing professional and collaborative relationships with a range of partner organisations in ways that have a positive impact on D/deaf people\r
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This Framework Agreement is established initially to meet the requirements of Nottinghamshire County Council but also enables the following 'Commissioners' to purchase services under it on a 'Call-Off' basis:\r
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust,\r
• Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust,\r
• Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board, and;\r
• Nottingham City Council\r
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The Framework Agreement will have a duration of four years.\r
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All services provided under this Framework Agreement will be commissioned to do some or all of the following:\r
• Intervene at the earliest opportunity to support prevention by encouraging people to be more proactive about their health and wellbeing.\r
• Increase independence and reduce or delay the need for care and support services, including navigation of prevention and community services and effective self-care.\r
• Improve access to information to support self-care, independence and to promote health and well-being.\r
• Work, including in partnership with other organisations, to address inequalities.\r
• Use strengths-based approaches, drawing on the skills and assets across people and their communities, to create opportunity.\r
• Activities that enable effective communication, including British Sign Language related services and interpreting\r
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In addition to establishing the Framework Agreement the Council will simultaneously enter into a Call-Off Contract under the Framework Agreement for 'Community-Based Prevention Services for D/deaf People'.\r
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Bids will only be considered for the Framework Agreement and the Call-Off Contract for 'Community-Based Prevention Services for D/deaf People'\r
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Further Call-Off Contracts may be entered into with the Provider during the term of the Framework Agreement with any of the Commissioners listed above.\r
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Please note, this is a competitive procurement conducted in accordance with the Light Touch regime of Regulations 74-77 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

D/deaf Services Framework Agreement

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 July 2023


Award information

Awarded date

6 November 2023

Contract start date

1 February 2024

Contract end date

31 January 2028

Total value of contract

£5,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Nottinghamshire Deaf Society

Address

NG7 4EQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Jennifer Rosenbaum

Address

County Hall
West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 7QP
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1159772830

Email

jennifer.rosenbaum@nottscc.gov.uk

Website

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk