Published date: 3 November 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

Location of contract

SG13 8DE

Value of contract

£500,000 to £880,000

Procurement reference

HCC1709889

Published date

3 November 2017

Closing date

18 January 2018

Contract start date

1 August 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Hertfordshire County Council (the Council) is tendering to deliver a Community HIV Support Service in Hertfordshire The primary aim of the Service is to provide assessment, co-ordination and advocacy for those whose social concerns would otherwise impair their adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). These main aims can be categorised as:

o Increasing awareness of HIV, and the accessibility of mainstream community services for people with the condition by supporting organisations and reducing stigma
o Providing short term practical and emotional support for people diagnosed with HIV, and their carer/ family
o Providing longer term support for 'complex' individuals (and their family/ carer), triaging to appropriate services
o Proactively identifying individuals who may benefit from the Service, ensuring the Service is accessible, flexible and appropriate for the demography of Hertfordshire

This procurement is an Open (one stage process). Suppliers wishing to take part in this project are invited to 'express interest' which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.

To be considered as a Bidder you must complete and submit a Bid by the deadline of 12.00 Noon on 18th January 2018

Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.

Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted by the system.

Please Note the TUPE Staffing Information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information must be treated as protected data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and must be kept confidential. Therefore by accessing this Tender via Supply Hertfordshire and then the View Details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, Tenderers agree to undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party.

More information

Links

Additional text

Please log in or register at www.supplyhertfordshire.uk and fully complete and submit a Response Document by the time and date stipulated

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Zoe Upson (HCC)

Address

Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01707 292463

Email

zoe.upson@hertfordshire.gov.uk