Published date: 30 August 2018

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: 28 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social services - 85320000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£475,000

Procurement reference

RBG001-DN361897-37712106

Published date

30 August 2018

Closing date

28 September 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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

. Suitably qualified and experienced service providers are invited to tender for the provision of Advocacy and Independent Visitors Service in Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The contract will include a combined advocacy and independent visitors' service for children in the care of the local authority to enable a seamless response for looked after children and young people. There is a statutory duty for all local authorities to provide advocacy services and independent visitors for vulnerable children and young people and the service will ensure that Greenwich children and young people have a strong voice that is heard at the heart of care planning and review processes in Social care.
The contract will initially be for a period of 3 years, commencing 1st April 2019 with the option to extend annually for a further two years subject to satisfactory performance, meeting the key performance indicator (KPIs) and budget availability. The total potential term of the contract is 5 years.
TUPE
Bidders are requested to complete the attached confidentiality undertaking and return as soon as possible in order to obtain TUPE information

More information

Additional text

Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents. To participate, Suppliers will need to register as a Supplier with ProContract before obtaining access to the tender documents. The link to access this opportunity is
https://royalgreenwich.proactishosting.com/
In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the Proactis support team at ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com
Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 28th September 2018, 12noon UK Local time via ProContract tender portal. If you require any clarifications on the tender documents, please submit these in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 19th September 2018, 12noon UK Local time. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically via the ProContract tender portal Messaging system.
Please note that this project has been advertised on Contracts Finder/ other web portals, however, the ProContract tender portal is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN361897. No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.

About the buyer

Contact name

Christianah George

Address

1st Floor, The Woolwich Centre
35 Wellington Street, Woolwich,
London
SE18 6HQ
England

Telephone

+44 2089218245

Email

Christianah.George@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Website

http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/