Published date: 19 July 2024

Last edited date: 14 August 2024

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 August 2024, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

STRATEGY FOR THE RESILIENCE AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITIES

Published date

19 July 2024

Closing date

18 August 2024

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

16 September 2024

Contract end date

28 February 2025

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?

Yes

Description

Winchester City Council is seeking to appoint a professional consultancy to produce a strategy to enhance the resilience and wellbeing of our communities, which will provide strategic direction for our work with communities across the district and underpin the work of the council's Community and Wellbeing service.
This new strategy will consider the role of the council in nurturing our communities and creating an environment in which they can develop and thrive. It will reflect the ways in which predicted population growth and societal trends will impact on the district's communities and reset our expectations of what strong, vibrant and resilient communities should look like during the period through to 2030.

In particular, it will need to respond to the impacts of:

•New emerging communities, in particular at major housing development areas (MDA) in the district.
•The cost-of-living crisis has challenged many people and households, including some who are unused to needing support and assistance.
•The war in Ukraine, and unrest in other parts of the world, have contributed to an influx of people from different cultural backgrounds, increasing the diversity and mix of our communities.
•The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's physical and mental health and the way that they interact.

The strategy will need to:
•Address all communities across Winchester district and reflect their diverse nature.
•Identify the key stakeholders and partner agencies and engage with them.
•Utilise an Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) approach.
•Consider national and regional strategies and guidance.
•Set out strategic objectives and aims for action or intervention.
•Propose SMART indicators.

We are looking for work to start in mid-September and expect the contract to run for 5-6 months.

Suppliers should raise any clarification questions about this quote, to the email address provided by 9 August 2024. A log of all questions will be added to Contract Finder as soon as possible after 10 August 2024. If the Council considers a query may have a material effect on quotation responses, all suppliers will be notified without delay via email.

All quotation response documents must be returned to the contact email address above by no later than 23:59 on 18 August 2024.
When emailing your completed quotation to the Council you are strongly advised to request a "Delivery Receipt" as evidence of safe delivery.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Steve Lincoln

Address

City Offices,Colebrook Street
WINCHESTER
SO239LJ
England

Telephone

01962 848 110

Email

communities@winchester.gov.uk