Published date: 25 August 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: 1 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

North Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Dementia Advocacy Service

Published date

25 August 2017

Closing date

1 September 2017

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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

North Staffordshire CCG and Stoke on Trent CCG are looking for expressions of interest for the tender of the dementia advocacy service. This service will provide advocacy support to patients with dementia and memory impairment to communicate, exercise and defend their rights and to fully participate in the decisions affecting their lives. This service will be part of the dementia well pathway and will be expected to work closely with the dementia memory support service.
The service will need to be available/accessible to all residents of the two CCG's and will help to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and assist with timely discharge when a patient has been admitted.

Organisations wishing to express an interest and provide additional procurement-specific information should
provide the following details by email to olena.florek@nhs.net and Elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net by Friday 8th
September 2017. The following information must be stated in the email: organisation name and address,
contact name, telephone number, email address, website address, organisation type.

This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and
Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest & provide additional
procurement-specific information (by registering on the Bravo portal): i) Candidates should register on the
portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your
organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. You must submit your reply on the website by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your
expression of interest contact the
BravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk

More information

Additional text

This procurement is for services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ("Regulations"). Accordingly, the
contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular
Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the
Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the MOI and PQQ. As
the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and
Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement. Right to Cancel: The
contracting authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall
include the right not to award a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or
any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it
consider this necessary. The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by
any
candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this
Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the
competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. All dates, time periods and values specified in
this
notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these. Transparency: The
contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this
procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on
transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any
resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting
authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on
transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If
and
when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands
and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement exercise for another NHS
body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.
The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available
via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific info

About the buyer

Address

Midlands & Lancashire CSU, Heron House, 120 Grove Road, Fenton
Stoke on Trent
ST7 1SQ
England

Email

elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net