Published date: 30 October 2017

Last edited date: 30 October 2017

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Awarded contract (published 24 January 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£133,000 to £195,000

Procurement reference

BME Health Forum

Published date

30 October 2017

Closing date

6 November 2017

Contract start date

1 December 2017

Contract end date

30 November 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: RFQ

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The project's primary aim is to ensure the needs and concerns of BME communities and organisations influence the commissioning and delivery of services, resulting in improved access to services and health outcomes:

• To empower and enable BME communities to engage with and influence commissioners and providers.
• To improve commissioner and provider understanding of and response to the needs of BME communities.
• To improve communication between BME community organisations, commissioners and providers.
• To develop a continuation strategy for sustained activity following the lifecycle of this initiative.
• To contribute towards the evidence base relating to the contribution of involvement mechanisms in improving health and well-being.
Full details of the Contracting Authority's requirements are included within the Request for Quotation (RFQ) documentation available from the EU-Supply Portal (see below), including a detailed Service Specification and a Memorandum of Information (MOI) providing background information to the need and intentions of this service.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

To access and download a copy of the Service Specification and details of the procurement process, potential Bidders are invited to login to the electronic procurement portal "EU-Supply" available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com . Registration on EU-Supply is FREE OF CHARGE. Once logged into EU-Supply, search for TENDER REFERENCE 29306 "BME Health Forum Service", then REGISTER INTEREST. You can then download the documents. Please see EU-Supply Quick User Guide (attached) which will assist your use of the portal. For any technical support, contact the EU-Supply Helpdesk on 0800 840 2050 or support@eu-supply.com. ***DEADLINE for Bid Submissions via the EU-Supply Portal is 12noon, Monday 6th November 2017***

About the buyer

Contact name

Ekkehard Kugler

Address

Chandlers Point, 33-35 Broadway
Salford
M50 2UW
England

Email

ekkehard_kugler@nhs.net