Published date: 29 April 2022

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: 29 May 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

  • Social work services - 85310000

  • Social work services without accommodation - 85312000

    • Guidance and counselling services - 85312300

    • Guidance services - 85312310

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

WS1 1TP

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-255-583-WP3714

Published date

29 April 2022

Closing date

29 May 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2024

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Council wishes to procure a provider to deliver Advocacy Services: Independent Care Act Advocacy, IMHA, ICAS and IMCA to support the Council to fulfil its duty with regard to the provision of Independent Statutory Advocacy. The service is for eligible people who have been judged to have substantial difficulty or lack the capacity to engage with processes relating to their care, health and support services, or in deprivation of liberty situations, and do not have an appropriate individual (i.e. family member) to represent them.
The tender consolidates several Independent Advocacy Service requirements into two Specifications to cover the following:

Specification 1
Service 1 - Independent Care Act Advocacy to comply with the Care Act 2014

Service 2 - Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) to comply with the Mental Health Act 1983(as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007)

Service 3 - Independent Complaints Advocacy (ICAS) to comply with the NHS and Social Care Act 2012

Specification 2
Service 4 - Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Advocacy (IMCA DoLS), and Relevant Paid Persons Representative Service to comply with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Capacity Amendment Act 2019

More information

Links

Additional text

Interest in this contract process should be expressed via WMBC's Tendering Portal - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncil

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Julie (Procurement) Jones

Address

Darwall Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1TP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01922 654329

Email

julie.jones2@walsall.gov.uk

Website

https://www.walsall.gov.uk/