Published date: 11 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: 16 May 2022, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

ST16 2DH

Value of contract

£1,000,000

Procurement reference

5e9a25e9-0bb6-4f53-8bd6-e8474a626fba

Published date

11 April 2022

Closing date

16 May 2022

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 September 2022

Contract end date

31 August 2026

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

This Service Specification is for the provision of a Communicator Guide Service to be delivered across Staffordshire, excluding Stoke on Trent.

Communicator Guides will offer support to Eligible Adults (aged 18 and above) with Sensory Needs who may have been born with sight loss or have been Deaf since birth or early childhood and subsequently acquired a Dual Sensory Loss or have acquired a Dual Sensory Loss later in life. The incidence of Dual Sensory Loss is greatest in older people who have acquired both sight loss and hearing Loss (1 in 20 of Deafblind people with Dual Sensory Loss are aged 70 and older).

Communicator Guides will also support Deaf people where they have complex needs around access to information, communication, language and accessing the wider community.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Clare Kinvig-Jenkinson

Address

Staffordshire County Council, 1 Staffordshire Place
, ,
Stafford
ST16 2DH
UNITED KINGDOM

Telephone

01785854056

Email

clare.kinvig-jenkinson@staffordshire.gov.uk