Published date: 23 August 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 March 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£209,973

Procurement reference

22300

Published date

23 August 2018

Closing date

1 March 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Single Tender

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

AWARD ONLY OF:-
The Social Prescribing Service and the Befriending Service for a range of preventative services and approaches. Social prescribing is an approach to healthcare that recognises that people's health, emotional and practical needs are all connected. Meeting people's non-medical needs can benefit their health and wellbeing. It enables a range of professional including GPs, nurses and other health and social care professionals to refer (or 'prescribe') people to a range of local, non-clinical services.

The services comprise:-
1. Provision of practical support to vulnerable people. Building community capacity by linking people together and also identifying volunteers who can support them. 2.Befriending for people who are very socially isolated.
3.Time limited 'enabling' to support people to access community services - this could be through a volunteer or a paid employee
4.More intensive 1-1 and longer term support where needed by trained professionals (broadly time limited).
5.Building community capacity - opportunities to support the development of new groups and activities where a need is identified.

More information

Links

  • Award notice

Award information

Awarded date

1 March 2017

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Total value of contract

£209,973

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

AGE UK NORTH TYNESIDE

Address

13 Saville Street West The Bradbury Centre
NE29 6QP
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 01763579

Value of contract

£0

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Christine Bordoli

Address

Quadrant
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
NE270BY
England

Telephone

01916435662

Email

christine.bordoli@northtyneside.gov.uk