Published date: 27 July 2018

Last edited date: 27 July 2018

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 17 August 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£230,000 to £256,000

Procurement reference

Carers Specialist Information, Advice & Support Service

Published date

27 July 2018

Approach to market date

17 August 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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

Lewisham Council and NHS Lewisham (CCG) (the 'Commissioners') are alerting the market to forthcoming tender for Specialist (Unpaid) Carer Information Advice and Support (IAS) Service.
The Service will cover the whole Lewisham borough and work with adult unpaid carers ,
• Implementing regular outreach & awareness raising that strengthens local networks of support and raises the profile of unpaid carers;
• providing high quality information, advice & signposting to support individual choice and decision-making to enhance physical and mental wellbeing;
• providing intensive short-term 1:1 support that helps individuals explore their strengths & available resources and increases resilience;
• support unpaid carers to complete the start of the Council's online carer assessment, where requested.
The contract is due to start April 2019 ( lasting 2 years with 1 year option for renewal).
The Commissioners consider that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community and social enterprise (VCSE) providers. The Commissioners encourage small providers, who may be interested, to collaborate and, where advantageous to them, to form partnerships and/or consortia to meet service specifications.
The indicative prior year spend is noted but the Commissioners are open to offers that can show added value for money. This opportunity will be a competitive process and potential suppliers will note the intended evaluation criteria ratio of finance: quality as 60:40.
Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out within the procurement.
The Commissioners invite expressions of interest ahead of the formal procurement- please email faith.abiola-ellison@lewisham.gov.uk or call her on 020 8314 6009 for a structured conversation about this procurement opportunity.
The Commissioners also encourage any interested providers to register via the online procurement portal https://procontract.due-north.com/Register, through which they can formally respond to any tender opportunity. Once registered, you will not need to register again and will be able to use your existing user name and password.
This pre-procurement activity ends 17th August 2018.

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2017/2018 £256,000

About the buyer

Contact name

Faith Abiola-Ellison

Address

2nd Floor, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road
LONDON
SE64RU
England

Telephone

02083146009

Email

faith.abiola-ellison@lewisham.gov.uk

Website

www.lewisham.gov.uk