Published date: 14 August 2015

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: 21 September 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Guidance services - 85312310

Location of contract

B69 9EN

Value of contract

£0 to £426,292

Procurement reference

ITT038GENERIC

Published date

14 August 2015

Closing date

21 September 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

ADULT SERVICES

TENDER: ITT038GENERIC

FOR THE PROVISION OF:
A GENERIC ISSUE BASED ADVOCACY SERVICE (INCLUDING INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY)

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council seeks to procure a professional generic issue based advocacy service to people who are resident or registered with a GP in the geographical boundaries of Sandwell M.B.C. This service will also be expected to deliver Independent Advocacy. The purpose of the independent advocacy service is to provide advocacy support to those who have been referred by Sandwell Council and cannot fully engage with assessment, support planning or care review processes, and who do not have an appropriate adult to represent them. This Service is to provide Advocates for relevant people whom Sandwell Council have a responsibility for under the Care Act 2014.

The contract will be for a period of four years, and will commence on 1 April 2016.

Suitably qualified and experienced persons and organisations are invited to express an interest in tendering for the above service.
Tenders must be submitted through the Council's electronic tendering system In-Tend [https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc] no later than 17:00PM 21 September 2015 in accordance with the instructions to tender contained in the Invitation to Tender document.

The Council intends to use an evaluation model based on price and quality. The criteria, on which tenders will be evaluated, inclusive of weighting attached to each, will be included within the invitation to tender document.

NB. The contracts mainly reflect services currently being provided by existing organisations, and therefore the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 may apply to this contract.

David Stevens

More information

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc/aspx/

About the buyer

Contact name

Naim Saleemi

Address

PO Box 15888
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 9EN
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 569 5541

Email

naim_saleemi@sandwell.gov.uk