Published date: 6 October 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: 5 November 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

SO23 8UQ

Value of contract

£3,600,000 to £4,297,344

Procurement reference

AS07577

Published date

6 October 2015

Closing date

5 November 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2018

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

Hampshire County Council has a legal responsibilty to arrange advocacy for eligible people under the MHA, the MCA, the Care Act and the Children Act. Most Advocacy is issue based and relatively short term in nature, with the exception of some learning disability advocacy, which supports people to be involved and represents others in groups and on boards, and the Paid Representative service for people who lack capacity and who have no friends or family.

The Contract will commence on 1 April 2016 and will last for an initial period of 2 years with the option to extend, at the Council's sole discretion, for a period of up to 1 year and then a further period of up to 1 year giving a maximum contract length of 4 years.

Organisations interested in being considered for this opportunity must complete and return the documentation through the Council's online tendering system InTend.

The closing date for submissions is strictly 2:00pm on 12 November 2015.

More information

Links

Additional text

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

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Knight

Address

Sussex Street
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 8UQ
United Kingdom

Telephone

01962 826657

Email

paul.knight@hants.gov.uk