Published date: 22 August 2019
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Other community, social and personal services - 98000000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£150,000
Procurement reference
SWINDON001-DN431263-69704389
Published date
22 August 2019
Closing date
1 October 2019
Contract start date
1 January 2020
Contract end date
31 December 2022
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?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Procurement of a Bereavement Support Service
Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the procurement of the provision of bereavement support.
Project Description
Swindon Borough Council is looking to procure the provision of bereavement support that will provide the following:
A service that will cover the geographical area as Swindon CCG and will include services to support those bereaved by suicide and substance misuse, which is a particular focus in Swindon. The service will be for people all ages with a specific service model for working with children and young people and people bereaved by suicide, as well as generic bereavement support.
The initial contract will be for a 2 year service with the option to extend 2 + 2 years. The contract will run from 1st January 2020. The contract will cost no more than £25,000 per annum with no inflationary uplifts.
Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents.
The relevant tender documents are included within this project webpage as attachments.
Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via e-mail, including the project name clearly in the e-mail title, to Terry Johnson TJohnson2@swindon.gov.uk by 23/09/2019, 12:00:00 hrs UK Local time.
The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be uploaded as attachments on the project webpage attachments section. Therefore it is the Contractor's responsibility to check the site regularly for updates to clarifications, as you will not be advised when updates have been made.
RFQ Responses are required to be submitted no later than 01/10/2019 12:00:00 hrs UK Local time by e-mail to Terry Johnson TJohnson2@swindon.gov.uk only.
In the event of difficulties downloading tender documents, please refer to the named contact Terry Johnson TJohnson2@swindon.gov.uk
This project has been advertised on the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, which is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN431263-69704389
We would encourage you to click on the 'Register interest' button to help the Council monitor the level of interest in this opportunity.
No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.
About the buyer
Contact name
Terry Johnson
Address
Swindon Borough Council, Wat Tyler West, 3rd Floor
Wat Tyler House, Beckhampton Street
Swindon
SN1 2JG
England
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