Published date: 22 November 2024
This notice was replaced on 16 January 2025
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Awarded contract (published 16 January 2025)
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Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Other community, social and personal services - 98000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£60,802
Procurement reference
WIGN001-DN752848-87682035
Published date
22 November 2024
Closing date
20 December 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 February 2025
Contract end date
31 January 2026
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
To provide an Independent Visitor Service for children who are looked after by Wigan Council.
The Provider will provide an Independent Visitor who must be independent from the Authority, and ensure the young person is offered the opportunity to request an Independent Visitor who suitably reflects their ethnicity, language, religion or gender, and the request accommodated wherever possible.
The Independent Visitor Service will provide support by a reliable, consistent, and dedicated volunteer who will promote a sense of normal life to the young people in addition to any statutory support they receive. The Independent Visitor will promote the young person's welfare including their development, social, emotional, educational, religious, and cultural needs and ensure these have been met.
They will encourage the young person to exercise their rights to participate in decisions that affect them and support the young person's care plan. The Independent Visitor will provide information and signposting to other services that are appropriate and enable participation in a wide variety of social activities and differing social situations to enable the young person to take control over their own lives and promote a better lifestyle.
More information
About the buyer
Contact name
Craig Arrowsmith
Address
Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN
England
Telephone
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