Published date: 13 June 2023

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Awarded contract (published 5 October 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Supporting services for the government - 75130000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£250,000

Procurement reference

BLACK001-DN666462-78982932

Published date

13 June 2023

Closing date

28 July 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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

Provision of Community Navigators Service for Blackpool using Shared Prosperity Funding (SPF).

Through the pandemic Blackpool Council and the Blackpool VCFSE community have seen the critical value of thriving communities. People helped and supported others around them. Local government and health services developed stronger relationships with their local community, often facilitated by the VCFSE. Towns and cities with a thriving VCFSE sector, supported by infrastructure organisations were able to put forward a better coordinated, stronger response.
Discussions amongst the Blackpool VCFSE sector has concluded was that people with a range of complex needs are only offered time limited, short-term solutions and many people in Blackpool need more intensive support. At a VCFSE Leaders meeting on 10th February the need for more joined up approaches was discussed.

It was recognised that there are a lot of services available, but many working in silos and hence people are often passed around from one to another. It was agreed that there needs to be some resources allocated to connect services together, through working in a more intense and longer term way with people who are most disadvantaged. It was also acknowledged that the VCFSE understands the needs of people, but has been hampered by funding that only resources one aspect of the support needed. This project based funding is necessary, but the gap is the worker to make the connections.

Therefore it has been determined appropriate to use some SPF People & Skills intervention, revenue funding, available in the 2023 - 2024 and 2024 - 2025 years, to develop and deliver a pilot project to address this issue.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Helen Thompson

Address

PO Box 4
Blackpool
FY1 1NA
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1253478760

Email

helen.thompson@blackpool.gov.uk

Website

http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/