Published date: 4 September 2024

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 27 September 2024

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Procurement reference

AAA2024

Published date

4 September 2024

Closing date

27 September 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Southend-on-Sea City Council is seeking to engage with the market to gain an understanding of the capacity and appetite to deliver its All Age Advocacy service from 1st April 2025.
This exercise is to inform the Council in its consideration of options for the future service model and provision of the all-age Advocacy service.

This is not a call for competition. As such any future procurement process will be compliant with the Public Contract Regulations (2015 (updated 2016)). This includes but is not limited to advertising and fair treatment of economic operators, regardless of their involvement in this Market Engagement.

The issuing of this notice and the carrying out of this Market Engagement does not commit the Council to commencing any related procurement process or to a single means of procurement.

The Council is interested to understand the capacity of the market to be able to bid on this opportunity should it be advertised in October / November 2024. The Council is looking to award the contract in January 2025.

The further documentation relating to this notice and the very simple written submission required of any organisation looking to take part in this market engagement exercise is attached to this notice.

The written confirmation of your company's interest in taking part in this process and its response to the Market Engagement Question should be returned to the Council via an email to strategiccommissioning@southend.gov.uk

The deadline for submission of expression of interests in regard this market engagement is: 5pm on Friday 27th September 2024.

More information

Attachments

  • Market Engagement Questionnaire - Final.docx
  • Contract summary
  • Please view and complete a short questionnaire (attached) to confirm if you are able to fulfil the requirements of the Council and this opportunity (if procured in the future) would be of interest to your organisation

About the buyer

Address

Civic Centre
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SS26EN
England

Email

strategiccommissioning@southend.gov.uk