Published date: 23 April 2024

Last edited date: 23 April 2024

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 8 May 2024, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

B69 3DB

Value of contract

£50,000 to £75,000

Procurement reference

IT-230-8065-CCS 001

Published date

23 April 2024

Closing date

8 May 2024

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

20 May 2024

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Developing the Sandwell Story and the Sandwell Strategic Partnership

Ref: CCS 001

In the early 2000s, Sandwell had a local strategic partnership as was statutory for all local authorities at the time. This partnership developed a vision and a Sandwell Plan to guide partnership working and had a series of thematic groups sitting beneath it, leading on each aspect of the vision. A partnership director and their team supported these arrangements.
As the statutory requirement to have an LSP was taken away, this form of strategic partnership was dismantled (c.2009). In its place, separate thematic strategic partnerships continued (only those that were statutory) and the coherence of a single local strategic partnership was lost.

In 2015/16 work started to develop the current Vision 2030. This was developed in collaboration with the different thematic statutory partnerships and extensive consultation and engagement with other partners, staff, young people, residents and the voluntary/community sector took place.
Vision 2030 was adopted as the vision for Sandwell in 2017. The vision is made up of 10 ambitions - five ambitions relating to Sandwell's people and five relating to Sandwell, the place. No overall ownership of the Sandwell Vision was vested with any single partnership and subsequent political changes has meant that Vision 2030 drifted out of focus with partners.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to Quotation or other related documents.

To submit a quotation you will be required to 'Opt In'.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing date: 8th May 2023 at 15:00hrs


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Developing the Sandwell Story and the Sandwell Strategic Partnership

Ref: CCS 001

In the early 2000s, Sandwell had a local strategic partnership as was statutory for all local authorities at the time. This partnership developed a vision and a Sandwell Plan to guide partnership working and had a series of thematic groups sitting beneath it, leading on each aspect of the vision. A partnership director and their team supported these arrangements.
As the statutory requirement to have an LSP was taken away, this form of strategic partnership was dismantled (c.2009). In its place, separate thematic strategic partnerships continued (only those that were statutory) and the coherence of a single local strategic partnership was lost.

In 2015/16 work started to develop the current Vision 2030. This was developed in collaboration with the different thematic statutory partnerships and extensive consultation and engagement with other partners, staff, young people, residents and the voluntary/community sector took place.
Vision 2030 was adopted as the vision for Sandwell in 2017. The vision is made up of 10 ambitions - five ambitions relating to Sandwell's people and five relating to Sandwell, the place. No overall ownership of the Sandwell Vision was vested with any single partnership and subsequent political changes has meant that Vision 2030 drifted out of focus with partners.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to Quotation or other related documents.

To submit a quotation you will be required to 'Opt In'.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing date: 8th May 2023 at 15:00hrs

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No


How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.


About the buyer

Contact name

Sukhvinder Kaur Dubb

Address

Freeth Street
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 3DB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 569 5273

Email

sukhvinder_kaur@sandwell.gov.uk