The Provision of Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services for Children and Young People

Award

Buyers

Value

£1,145,649

Suppliers

Classifications

  • Health and social work services
  • Social work and related services
  • Other community, social and personal services

Tags

  • award
  • contract

Published

9 months ago

Description

The Council is seeking a suitable Provider to provide Advocacy and Independent Visitor (IV) services.
As Dorset Council has a statutory duty to provide an independent advocacy service that supports children and young people to have their views and wishes taken into account when key decisions are being made about their lives. The Council also has a statutory duty to provide an independent visitor (IV) service for looked after children if they believe that it would be in the child’s best interest to have one.
It is anticipated that the contract will commence on the 1 August 2024 for an initial contract period of 3 years, with the options to extend annually for a further 3 years (3+1+1+1).
Therefore, if all available extensions were taken the total contract period would be 6 years.

Documents

Premium

Bypass the hassle of outdated portals. Get all the information you need right here, right now.

  • Contract Agreement

    The official contract terms, conditions, and scopes of work.

    Download

  • Award Notice

    Details on the tender award and selected suppliers.

    Download

Similar Contracts

Open

GMCA 1386 - Greater Manchester Housing First and Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme

In 2019 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) commissioned programme of three pilots with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region and West Midlands Combined to pilot the large-scale delivery of Housing First in England. The service is for people who have multiple and complex needs who have experienced long term recurrent periods of homelessness and exclusion from services leading to them having difficulties in finding and sustaining suitable accommodation. The pilot has now been delivered for 6 years supporting 568 people to date across the 10 Greater Manchester Local Authorities. GMCA were successful in competitive bidding processes to secure Rough Sleeper Accommodation Programme (RSAP) properties across Greater Manchester, there will be a maximum of 58 properties in this contract. This tender is to procure a Housing First and RSAP services for a further 12 months (with option to extend for a further 3x12 months) to continue to support those individuals on the programmes including housing those that are yet to secure a permanent offer of accommodation. Further details can be found in the tender pack uploaded on The Chest.

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Published 1 day ago
Open

Independent support and advice service contract for Council tenants.

The independent support and advice service contract for Council tenants aims to empower and assist council tenants and tenant’s and residents’ association (TRAs) by offering comprehensive guidance and support. The service is designed to foster community cohesion, enhance tenant engagement and ensure transparency and accountability in financial and operational matters. This service will help tenants shape the design and delivery of landlord services and hold the council accountable for the standard and quality of these services. This requires a consistent and continuous meaningful engagement with all residents to ensure their needs and aspirations inform housing policy and the strategic priorities of the housing department.

London Borough of Southwark

London Borough of Southwark

Published 1 day ago
Open

The Provision of Care and Support Contracts at Six Extra Care Schemes

Brent Council is seeking tenders for the Provision of Care and Support Contracts at Six Extra Care Schemes for a period of three (3) years with the option to extend by a maximum of two (2) years on a one plus one basis (3+1+1). Providers must be able to meet the needs of a mixed group of residents from the community with a range of age groups from 55 years + and a range of needs including adults with physical needs, sensory, mental health (including Dementia) and learning disabilities as well as those with complex needs and behaviours that challenge. This contract opportunity is divided into the following Lots: • Lot 1 Beechwood, Harrod & Tulsi • Lot 2 Rosemary, Newcroft & Willow The contracts will be based on a core and flexi model with only the core element being the “contracted amount”. The core service is designed to meet unplanned and emergency care needs and night support. The flexi hours will be based on service user’s assessed needs and support hours will fluctuate as individuals’ needs change. Residents will be able to choose another care provider to deliver their assessed hours, or arrange their own care through a Direct Payment, but the successful provider will deliver the core hours in the service.

London Borough of Brent

London Borough of Brent

Published 1 day ago

AI Bid Assistant

Our AI-powered tool to help you create winning bids is coming soon!

View Contract Source Save Contract

Organisation

Dorset Council

Regional or local authority

Commercial and Procurement Team

[email protected]

+44 1305221250

Timeline complete

Publish
Bid
Evaluate
Award
Complete