Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Advocacy Services for Adults
Authority: Flintshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFlintshire County Council and Wrexham County Borough Council seeks to procure a provider to deliver advocacy services for adults within North East Wales.
Both local authorities are seeking a provider who would be interested in delivering Independent Professional Advocacy to all eligible adults within Flintshire and Wrexham, regardless of their demographic. The delivery of Independent Professional Advocacy must be in accordance with the requirements in the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the associated Code of Practice. The contract would also require an element of non-statutory community advocacy which would be available to all individuals in the North East Wales area that have a barrier to participation in an issue, but they are not eligible for IPA services. This would be short term, issue based advocacy.
CPV: Guidance services · Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Social work and related services · Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1In addition to the above the council’s would like to see providers take an active role…Planned
In addition to the above the council’s would like to see providers take an active role in the development of more diverse forms of advocacy such as citizen and self-advocacy, to expand the variety of advocacy on offer for citizens in this area.
We would welcome consortia bids that would allow specialisms across areas such as those with learning disabilities, autism, mental health, carers, and dementia.
The anticipated contract start date would be 1st April 2023.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Sept 2022, 15:18 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2022, 15:18 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-027356- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037178Find a Tender
Publisher note: The local authorities are posting this notice to ascertain the level of interest in the market to provide this service with a view to a full tender exercise. If you feel that your organisation has the capability to deliver this contract please email lee.holman@flintshire.gov.uk to express an interest or ask any further questions. Could you please express your interest by 5pm on 14th October. (WA Ref:125166)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
29 Sept 2022 → 5 Dec 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published29 Sept 2022, 15:18 BST
- Tender notice expected5 Dec 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Wrexham County Borough CouncilContracting authority
Official documents & specifications
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