Official UK procurement notice
SCC AE Suicide Bereavement Support Services
Authority: Surrey County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSurrey are looking to procure a suicide bereavement support service to provide one-to --one
support to people bereaved by suicide. The provider will work alongside the Council and
Surrey Police. The support is based on recommendations from Support After Suicide. Please
refer to the following resources for guidance: hub.supportaftersuicide.org.uk/resource ↗
CPV: Guidance services · Social work services without accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The provision of support after a suspected suicide is critical to addressing suicide…
The provision of support after a suspected suicide is critical to addressing suicide risk and improving the mental wellbeing of people who have been bereaved by suicide. The winning provider would be required to raise awareness of suicide bereavement support through frontline health and social care professionals, as well as provide support to the bereaved. The levels of support to each bereaved member will differ, therefore the successful provider will carry out an assessment before offering support, such as:
- Dealing with police
- Financial guidance and advocacy
- Emotional support
- Spiritual support to give comfort and support to the family
- Dealing with employers, schools etc
- Dealing with the affairs of the deceased
- Liaising with multi agencies such as coroner, medical professionals, and police
- Support to deal with funeral arrangements
- Referral to counselling support in Surrey
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 10 Jun 2022, 13:13 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2022, 09:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Sept 2022 – …
- Authority reference
DN1371- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022735- Accelerated
This is an accelerated Open procedure utilising LTR provisions. A prior information notice was previously published (2022/S 000-016000) to reduce the timescales of this tender. The Council is using an accelerated timetable for this procurement due to the increased demand for the service in the past 2 years, in conjunction with the requirement to run a competition to acquire best value.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034525Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 1 Sept 2022, 12:05 BST
Timeline
1 Jul 2022 → 1 Sept 2022 · 4 dates- Next notice expected1 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published17 Aug 2022, 09:34 BST
- Submission deadline1 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened1 Sept 2022, 12:05 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Aug 2022- Published value published: £246,00017 Aug 2022, 09:34 BST
- Status changed to active17 Aug 2022, 09:34 BST
- Procurement method changed17 Aug 2022, 09:34 BST
- Deadline published: 1 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST17 Aug 2022, 09:34 BST
- Buyer details updated17 Aug 2022, 09:34 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.