Aiming High for Disabled Children Revenue Grant Contract

Aiming High for Disabled Children Revenue Grant Contract for a Sitting Service Funding

Reference number: CYPF0008

Deadline date:23/11/2012

This deadline is for… Receipt of completed tenders

Contract value:£600,000 – £900,000

Location where the contract is to be carried out: Staffordshire CC The adminstrative area of Staffordshire County Council

Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? Yes

Is this contract suitable for a voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations? Yes

Name of the buying organisation: Staffordshire County Council Staffordshire Procurement

Description of the contract

Aiming High in Staffordshire are seeking applications to deliver Support Services. Separate funding streams are available. These are to deliver: 1. A Sitting Service (Reference CYPF0008) 2. A Community Support Service (Reference CYPF0007) Funding is available to deliver: The Support Service has two elements Applications will be accepted from organisations to deliver ONE OR BOTH elements of the Service. Please note there are separate application forms to complete for the two services. Sitting Service – a home Sitting Service supervising disabled children and young people in their home to enable parents and carers to have a break. One organisation will provide this Service across the whole of the County. Community Support Services – support for disabled children and young people who due to their disability/individual needs are unable to access activities independently. One organisation will provide this Service across the whole of the County.

Documents

Classification of the contract

85000000 Health and social work services

Additional information

Contract type: Services – 25

Is it a framework agreement? No

Is this contract related to a programme of funding? No

Contract will be awarded based on: Most economically advantageous tender in terms of: The criteria stated in the contract documents

Estimated length of contract: 01/04/2013 – 31/03/2016

Who to contact

Contact name Joanne Fitzpatrick

Organisation name Staffordshire County Council Staffordshire Procurement

Address Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 2DH

Telephone 01785 854644

Extension number:

Fax

Web address

How to apply

This is an electronic tender. All requests for information to be sent through the electronic tendering portal and messaging facility on the Proactis electronic tendering system. How to register: – 1. Instructions at http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/business/procurement/etendering/ 2. Follow the link to Proactis E-Tendering (http://www.staffordshire.alito.co.uk). On the main page click SUPPLIERS then (new user) REGISTER links. 3. Complete the self-registration questions and click the Register button. 4. You will receive a confirmation e-mail with an authentication link (this email may find its way to your trash/junk email account, so please check). 5. Confirm the authentication and then login into Proactis SUPPLIERS-side. 6. Search the bulletin board for the tender(s) using key words, search criteria etc. 7. Once found, click on the (blue) contract title to register interest against an active tender. 8. Click the REGISTER button and then CONTINUE. 9. The tender will now be in the MY TENDERS profile area on the main menu. 10. Find the READ ME FIRST document and continue with managing the tender. If you require urgent assistance regarding the initial usage of the eTendering package please contact the Contracting Authority point-of-contact in Section I.1 of this notice. On failure to reach this contact, please immediately email the nature of the difficulty to sp@staffordshire.gov.uk