Provision of Four Contracts for Adults Support, Welfare and Advocacy Services
Local Infrastructure Support Service Generic Advice, Hate Crime and Hate Incident Reporting and Enhanced Welfare Rights Advice Independent Mental Health Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Specialist Advocacy Services including Social Care Complaints Advocacy.
Reference number: ASWASJAN2013
Deadline date:01/02/2013
This deadline is for… Return of completed Application Questionnaires and ITT Documents
Contract value:£152,000 – £640,000
Location where the contract is to be carried out: Barking and Dagenham
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: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Description of the contract
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham invite expressions of interest from suitably experienced providers to tender for the following services in Barking and Dagenham. Local Infrastructure Support Service Generic Advice, Hate Crime and Hate Incident Reporting and Enhanced Welfare Rights Advice Independent Mental Health Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Specialist Advocacy Services including Social Care Complaints Advocacy These services are offered on the basis of four contracted areas. The Local Infrastructure Support service will assist local voluntary and community organisations to function more effectively and deliver quality services to the residents of Barking and Dagenham. The Generalist Advice and Hate Crime and Hate Incident Service for the residents of Barking and Dagenham is combined with Enhanced Welfare Benefits Advice for vulnerable adults to provide a joined up, robust advice and case work service. The Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) service is combined to provide effective, well coordinated independent advocacy provision across these statutory areas. A Specialist Advocacy Service including Social Care Complaints Advocacy will be delivered to vulnerable adults within Barking and Dagenham through a framework agreement on a call off basis. This service includes the local social care function of the Independent Complaints Advocacy Service. The framework will offer people greater choice and control in the services they access. Providers will need to demonstrate in their bids required competencies in the following areas: Value for Money Performance management Technical ability Knowledge of customers Delivering against outcomes Sustainability Organisations may express an interest in more than one of the above contracts and consider partnership work when applying for this tender through sub contract or consortia arrangements. It is anticipated that all of the above services will be delivered from April 2013. The contracts (with the exception of the Independent Mental Health Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) are offered for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years dependent on service performance and funding. The Independent Mental Health Advocacy, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards contract is offered for a period of 3 years. Organisations should be aware that Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 may apply.
Classification of the contract
75310000 Benefit services
75200000 Provision of services to the community
85312310 Guidance services
Additional information
Contract type: Services – Unspecified
Is it a framework agreement? No
Is this contract related to a programme of funding? Yes : The Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) contract is related to funding from the Department of Health
Contract will be awarded based on: Most economically advantageous tender in terms of: The criteria below:
| Priority | Description of criteria | Percentage weighting |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Quality | 70.00 |
| 0 | Price | 30.00 |
Estimated length of contract: 24 Months
Who to contact
Contact name Zoe Garbett
Organisation name London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Address Commissioning Manager, Roycraft House, Barking, Essex, IG11 8HE
Telephone 020 8227 2311
Extension number:
Fax
Email zoe.garbett@lbbd.gov.uk
Web address www.lbbd.gov.uk