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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Invitation to Quote for the Befriending Scheme for Older People - AWARD

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85300000 85310000 98000000
Value£33k
Awarded10 Aug 2020
Published10 Sept 2020
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£33ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits below the typical range for Health & Social Care contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This is an Invitation to submit a quotation to supply a Befriending Scheme for Older People.

Dudley Council are seeking suitable providers who have the capacity and ability to: o Implement the scheme within a limited set up time o Utilise existing volunteers (befrienders) and maintain the existing client group where appropriate and eligible for the service as well as using suitable processes to recruit new volunteers o Extend the service to other residents to support the current pandemic and be responsive to communities o Carry out robust data collection that can be interpreted into outcomes o Offer experience and skills in this subject field o Be innovative and create sustainability to ensure longevity of outcomes

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

This is an Invitation to submit

This is an Invitation to submit a quotation to supply a Befriending Scheme for Older People.

02

O Implement the scheme within a limited

o Implement the scheme within a limited set up time.

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O Utilise existing volunteers (befrienders) and maintain

o Utilise existing volunteers (befrienders) and maintain the existing client group where appropriate and eligible for the service as well as using suitable processes to recruit new volunteers.

04

O Extend the service to other residents

o Extend the service to other residents to support the current pandemic and be responsive to communities.

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O Be innovative and create sustainability

o Be innovative and create sustainability to ensure longevity of outcomes.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
AH177 - AWARD
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