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Swindon Borough Council

Advocacy services

Community ServicesCPV 85312400
ValueValue not published
Deadline9 Apr 2024
Published26 Feb 2024
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 26 Feb 2024ClosedCloses 9 Apr 2024
Who to contact
Mr Vincent Murrell
VMurrell@swindon.gov.uk

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The brief

Advocacy services Swindon Borough Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Advocacy across Swindon.

Project Description To provide advocacy services.

'Advocacy is taking action to help people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need.

Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership with people they support and take their side.

Advocacy promotes social inclusion, equality and social justice.' (The Advocacy Charter, Action for Advocacy 2002).

Local authorities have a duty to ensure the availability of Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) and Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) to meet the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act, 2005 and the Mental Health Act, 1983 respectively.

The initial contract term will be for 12 months with an option to extend for a further 12 months for a potential total contract term of 24 months as stated in the ITT documents.

Estimated contract value for 12 months is £457,000 and for 24 months is £914,000.

Full details relating to the Service are provided in the tender documents.

To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents.

In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 2nd April 2024, 1200 hrs UK Local time.

The Council’s responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically on the ProContract tender portal.

Tender responses are required to be submitted no later than 9th April 2024, 1400 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Please note that this project has been advertised on Contracts Finder/ other web portals, however, Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN712898 No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

To provide advocacy services. 'Advocacy is taking

To provide advocacy services. 'Advocacy is taking action to help people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need.

02

Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership

Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership with people they support and take their side.

03

Local authorities have a duty to ensure

Local authorities have a duty to ensure the availability of Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) and Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) to meet the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act, 2005 and the Mental Health Act, 1983 respectively.

04

To participate, Suppliers will need to Register

To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents.

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In the event of difficulties registering as

In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com.

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