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Provision of a Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Support Service for Westminster City Council (Contracts Finder)

Community ServicesCPV 98000000
Value£598,628
Awarded15 Aug 2017
Published4 Jan 2018
RegionLondon

£598,628 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£599ktotal contract value
median £134k
this tender£0£4.1m

This is a large award for Other Community & Personal Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,835 valued Other Community & Personal Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Westminster City Council intends to award a contract for the provision of a Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Support Service.

The support service will operate between the council and wide range of organisations which make up Westminster's voluntary and community sector (abbreviated to VCS).

The service will act as a conduit, co-ordination point, information provider and general support/advocacy between the council and the VCS to enable a more efficient and coordinated approach to the councils relationship with this sector.

The contract will cover the following outcomes: Contract Outcome 1 - Information provision (Knowledge Bank).

Contract Outcome 2 - Signposting and capacity building.

Contract Outcome 3 - Advocacy and influencing.

Contract Outcome 4: Network Support.

Contract Outcome 5: Social Value and CSR

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The support service will operate between

The support service will operate between the council and wide range of organisations which make up Westminster's voluntary and community sector (abbreviated to VCS).

02

The service will act as a conduit

The service will act as a conduit, co-ordination point, information provider and general support/advocacy between the council and the VCS to enable a more efficient and coordinated approach to the councils relationship with this sector.

03

Contract Outcome 4: Network Support

Contract Outcome 4: Network Support.

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1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

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Contract Outcome 5: Social Value and CSR

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Source & provenance
OCID
c9032068-06b6-44ff-b6f7-9c757d87488c
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
tender_135250/626524
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