Tender

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CONSULTANCY PARTNER

OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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Summary of the contracting process

The Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is procuring a specialist consultancy partner for the project titled "Social Enterprise Consultancy Partner", aimed at assessing the feasibility of transforming five hospital cafes into social enterprises. This initiative falls under the social research services category and aims to enhance opportunities for individuals with mental health challenges and learning disabilities to gain training and employment. The procurement is currently in the tender stage, with a submission deadline set for 7th January 2019. The expected value of the contract is £20,000, and the consultancy services are to be delivered primarily at the Trust's location in Oxford, England.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in social enterprise development, particularly those with experience in establishing or consulting for social enterprise cafes. Companies that focus on business development consultancy and procurement consultancy services would be particularly well-suited to compete. The project aims not just to create profitable cafes but also to impact positively on the local community by offering healthy food options during peak visiting times while meeting NHS governance standards.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CONSULTANCY PARTNER

Notice Description

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has five cafes on hospital sites. This project is to consider the feasibility of turning the five cafes into social enterprises. Our ambition is to provide people who use our services with mental health issues and learning disabilities, the opportunity to train and gain employment. We are looking for a specialist consultancy partner with specific experience of social enterprises including social enterprise cafes (later point desirable but not essential). This would be an exciting venture for the Trust to further establish our social impact as a foundation trust. Supporting people who use our services to engage in meaningful activity and creating life changing opportunities. We would like to offer a wide range of high quality, healthy, eating options to people using the cafes. Feedback from family and friends includes a desire for longer opening times to include late afternoon, evenings and weekends i.e. peak visiting times. We would also like to provide staff with access to food during unsocial hours. The role of the consultant will be to work alongside the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership Manager to conduct a feasibility study into whether all five cafes can be turned into social enterprises. The consultant would help identify potential providers OHFT could partner with. The consultant would support the development and running of an evaluative process for a potential provider who could work in partnership with OHFT in delivering the social enterprise cafes. It would be desirable that the consultant is part of the project group/evaluation panel. The consultant would be required to understand that working within the NHS there are certain governance conditions. Additional information: Access to Tender Documents is available by registering and/or logging in on the NHS Sourcing tender portal - https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.html All clarification requests or other general queries should also be conducted via the portal. The portal project number is 21684. The Tender reference is T669DL.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-1040b183-545c-4d5d-84cb-a39f4c3c7891
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0bb0ce4-7a3a-4ac5-bac4-d86291bf63fe
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79315000 - Social research services

79411100 - Business development consultancy services

79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£20,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Dec 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
7 Jan 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
6 Feb 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
OXFORD
Postcode
OX4 4XN
Post Town
Oxford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Oxford
Electoral Ward
Littlemore
Westminster Constituency
Oxford East

Further Information

Notice Documents

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