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Award

13 Oct 2022 at 15:13

TenderUpdate

09 May 2022 at 10:25

Tender

05 Apr 2022 at 08:45

Planning

15 Sep 2021 at 14:54

Summary of the contracting process

The Reading Borough Council, in partnership with Berkshire West CCG, has completed a tender process for the provision of Preventative and Support Services under the project 'Closing the Gap 2022-2025'. This initiative aims to address poverty, discrimination, and disadvantage while promoting wellbeing and supporting communities. The project has a total budget of £1.13 million per annum, with individual contracts valued between £10,000 and £200,000 per year. The tender process began on 3rd October 2022 and featured engagement events organised by the Reading Borough Council.

This tender opportunity by Reading Borough Council offers businesses in the health and social work services sector a chance to participate in contracts to mitigate inequalities and support disadvantaged groups. Businesses with expertise in tackling poverty, promoting wellbeing, and fostering community cohesion would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The initiative aims to allocate funds to target disparities in the most disadvantaged groups and areas, providing an opportunity for businesses to contribute to social impact while expanding their operations.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

Closing the Gap 2022 - 2025

Notice Description

Reading Borough Council, along with our partners from Berkshire West CCG, are completing an ITT exercise for the provision of Preventative and Support Services - a project as a whole known as Closing the Gap 2022-2025. Closing the Gap (CTG), which was previously commissioned under the Narrowing the Gap II framework, is an established programme within Reading for the commissioning of services to: tackle poverty, discrimination and disadvantage; promote wellbeing; and support thriving communities. CTG brings together funding from Public Health, Adult Social Care, Housing and Neighbourhoods and the Resources Directorate along with additional funding from the Clinical Commissioning Group to continue support for these causes and further the good work already undertaken to date. The commissioning of CTG services will allocate funding to target inequalities in the most disadvantaged groups and neighbourhoods using an outcomes-based approach.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The total envelope is PS1.13 million investment in preventive and support services. An element of this has been removed into a separate procurement for carers' services (explained below). The remainder of funds remains within this CTG outcome-based commissioning initiative. This CTG outcomes-based procurement is constrained to a maximum budget of PS980,000 per annum for the first year. The budgets for years 2 and 3 are expected to be similar but are yet to be confirmed - successful bidders will be notified within contract management meetings of any variance to budgets in good time. The Outcomes Based Procurement: Each CTG contract awarded must be of any value from PS10,000 per year up to a maximum value of PS200,000 per year. Each CTG contract duration will be for 3 years, subject to satisfactory performance. Each CTG contract is expected to commence on: 3rd October 2022. Tenders must remain valid and open for acceptance by RBC until the expiry of 180 calendar days from the deadline for the receipt of tenders.Bidders will have the opportunity to attend five engagement events, hosted by Reading Borough Council on Zoom.1 Procurement and Bidding Process Monday, 11th April 22, 14:00 to 15:30pm2 Procurement and Bidding Process Wednesday, 13th April 22, 18:00 to 19:00pm3 Outcomes and Priorities Wednesday 20th April, 17:00-18:00pm4 Outcomes and Priorities Friday 22nd April,16:00-17:00pm5 Outcomes and Priorities Tuesday 26th April, 17:00-18:00pm

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e113
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028866-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£980,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£980,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,019,890 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Oct 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
22 May 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
17 Dec 2021Expired
Award Date
3 Oct 20223 years ago
Contract Period
3 Oct 2022 - 2 Oct 2025 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Reading Borough Council
Additional Buyers

Berkshire Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Integrated Care Board (was NHS Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group)

NHS Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
READING
Postcode
RG1 2LU
Postcode Area
Reading
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ16 Berkshire West
Delivery Location
TLJ11 Berkshire

Local Authority
Reading
Electoral Ward
Abbey
Westminster Constituency
Reading Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
13
Supplier Names

Age UK Partnership (c/o Age UK Berkshire)

Berkshire Vision Partnership (c/o Berkshire County Blind Society)

Berkshire West Your Way

Citizens Advice Reading

Community Action Partnership (c/o Reading Voluntary Action)

Parent and Children’s Together

Reading Alliance for Cohesion and Racial Equality

Reading Deaf Society

Reading Mencap and Autism Berkshire Partnership (c/o Reading Mencap)

Reading Refugee Support Group

Reading Voluntary Action

Tackling Poverty Partnership (c/o Communicare)

Thames Valley Positive Support

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