Notice Information
Notice Title
IA2493 Communicator Guide Service Flexible Framework
Notice Description
This Service Specification is for the provision of a Communicator Guide Service (the Service) to be delivered across Staffordshire, excluding Stoke on Trent. The Service will provide Communication Guides to individuals who have been assessed by the Referrer as having an assessed eligible need and has been referred into the Service. The Service Provider(s) are required to: i. manage assessment outcomes and maximise Service User independence. ii. provide a suitable form of communication for the Service User. iii. ensure that support promotes Service User independence. iv. ensure the Service User is aware of their options and ways they can access their community and any additional support available from groups and companies, in their community. v. understand and promote opportunities to the Service User within the local marketplace. Communicator Guides will offer support to Eligible Adults (aged 18 and above) with Sensory Needs who may have been born with sight loss or have been Deaf since birth or early childhood and subsequently acquired a Dual Sensory Loss or have acquired a Dual Sensory Loss later in life. The incidence of Dual Sensory Loss is greatest in older people who have acquired both sight loss and hearing Loss (1 in 20 of Deafblind people with Dual Sensory Loss are aged 70 and older). Communicator Guides will also support Deaf people where they have complex needs around access to information, communication, language and accessing the wider community.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This Service Specification is for the provision of a Communicator Guide Service (the Service) to be delivered across Staffordshire, excluding Stoke on Trent. The Service will provide Communication Guides to individuals who have been assessed by the Referrer as having an assessed eligible need and has been referred into the Service. The Service Provider(s) are required to: i. manage assessment outcomes and maximise Service User independence. ii. provide a suitable form of communication for the Service User. iii. ensure that support promotes Service User independence. iv. ensure the Service User is aware of their options and ways they can access their community and any additional support available from groups and companies, in their community. v. understand and promote opportunities to the Service User within the local marketplace. Communicator Guides will offer support to Eligible Adults (aged 18 and above) with Sensory Needs who may have been born with sight loss or have been Deaf since birth or early childhood and subsequently acquired a Dual Sensory Loss or have acquired a Dual Sensory Loss later in life. The incidence of Dual Sensory Loss is greatest in older people who have acquired both sight loss and hearing Loss (1 in 20 of Deafblind people with Dual Sensory Loss are aged 70 and older). Communicator Guides will also support Deaf people where they have complex needs around access to information, communication, language and accessing the wider community.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02e9c2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009642-2022
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
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
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Apr 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 May 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 7 Jan 2022Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Claire Teece, Clare Kinvig-Jenkinson
- Contact Email
- clare.kinvig-jenkinson@staffordshire.gov.uk, commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1785854657
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STAFFORD
- Postcode
- ST16 2DH
- Post Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Stafford
- Electoral Ward
- Forebridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Stafford
Further Information
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