Award

Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium

MEDWAY COUNCIL

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Award

31 Oct 2023 at 13:26

Tender

30 May 2023 at 11:46

Summary of the contracting process

The Medway Council has completed the procurement process for the Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium. The procurement involved the creation of a consortium to support Medway residents and the Voluntary Community Sector within Medway. The services were divided into 4 Lots, covering different aspects such as infrastructure, health watch, carers support, and visually impaired support. The Medway VCS Better Together Consortium aims to achieve strategic outcomes through effective collaborative working relationships.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses in the health and social work services sector to engage with the Medway Council and contribute to improving outcomes for residents. Businesses specializing in infrastructure development, health monitoring, carers support services, and visually impaired support may find this tender particularly suited to their expertise. The variety of Lots involved in the procurement process caters to a range of services, creating space for different businesses to compete and potentially expand their operations.

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Notice Title

Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium

Notice Description

Medway Council wish to procure a new Medway VCS Better Together Consortium service. The contract forms a collaborative working partnership to support and improve life outcomes for Medway residents and a resilient Voluntary Community Sector within Medway. The services are divided into 4 Lots: * Lot 1 Infrastructure to support the VCS Organisations in Medway, to support a resilient and thriving VCS. * Lot 2 Local Healthwatch Medway, to support the provision of an independent patient voice. * Lot 3 Adult and Young Carers Support Services, that supports: o Information, Guidance and Advice for Carers. o A Young Carers support service, that ensures young carers are not undertaking inappropriate caring roles. o Carers Support Payments, which enable both adults and young carers to take respite or to reach their life goals and to live independent healthy lives and avoid a crisis. * Lot 4 Children's and Adults Visually Impaired (VI) Support and Information Service, which will maintain the VI Registers and supports independent living, rehabilitation, and prevention of age-related eye conditions. The Medway VCS Better Together Consortium key objectives are: * One set of mutually agreed Key Performance Indicators. * A single point of contact to address relevant issues, risks and opportunities. * Strategic outcomes achieved by effective collaborative working relationships. * Maximum use of community resource. * The creation of a mutually agreed collaborative Action Plan.

Lot Information

Infrastructure to support the Voluntary and Community Organisations in Medway

The overall objective of the service is to support the VCS in Medway to develop as organisations, represent their views and enable them to carry out their activities more effectively. This includes providing a voice for the voluntary and community sector, facilitating partnerships, and raising the profile of the sector, and supporting the sector with back-office functions, capacity building both for volunteering and income generation.

Options: There will be options to extend the contract for 2 further 12-month periods.

Renewal: The contract term will be for 3 years plus the option to extend for 2 further 12-month periods.

Local Healthwatch

Medway Council are looking to commission a Local Healthwatch who will be proactive in working, across the Health and Care Partnership, with council officers, social care providers, the health and PCN and with VCS organisations. Ensuring that the right services are directed to where they are most needed. Use of Public Health data will enable focus to be on the most deprived and remote wards and those with the greatest health inequality, ethnic diversity, the older population, and people living with long term conditions.

Options: There will be options to extend the contract for 2 further 12-month periods.

Renewal: The contract term will be for 3 years plus the option to extend for 2 further 12-month periods.

Carers Information, Guidance and Support, Young Carers and Carers Support Payments

The service will support adults and young Carers at any stage of their caring journey, from a recent diagnosis, natural ageing, through to end of life. The support will continue to be available following the death of the cared for person, until the carer no longer requires the support. With support offered in a variety of locations, including virtually and face to face and areas that are hard to reach. The service will ensure the right adult and young carers services, advice and information and unpaid respite carers respite is available to Medway adult and young carers.

Options: There will be options to extend the contract for 2 further 12-month periods

Renewal: The contract term will be for 3 years plus the option to extend for 2 further 12-month periods.

Children's and Adults Visually Impaired Support and Information Services

The overall objective is to maintain and administer the Visual Impairment Registers for both adult and young people in Medway as a statutory obligation. The Provider will be flexible to support new legislation with regard to the Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment, which is in development, via a possible future contract variation, depending on the requirements set out in legislation.

Options: There will be options to extend the contract for 2 further 12-month periods.

Renewal: The contract term will be for 3 years plus the option to extend for 2 further 12-month periods.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d037
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032137-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender 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


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

85300000 - Social work and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
£4,068,912 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£3,992,692 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Oct 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
29 Jun 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Oct 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MEDWAY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Mr James Welch
Contact Email
james.welch@medway.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
CHATHAM
Postcode
ME4 4TR
Post Town
Rochester
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ4 Kent
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ41 Medway
Delivery Location
TLJ41 Medway

Local Authority
Medway
Electoral Ward
Chatham Central & Brompton
Westminster Constituency
Rochester and Strood

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
4
Supplier Names

CARERS FIRST

COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (MEDWAY) (MEDWAY VOLUNTARY ACTION

ENGAGING KENT, TRADING AS EK360

KENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

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