Notice Information
Notice Title
Cumberland Advocacy Hub (Adults)
Notice Description
Cumberland Council procured a Cumberland Advocacy Hub for adults with health and social care needs. The primary role of the Cumberland Advocacy Hub is to meet all Cumberland Council statutory duties in relation to the provision of a professional independent advocacy service under the terms of the Care Act 2014, Health Social Care Act 2012, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983 under a single point of access. The advocacy service will support Cumberland residents across all categories of need, including adults with learning disability, organic and mental health functional disorder, mental health needs, acquired brain injury, physical and sensory impairment and young people in transition to adult services and other vulnerabilities and cover of all the different types of statutory advocacy including Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy, Care Act Advocacy, NHS Complaints and Independent Mental Health Act Advocacy. The initial period of the contract is 3 years. There is ONE optional extension of up to 12 month. The use of this extension is at the absolute discretion of the Council. The contract end date on this notice includes these extension periods. The estimated annual value of the contract is: PS363,000 excluding VAT. The estimated maximum contract value over the three year term is: PS1,144,000 excluding VAT. This includes an estimate of any potential uplifts. The estimated maximum contract value over the three year term plus the one 12 month optional extension is: PS1,564,933 excluding VAT. This includes an estimate of any potential uplifts.
Lot Information
Lot 1
All award criteria are stated in the procurement documents only. The Council is conducted the procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purpose of procuring the services described in the specification which can be found within the ITT documents.
Renewal: The Council proposes to enter into the Contract for a period of three years with the successful Tenderer. There is ONE optional extension of up to 12 month. The use of this extension is at the absolute discretion of the Council. The end date of 31st January 2029 includes the 12 month optional extension. If the extension is not used the contract will end on 31st January 2028.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b2aa
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002257-2025
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Jan 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Nov 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Jan 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Feb 2025 - 31 Jan 2029 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CUMBERLAND COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Ms Allison Paterson
- Contact Email
- allison.paterson@cumberland.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7867201769
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARLISLE
- Postcode
- CA1 1RD
- Post Town
- Carlisle
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD1 Cumbria
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD13 Cumberland
- Delivery Location
- TLD1 Cumbria
-
- Local Authority
- Cumberland
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Carlisle
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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