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Hosted Advocacy Services for Children and Young people

NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE

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31 Jan 2025 at 08:55

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13 Jan 2025 at 15:50

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has completed the procurement process for the provision of Hosted Advocacy Services for Children and Young People. The contract involves appointing an independent advocacy service for children and young people being treated in Skye House and Ward 4 of the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. This procurement, categorised under Health and social work services (CPV 85000000), was carried out through a limited award procedure without prior publication. Key dates include the contract signing on 30th January 2025, with the procurement process officially recorded as complete by 31st January 2025. The contract, valued at £250,000, was awarded to Partners in Advocacy.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses possessing the capability to deliver specialist advocacy services within a mental health context for young people. Specifically, businesses with a deep understanding of psychiatric inpatient settings, regulatory frameworks like the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act, and experience in dealing with diverse demographics up to the age of 18 would be ideally suited to compete for similar contracts. The procurement method, which did not include a call for competition, underscores the necessity for highly specialised services and indicates potential stability and extended engagement for qualified providers in this sector.

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Notice Title

Hosted Advocacy Services for Children and Young people

Notice Description

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde wish to appoint an independent advocacy service for children and young people who are being treated in Skye House and Ward 4 of the Royal Hospital for Children. This is a highly specialised service mandated by the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act. the service is usually non instructed and is governed by clearly defined principles and standards.

Lot Information

Lot 1

An Independent Advocacy Service for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde's Specialist Childrens Services Hosted Services which include the West of Scotland Adolescent Inpatient Unit and The Child Inpatient Unit. The Service will be provided to the whole spectrum of mental health service users up to the age of 18 years and the diversity of the population including gender, ethnicity, age, disability (physical or otherwise) and sexuality.

Options: The tender includes the ability to add practices to the service enabling future flexibility if additional funding is made available. There is currently funding available for the service delivery as detailed in this Specification. If additional funding becomes available, the business will be awarded to the successful supplier without further competition.

Procurement Information

Searches carried out with Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance have confirmed that the current supplier is the sole provider for this type of service in West of Scotland. Competent suppliers are located in other areas of the UK but these tend to have a limited and specific geographical reach. Previous tendering exercises have resulted in a single bid from this supplier. This is a specialist service which requires indepth knowledge of the psychiatric inpatient setting in Glasgow. To achieve a comparable level of skill, suppliers would need to undertake extensive training over a considerable period of time which would result in disruption to the existing service- a transition period of a minimum of 12 months would be required.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04cf9c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003199-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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
£250,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Jan 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Jan 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE
Contact Name
Yvonne Wallace
Contact Email
yvonne.wallace5@nhs.scot
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G4 0SF
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM82 Glasgow City

Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Dennistoun
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PARTNERS IN ADVOCACY

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