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Staying Well - Vicarious Trauma Counselling Service for Staff

NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL

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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves North Ayrshire Council, which is located at Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, UK. The contract, titled "Staying Well - Vicarious Trauma Counselling Service for Staff," focuses on providing mandatory counselling services for staff engaged in specific programmes. This procurement falls under the services category and is currently in the active stage. The tender was announced with a bid submission deadline of 8th May 2018, and the contract period is expected to commence on 28th May 2018, lasting until 31st March 2019, with an option for a two-year extension.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, especially those in the counselling and mental health services sector. Companies experienced in providing therapeutic support, particularly related to trauma and staff welfare in educational or social service contexts, would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The opportunity to engage with local authorities like North Ayrshire Council can facilitate business growth, enhance service delivery in the community, and expand the provider's portfolio through potential contract renewals and additional service offerings.

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Notice Title

Staying Well - Vicarious Trauma Counselling Service for Staff

Notice Description

North Ayrshire Council requires a mandatory 'staying well' counselling service for staff delivering the Moving Forward Making Changes and Caledonian programmes and for the Women's and Children's Service Workers for the Caledonian System. This includes a staff total of 6 programme facilitators and 4 Women and Childrens Service Workers. Service provider to deliver individual counselling sessions that will reflect on the individuals personal safety plan. This should involve discussion about their personal safety plan at every session.

Lot Information

Lot 1

North Ayrshire Council requires a mandatory 'staying well' counselling service for staff delivering the Moving Forward Making Changes and Caledonian programmes and for the Women's and Children's Service Workers for the Caledonian System. This includes a staff total of 6 programme facilitators and 4 Womens and Childrens Service Workers. Service provider to deliver individual counselling sessions that will reflect on the individual's personal safety plan. This should involve discussion about their personal safety plan at every session. Service provider must deliver 3 sessions per year to the identified staff group of 10, amounting in a total of 30 sessions per year. Service provider to lead 2 practice based group sessions with Caledonian Women and Childrens Service Workers. These sessions should have a brief agenda to structure discussion but also have flexibility to respond to the issues identified by the staff group. Service provider to lead 2 practice based training sessions to a wider staff group (approximately 60 staff in total) across Ayrshire, supporting staff to understand vicarious trauma, how to identify warning signs and how to develop a 'staying well' plan which will increase resilience to vicarious trauma. The expectation is that this contract would run between 28th May 2018 and 31st March 2019 with an option to extend for a further two years until 31st March 2021. The service provider will not be expected to provide a venue for this service, this will be provided by the Partnership Delivery Team and Justice Social Work Staff at locations in Ayrshire convenient for staff. As part of the contractual arrangement there will be no requirement for the holding, processing or storing of information assets in relation to the service provided on your company's computing and networking systems. If at any time this becomes a requirement this must be discussed with the Council and not undertaken until agreements related to the security of your computing and networking systems have been mutually agreed.

Renewal: there is an option to extend annually for up to a further two years

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000540569
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN322608
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award 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

85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£8,850 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Jun 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
8 May 2018Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
12 Jun 20187 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Either after the initial 1 years contract period of at the end of the two year extension.

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL
Contact Name
Corporate Procurement Team
Contact Email
procurement@north-ayrshire.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1294324354, +44 1294324730

Buyer Location

Locality
IRVINE
Postcode
KA12 8EE
Post Town
Kilmarnock
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM9 Southern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
Delivery Location
TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute, TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire

Local Authority
North Ayrshire
Electoral Ward
Irvine South
Westminster Constituency
Central Ayrshire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

THERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING SERVICES

Further Information

Notice Documents

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