--- title: "SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CONSULTANCY PARTNER" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-1040b183-545c-4d5d-84cb-a39f4c3c7891" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-1040b183-545c-4d5d-84cb-a39f4c3c7891" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1040b183-545c-4d5d-84cb-a39f4c3c7891.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1040b183-545c-4d5d-84cb-a39f4c3c7891.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" published: "2018-12-10" --- # SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CONSULTANCY PARTNER Buyer: OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1040b183-545c-4d5d-84cb-a39f4c3c7891 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-1040b183-545c-4d5d-84cb-a39f4c3c7891) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1040b183-545c-4d5d-84cb-a39f4c3c7891.json) ## Summary The Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is procuring a specialist consultancy partner for the project titled "Social Enterprise Consultancy Partner", aimed at assessing the feasibility of transforming five hospital cafes into social enterprises. This initiative falls under the social research services category and aims to enhance opportunities for individuals with mental health challenges and learning disabilities to gain training and employment. The procurement is currently in the tender stage, with a submission deadline set for 7th January 2019. The expected value of the contract is £20,000, and the consultancy services are to be delivered primarily at the Trust's location in Oxford, England. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in social enterprise development, particularly those with experience in establishing or consulting for social enterprise cafes. Companies that focus on business development consultancy and procurement consultancy services would be particularly well-suited to compete. The project aims not just to create profitable cafes but also to impact positively on the local community by offering healthy food options during peak visiting times while meeting NHS governance standards. ## Notice Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has five cafes on hospital sites. This project is to consider the feasibility of turning the five cafes into social enterprises. Our ambition is to provide people who use our services with mental health issues and learning disabilities, the opportunity to train and gain employment. We are looking for a specialist consultancy partner with specific experience of social enterprises including social enterprise cafes (later point desirable but not essential). This would be an exciting venture for the Trust to further establish our social impact as a foundation trust. Supporting people who use our services to engage in meaningful activity and creating life changing opportunities. We would like to offer a wide range of high quality, healthy, eating options to people using the cafes. Feedback from family and friends includes a desire for longer opening times to include late afternoon, evenings and weekends i.e. peak visiting times. We would also like to provide staff with access to food during unsocial hours. The role of the consultant will be to work alongside the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership Manager to conduct a feasibility study into whether all five cafes can be turned into social enterprises. The consultant would help identify potential providers OHFT could partner with. The consultant would support the development and running of an evaluative process for a potential provider who could work in partnership with OHFT in delivering the social enterprise cafes. It would be desirable that the consultant is part of the project group/evaluation panel. The consultant would be required to understand that working within the NHS there are certain governance conditions. Additional information: Access to Tender Documents is available by registering and/or logging in on the NHS Sourcing tender portal - https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.html All clarification requests or other general queries should also be conducted via the portal. The portal project number is 21684. The Tender reference is T669DL. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0bb0ce4-7a3a-4ac5-bac4-d86291bf63fe | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Dec 2018 | | Submission deadline | 7 Jan 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 6 Feb 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £20,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | | Locality | OXFORD | | Post town | Oxford | | Postcode | OX4 4XN | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC | | Local authority | Oxford | | Electoral ward | Littlemore | | Westminster constituency | Oxford East | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79315000 - Social research services - 79411100 - Business development consultancy services - 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services ## Release History - 10 Dec 2018 at 15:37 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0bb0ce4-7a3a-4ac5-bac4-d86291bf63fe - 10 Dec 2018 at 15:30 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0bb0ce4-7a3a-4ac5-bac4-d86291bf63fe - 10 Dec 2018 at 15:25 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0bb0ce4-7a3a-4ac5-bac4-d86291bf63fe ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0bb0ce4-7a3a-4ac5-bac4-d86291bf63fe 10th December 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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