--- title: "Service to Reduce Loneliness in Worcestershire" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-3f59e88d-3726-45c7-8eb4-18d430587a27" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3f59e88d-3726-45c7-8eb4-18d430587a27" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3f59e88d-3726-45c7-8eb4-18d430587a27.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3f59e88d-3726-45c7-8eb4-18d430587a27.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2019-10-08" --- # Service to Reduce Loneliness in Worcestershire Buyer: WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3f59e88d-3726-45c7-8eb4-18d430587a27 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3f59e88d-3726-45c7-8eb4-18d430587a27) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3f59e88d-3726-45c7-8eb4-18d430587a27.json) ## Summary Worcestershire County Council is seeking bids for a tender titled "Service to Reduce Loneliness in Worcestershire," aimed at commissioning a public health initiative over the next three years. This initiative, jointly funded by Worcestershire CCG, focuses on reducing loneliness among adults aged 18 and over within the county. The procurement stage is currently active and follows an open procedure, with the tender submission deadline set for 20th November 2019. The contract period will commence on 1st April 2020 and continue until 31st March 2023, encompassing services in the health and social work sector. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly SMEs and voluntary and community sector enterprises that specialise in health and social care services. Companies equipped to develop partnerships with local health systems and social services will be well-suited to compete, especially those capable of delivering innovative solutions to enhance community wellbeing. With a renewed focus on addressing loneliness as a critical public health issue, bidders will need to demonstrate adaptability in their service delivery to meet the evolving needs of the community. ## Notice Worcestershire County Council is commissioning a new public health service jointly funded by Worcestershire CCG for the next three years as part of a new overarching strategy to reduce loneliness for adults living in Worcestershire. The Council has included reducing loneliness as a contributory factor to Health and Wellbeing Board priorities since 2015. This included delivery of a specific service to reduce loneliness using a process of matching volunteers to chronically lonely individuals by developing a personalised approach to improve their outcomes. There is existing evidence of the effectiveness of this current service provision for people aged over 50 years who are lonely, in addition to contributing cost savings to primary and secondary care. The intention going forward is to commission a lead Provider to expand the reach of the current model to target all adults aged over 18 living in Worcestershire reaching the threshold for an intervention and requesting support to reduce loneliness. It is acknowledged that the new service needs to work as part of a wider Integrated Wellbeing Offer with social prescribing, lifestyles services and professionals in neighbourhood teams and primary care networks to ensure effective referral routes and signposting to the wider system of health and social care. In addition, the new service will operate in a rapidly changing health and care system locally, so will need to be flexible in adapting to these opportunities in delivering efficiencies and improvements. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be82f27d-05e2-48db-bef5-e1fccf287ae5 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Oct 2019 | | Submission deadline | 20 Nov 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2020 - 31 Mar 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | 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 | WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | WORCESTERSHIRE | | Post town | Worcester | | Postcode | WR5 2NP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | | ITL 3 | TLG12 Worcestershire CC | | Local authority | Worcester | | Electoral ward | Nunnery | | Westminster constituency | Worcester | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 8 Oct 2019 at 14:57 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be82f27d-05e2-48db-bef5-e1fccf287ae5 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be82f27d-05e2-48db-bef5-e1fccf287ae5 8th October 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/worcestershire/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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