--- title: "West Berkshire Adult Advocacy Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-69e5d6aa-4fd2-43c1-ac35-c1205880769d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-69e5d6aa-4fd2-43c1-ac35-c1205880769d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-69e5d6aa-4fd2-43c1-ac35-c1205880769d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-69e5d6aa-4fd2-43c1-ac35-c1205880769d.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WEST BERKSHIRE" published: "2023-04-13" --- # West Berkshire Adult Advocacy Services Buyer: WEST BERKSHIRE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-69e5d6aa-4fd2-43c1-ac35-c1205880769d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-69e5d6aa-4fd2-43c1-ac35-c1205880769d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-69e5d6aa-4fd2-43c1-ac35-c1205880769d.json) ## Summary The West Berkshire Council is tendering a contract for West Berkshire Adult Advocacy Services, encompassing services in health and social care. The procurement stage is currently the Award stage, with the contract value set at £2,618,832 GBP. The contract is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. The tender deadline for submissions is April 26, 2023, and the contract period is from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2028, providing long-term opportunities for service providers in the Social work and Health and social work services categories. This tender issued by the West Berkshire Council for Adult Advocacy Services presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social care sector to expand their operations. Companies involved in advocacy services, mental health advocacy, safeguarding, and care act advocacy are well-suited to compete for this contract. The Council emphasises empowering service users, safeguarding their rights, and ensuring quality health and social care outcomes in West Berkshire, opening avenues for service providers to contribute to improving the well-being of the local community. ## Notice The Council is tendering a contract for West Berkshire Adult Advocacy Services in two lots: Lot 1: Healthwatch, NHS Complaints, Learning Disability Partnership Board (LDPB). Lot 2: Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA), including Relevant Person's Paid Representative (RPPR), Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA), Safeguarding advocacy and Care Act advocacy Lot 1 The Healthwatch Service for West Berkshire will be the independent consumer champion for patients, all those using health and social care services and carers, as well as the wider public, ensuring that the views and feedback from patients, Service Users and carers are an integral part of local commissioning across health and social care. The work of Healthwatch services in West Berkshire will help to achieve the nationally stated aims of ensuring: o People are at the heart of all health and social care services; o Health and social care outcomes in England are among the best in the world; and there is promotion of the joining up of local NHS services, social care and health improvement. For the purpose of describing the requirements and desired outcomes from the Healthwatch service in this service specification, 'people' and 'local people' refers to all residents in West Berkshire and includes: o Patients and users of health and social care services; o Carers (in their role as carers but also in their own right, about their own treatment / experience etc.); and o Temporary residents (including prisoners, holiday-makers, students, Gypsies and travellers, and children and young people on placement) within West Berkshire. NHS Complaints: the successful Tenderer will deliver services that meet the legal requirements for independent NHS complaints advocacy services as described in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and any other regulations. Professional staff use advocacy skills to provide practical support and direction to Service Users in order to assist them in finding a resolution to their complaint. The service must: o Focus on empowering and assisting people to go through the NHS Complaints procedure; o Help safeguard the rights of Service Users as set out in both health policy and law; o Empower Service Users to self-advocate as far as they are able; and o Support Service Users to get their views heard. The West Berkshire Learning Disability Partnership Board (LDPB,) will facilitate and have genuine influence and achieve positive change in the lives of people with learning disabilities in West Berkshire. This service will also be responsible for monitoring grants for projects to a predetermined value that support people with a learning disability on behalf of the Learning Disability Partnership Board and West Berkshire Council Social Services. Lot 2 IMCA (including RPPR) will provide independent support to and represent any individual who is assessed as lacking the capacity to make dec... Additional information: Bids to be submitted via West Berkshire District Council E-procurement portal Intend. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westberks/aspx/Home Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d81e0398-f509-4fd8-9aec-4e2b66d398be | | 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 | 13 Apr 2023 | | Submission deadline | 26 Apr 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Oct 2023 - 30 Sep 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,618,832 | | 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 | WEST BERKSHIRE | | Locality | WEST BERKSHIRE | | Post town | Reading | | Postcode | RG14 5LD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLJ16 Berkshire West | | Local authority | West Berkshire | | Electoral ward | Newbury Central | | Westminster constituency | Newbury | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85310000 - Social work services ## Release History - 13 Apr 2023 at 12:26 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d81e0398-f509-4fd8-9aec-4e2b66d398be ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d81e0398-f509-4fd8-9aec-4e2b66d398be 13th April 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westberks/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/westberks/aspx/Home ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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