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title: "VISUALLY IMPAIRED SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN"
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# VISUALLY IMPAIRED SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN

Buyer: MEDWAY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7e6334fc-5360-40f6-a89f-5198056e54c1

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## Summary

Medway Council is seeking to procure a service titled "Visually Impaired Support and Information for Children" aimed at providing essential support to blind and vision-impaired children and young people in the South East of England. This procurement process is currently in the Tender stage, with the deadline for submissions set for 29 March 2019. The contract is scheduled to commence on 1 April 2019 and will run until 31 December 2019. The service falls under the welfare services for children and young people category (CPV 85311300) and seeks to promote independence and facilitate rehabilitation for those with visual impairments.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that specialise in social services or rehabilitative support. Companies that provide training, guidance, and practical support for children with disabilities would be well-suited to compete for this contract. Engaging in this tender could lead to meaningful partnerships and growth within the children's welfare sector.

## Notice

The children's vision impaired support, information and guidance service will provide assessment, rehabilitation, equipment provision, signposting and support to blind and vision impaired children and young people (CYP). It will focus on principles of promoting independence, maximising and sustaining choice, involvement and inclusion, and will deliver a person centred approach that facilitates opportunities for CYP who are blind or vision impaired to live meaningful fulfilled lives and to live independently at home Rehabilitation for vision impaired people is a specific form of reablement; it constitutes an established form of early intervention, one of the four domains of personalisation. Rehabilitation, like reablement yields a dual benefit, in that it not only enables people to live independent lives outside of the care system, but in so doing can avoid the need for costly long-term care packages. The service will cover the following areas: * Provide mobility information and guidance support * Provide rehabilitation interventions * Provide training, advice and support for professionals working with sight impaired children and young people in Medway * Provide training and advice for professionals

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2244bf6b-992b-4ba2-a40f-b4d45c873d8d |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Mar 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Mar 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 |
| 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 | MEDWAY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CHATHAM |
| Post town | Rochester |
| Postcode | ME4 4TR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent |
| ITL 3 | TLJ41 Medway |
| Local authority | Medway |
| Electoral ward | Chatham Central & Brompton |
| Westminster constituency | Rochester and Strood |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
- 85320000 - Social services

## Release History

- 25 Mar 2019 at 09:27 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2244bf6b-992b-4ba2-a40f-b4d45c873d8d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2244bf6b-992b-4ba2-a40f-b4d45c873d8d
  25th March 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.medway.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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