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title: "Pre Market Engagement for Culturally Appropriate Advocacy Pilots"
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buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (DHSC)"
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# Pre Market Engagement for Culturally Appropriate Advocacy Pilots

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (DHSC)  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9bfdffcb-6191-424b-a849-fe888c029258

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## Summary

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is conducting a pre-market engagement process titled "Pre Market Engagement for Culturally Appropriate Advocacy Pilots", focused on social research services in England. This initiative seeks to inform the market about an upcoming tender for culturally appropriate advocacy, involving the delivery of advocacy models across nine pilots. The planning stage is currently underway, with a pre-market engagement session scheduled for Monday, 6th September 2021. Interested providers must register by Friday, 3rd September 2021, to attend this session, which will take place via Microsoft Teams.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that specialise in social research and advocacy services. The engagement session will provide key insights into the aims of the procurement and the processes involved, making it an ideal platform for potential bidders to ask questions and clarify requirements. Businesses equipped to deliver culturally relevant advocacy in diverse settings would be particularly well-suited to participate in this procurement process.

## Notice

Please note this is not a call for competition, this is a Pre Market Engagement notice for a Department of Health and Social Care requirement This event is to inform the market about an upcoming Tender for Culturally Appropriate Advocacy Pilots. Culturally appropriate advocacy pilots (9 pilots) This will involve the delivery of three models of culturally appropriate advocacy across nine pilots in England: * Model A - community in-reach model in areas with high or moderately high BAME detention rates * Model B - inpatient model in areas with high BAME detention rates * Model C - inpatient model in areas with low BAME detention rates We would like to invite prospective bidders to attend a pre-market engagement session on Monday 6th September 2021 11:00 - 12:30 via MS Teams. The agenda is as follows: * Introductions * Overview of the requirement, * Proposed Award Strategy and Procurement Overview, * Discussion / Q&A. This is potential providers opportunity to ask any questions relating to this requirement. Note that the route to market will be the Open Procedure. A pre-market engagement session will be held on Monday 6th September 2021 11:00 - 12:30 via MS Teams. This will provide an opportunity for potential providers to find out more about the aims of the procurement and the process. Providers wishing to attend need to register their interest by Friday 3rd September 2021 at 14:00. stating their name, company and email. To obtain further information and register your interest to attend please follow these steps: 1. Log in or Register through the supplier portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome 2. Locate the opportunity using 'My Proposals and Quotes' or in 'Find Opportunities' 'Culturally Appropriate Advocacy Pilots' Ref C43314 3. Click Register Interest 4. Send a message via the messaging portal within the Pre Procurement Project stating attendee name, company and email. The MS Teams link will be issued via Atamis to the contact details given in point 4 above Further Documentation is available once you have registered your interest within Atamis.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/927e26a6-3967-423a-b948-ff5af9e663b8 |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 3 Sep 2021 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £609,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (DHSC) |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS2 7UE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services
- 79315000 - Social research services

## Release History

- 18 Aug 2021 at 14:01 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/927e26a6-3967-423a-b948-ff5af9e663b8

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/927e26a6-3967-423a-b948-ff5af9e663b8
  18th August 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

## Provenance

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