--- title: "Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03d037" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03d037" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03d037.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03d037.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "MEDWAY COUNCIL" published: "2023-10-31" --- # Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium Buyer: MEDWAY COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03d037 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03d037) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03d037.json) ## Summary The Medway Council has completed the procurement process for the Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium. The procurement involved the creation of a consortium to support Medway residents and the Voluntary Community Sector within Medway. The services were divided into 4 Lots, covering different aspects such as infrastructure, health watch, carers support, and visually impaired support. The Medway VCS Better Together Consortium aims to achieve strategic outcomes through effective collaborative working relationships. This tender offers opportunities for businesses in the health and social work services sector to engage with the Medway Council and contribute to improving outcomes for residents. Businesses specializing in infrastructure development, health monitoring, carers support services, and visually impaired support may find this tender particularly suited to their expertise. The variety of Lots involved in the procurement process caters to a range of services, creating space for different businesses to compete and potentially expand their operations. ## Notice Medway Council wish to procure a new Medway VCS Better Together Consortium service. The contract forms a collaborative working partnership to support and improve life outcomes for Medway residents and a resilient Voluntary Community Sector within Medway. The services are divided into 4 Lots: * Lot 1 Infrastructure to support the VCS Organisations in Medway, to support a resilient and thriving VCS. * Lot 2 Local Healthwatch Medway, to support the provision of an independent patient voice. * Lot 3 Adult and Young Carers Support Services, that supports: o Information, Guidance and Advice for Carers. o A Young Carers support service, that ensures young carers are not undertaking inappropriate caring roles. o Carers Support Payments, which enable both adults and young carers to take respite or to reach their life goals and to live independent healthy lives and avoid a crisis. * Lot 4 Children's and Adults Visually Impaired (VI) Support and Information Service, which will maintain the VI Registers and supports independent living, rehabilitation, and prevention of age-related eye conditions. The Medway VCS Better Together Consortium key objectives are: * One set of mutually agreed Key Performance Indicators. * A single point of contact to address relevant issues, risks and opportunities. * Strategic outcomes achieved by effective collaborative working relationships. * Maximum use of community resource. * The creation of a mutually agreed collaborative Action Plan. ### Lot Information Infrastructure to support the Voluntary and Community Organisations in Medway The overall objective of the service is to support the VCS in Medway to develop as organisations, represent their views and enable them to carry out their activities more effectively. This includes providing a voice for the voluntary and community sector, facilitating partnerships, and raising the profile of the sector, and supporting the sector with back-office functions, capacity building both for volunteering and income generation. Options: There will be options to extend the contract for 2 further 12-month periods. Renewal: The contract term will be for 3 years plus the option to extend for 2 further 12-month periods. Local Healthwatch Medway Council are looking to commission a Local Healthwatch who will be proactive in working, across the Health and Care Partnership, with council officers, social care providers, the health and PCN and with VCS organisations. Ensuring that the right services are directed to where they are most needed. Use of Public Health data will enable focus to be on the most deprived and remote wards and those with the greatest health inequality, ethnic diversity, the older population, and people living with long term conditions. Options: There will be options to extend the contract for 2 further 12-month periods. Renewal: The contract term will be for 3 years plus the option to extend for 2 further 12-month periods. Carers Information, Guidance and Support, Young Carers and Carers Support Payments The service will support adults and young Carers at any stage of their caring journey, from a recent diagnosis, natural ageing, through to end of life. The support will continue to be available following the death of the cared for person, until the carer no longer requires the support. With support offered in a variety of locations, including virtually and face to face and areas that are hard to reach. The service will ensure the right adult and young carers services, advice and information and unpaid respite carers respite is available to Medway adult and young carers. Options: There will be options to extend the contract for 2 further 12-month periods Renewal: The contract term will be for 3 years plus the option to extend for 2 further 12-month periods. Children's and Adults Visually Impaired Support and Information Services The overall objective is to maintain and administer the Visual Impairment Registers for both adult and young people in Medway as a statutory obligation. The Provider will be flexible to support new legislation with regard to the Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment, which is in development, via a possible future contract variation, depending on the requirements set out in legislation. Options: There will be options to extend the contract for 2 further 12-month periods. Renewal: The contract term will be for 3 years plus the option to extend for 2 further 12-month periods. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032137-2023 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large, SME | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 31 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | 29 Jun 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 9 Oct 2023 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | £4,068,912 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £3,992,692 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## 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 | TLJ41 Medway | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 4 | | Supplier names | CARERS FIRST; COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (MEDWAY) (MEDWAY VOLUNTARY ACTION; ENGAGING KENT, TRADING AS EK360; KENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85300000 - Social work and related services ## Release History - 31 Oct 2023 at 13:26 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032137-2023 - 30 May 2023 at 11:46 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015251-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.medway.gov.uk/ - https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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