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title: "Dementia Friendly Stirling - Challenge Fund"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000591842"
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# Dementia Friendly Stirling - Challenge Fund

Buyer: STIRLING COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000591842

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## Summary

Stirling Council is conducting a tender for the "Dementia Friendly Stirling - Challenge Fund" aimed at enhancing community-based solutions supporting sustainable, dementia-friendly activities across Stirling. This procurement falls under the category of services and is currently at the tender stage. The deadline for submission was on 21 August 2019, and the total budget for this initiative is £100,000, divided across three lots, with no set limits for distribution among them.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses specialising in community services, particularly those focusing on dementia care and support. Organisations offering innovative solutions in training, wellness, environmental design, and community engagement activities would be well-suited to compete. The flexibility of the funding distribution encourages a wide range of proposals, enabling smaller enterprises and community groups to participate actively in fostering dementia-friendly environments in Stirling.

## Notice

Stirling Council, seeks innovative community based solutions to support sustainable Dementia Friendly communities and to facilitate implementation of the Action Plan. There is a need to increase the capacity of local Dementia Friendly activities across the Council area by developing and maintaining links with organisations and between services to facilitate provision of person centred, co-produced Dementia Friendly activities with consideration given to, but not limited to; training, environment, access and design, technology, community cafes, singing, walking, art and craft or other types of activity groups designed to accommodate people living with dementia. The overarching themes of the action plan are wide and far- reaching and given this there is a need for a flexible approach to meet the objectives of the plan and support purchasing of varied responses across the themes. This approach should offer suitable options that will facilitate implementation of the Action Plan.

### Lot Information

DFS Challenge Fund Lot 2 - 1001-5000 GBP

There is a need to increase the capacity of local Dementia Friendly activities across the Council area to facilitate provision of person centred, co-produced Dementia Friendly activities designed to accommodate people living with dementia. There is currently no contract in place to support informal, community based Dementia Friendly resources. Given this there is a need for a flexible approach to meet the objectives of the plan and support the purchasing of varied responses across the themes. The Challenge Fund Approach should deliver a range of suitable options that will facilitate the implementation of the Action Plan. Bids are invited across 3 lots as follows: Lot 2 - 1001-5000 GBP There is no set limit on the distribution of spend across the lots. Proposals will be considered and evaluated in lots as determined by the value of the proposal. Applicants should complete the questionnaire that best aligns with the level of funding sought. All awards and their values will be determined by the fit of the proposal with Stirling Council and wider Health and Social Care Partnership and fundamentally the Dementia Friendly Stirling Action Plan to the total value of the Challenge Fund i.e. 100,000 GBP (60,000 GBP in 2019/2020.

Renewal: 60,000 GBP in 2019/20 with an option to extend for one year in 2020/21 (40,000 GBP will be available for the extension)

DFS Challenge Fund Lot 1 - 1-1000 GBP

There is a need to increase the capacity of local Dementia Friendly activities across the Council area to facilitate provision of person centred, co-produced Dementia Friendly activities designed to accommodate people living with dementia. There is currently no contract in place to support informal, community based Dementia Friendly resources. Given this there is a need for a flexible approach to meet the objectives of the plan and support the purchasing of varied responses across the themes. The Challenge Fund Approach should deliver a range of suitable options that will facilitate the implementation of the Action Plan. Bids are invited across 3 lots as follows: Lot 1 - 1-1000 GBP There is no set limit on the distribution of spend across the lots. Proposals will be considered and evaluated in lots as determined by the value of the proposal. Applicants should complete the questionnaire that best aligns with the level of funding sought. All awards and their values will be determined by the fit of the proposal with Stirling Council and wider Health and Social Care Partnership and fundamentally the Dementia Friendly Stirling Action Plan to the total value of the Challenge Fund i.e. 100,000 GBP (60,000 GBP in 2019/2020.

Renewal: 60,000 GBP in 2019/20 with an option to extend for one year in 2020/21 (40,000 GBP will be available for the extension)

DFS Challenge Fund Lot 3 - 5001-10000 GBP

There is a need to increase the capacity of local Dementia Friendly activities across the Council area to facilitate provision of person centred, co-produced Dementia Friendly activities designed to accommodate people living with dementia. There is currently no contract in place to support informal, community based Dementia Friendly resources. Given this there is a need for a flexible approach to meet the objectives of the plan and support the purchasing of varied responses across the themes. The Challenge Fund Approach should deliver a range of suitable options that will facilitate the implementation of the Action Plan. Bids are invited across 3 lots as follows: Lot 3 - 5001-10000 GBP There is no set limit on the distribution of spend across the lots. Proposals will be considered and evaluated in lots as determined by the value of the proposal. Applicants should complete the questionnaire that best aligns with the level of funding sought. All awards and their values will be determined by the fit of the proposal with Stirling Council and wider Health and Social Care Partnership and fundamentally the Dementia Friendly Stirling Action Plan to the total value of the Challenge Fund i.e. 100,000 GBP (60,000 GBP in 2019/2020.

Renewal: 60,000 GBP in 2019/20 with an option to extend for one year in 2020/21 (40,000 GBP will be available for the extension)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN387593 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award 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 | 4 Jun 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Aug 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Feb 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £100,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £55,064 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | STIRLING COUNCIL |
| Locality | STIRLING |
| Post town | Falkirk and Stirling |
| Postcode | FK8 2ET |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling |
| Local authority | Stirling |
| Electoral ward | Stirling West |
| Westminster constituency | Stirling and Strathallan |
| Delivery location | TLM77 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 6 |
| Supplier names | ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND; DUNBLANE DEVELOPMENT TRUST; HAMMONDCARE INTERNATIONAL; PEOPLE DIRECT; THE CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS SCOTLAND; TOWN BREAK SCIO |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 4 Jun 2020 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN387593
- 23 Jul 2019 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL361105

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL361105&idx=2
  13th August 2019 - Stirling Council - Short Form Terms and Conditions
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL361105&idx=1
  23rd July 2019 - DFS Application Pack and guidance
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL361105
  Dementia Friendly Stirling - Challenge Fund - Stirling Council, seeks innovative community based solutions to support sustainable Dementia Friendly communities and to facilitate implementation of the Action Plan. There is a need to increase the capacity of local Dementia Friendly activities across the Council area by developing and maintaining links with organisations and between services to facilitate provision of person centred, co-produced Dementia Friendly activities with consideration given to, but not limited to; training, environment, access and design, technology, community cafes, singing, walking, art and craft or other types of activity groups designed to accommodate people living with dementia. The overarching themes of the action plan are wide and far- reaching and given this there is a need for a flexible approach to meet the objectives of the plan and support purchasing of varied responses across the themes. This approach should offer suitable options that will facilitate implementation of the Action Plan.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN387593
  Dementia Friendly Stirling - Challenge Fund - Stirling Council, seeks innovative community based solutions to support sustainable Dementia Friendly communities and to facilitate implementation of the Action Plan. There is a need to increase the capacity of local Dementia Friendly activities across the Council area by developing and maintaining links with organisations and between services to facilitate provision of person centred, co-produced Dementia Friendly activities with consideration given to, but not limited to; training, environment, access and design, technology, community cafes, singing, walking, art and craft or other types of activity groups designed to accommodate people living with dementia. The overarching themes of the action plan are wide and far- reaching and given this there is a need for a flexible approach to meet the objectives of the plan and support purchasing of varied responses across the themes. This approach should offer suitable options that will facilitate implementation of the Action Plan.

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