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Sheffield Dementia Advice Service

Description: Sheffield City Council is seeking a provider to deliver the Sheffield Dementia Advice Service, a citywide, non-clinical service acting as the single point of access for dementia information, advice and guidance. The service will support people living with dementia, their families, unpaid carers and supporters through information, signposting, navigation and referral into community-based dementia support. The provider will also offer advice, guidance and training to professionals and volunteers to improve dementia awareness and build confidence in supporting people affected by dementia. The service plays a key role in promoting prevention, independence, wellbeing and dementia-friendly communities across Sheffield.

Summary: Sheffield City Council is procuring a citywide, non-clinical Dementia Advice Service for Sheffield. The provider will act as a single point of access for dementia information, advice and guidance, supporting people living with dementia, their families, unpaid carers and supporters. Activities include information, signposting, navigation and referral into community-based dementia support. The service will also provide advice, guidance and training for professionals and volunteers, helping to improve dementia awareness and confidence. Its wider purpose is to promote prevention, independence, wellbeing and dementia-friendly communities. This is a social services contract, classified under administrative social services (CPV 85321000), with delivery across Sheffield.

Camden Rough Sleeping Hub

Description: The Camden Rough Sleeping Hub provides mixed gender accommodation for people rough sleeping in Camden. The council intends to commission a service to provide immediate safe shelter for people verified as sleeping rough in the borough and to ensure they engage positively with service offers, such as health & wellbeing, financial resilience and move on, to provide a route away from rough sleeping. The current contract is fully funded through a grant from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The primary aim of the RSH is support the reduction of rough sleeping across Camden by supporting moves into stable accommodation, including Camden's Adult Pathway. The service is delivered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service provides low threshold access to bedspaces so people (read more...)

Summary: The London Borough of Camden is procuring a rough sleeping hub service in Camden, London. The service will provide mixed-gender accommodation and immediate safe shelter for people verified as sleeping rough in the borough. It is intended to help residents engage with health and wellbeing support, financial resilience services and move-on arrangements, creating a route away from rough sleeping and towards stable accommodation, including Camden’s Adult Pathway. The hub will provide low-threshold access to bedspaces so people can leave the streets quickly. Referrals will primarily come from Camden’s Outreach Service. The service must operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provide at least 16 bedspaces. The procurement is for social work services with accommodation (CPV 85311000).

Temporary Accommodation Services for Homeless Clients

Description: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council are looking to commence a procurement process to provide the Council with Temporary Accommodation Services for Homeless Clients. The procurement supports the Council's statutory duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and aims to ensure safe, suitable and well-managed accommodation options for a wide range of household types, including single people, couples, and families with complex needs.

Summary: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council intends to procure temporary accommodation services for homeless clients. The service will support the Council’s statutory duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 by providing safe, suitable and well-managed accommodation for a wide range of households, including single people, couples and families with complex needs. This is a social work service with accommodation (CPV 85311000), delivered across the Redcar and Cleveland area. The Council is seeking a supplier able to provide or manage accommodation options and support their effective operation for people experiencing homelessness. The procurement is for services rather than goods or construction works, and is intended to address varied household circumstances through a managed accommodation provision.

Tender for Domestic Abuse Support Services in Herefordshire

Description: Herefordshire Council is inviting tenders for the provision of specialist domestic abuse services to meet its statutory duties under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The procurement is divided into two lots: Lot 1 - Safe Accommodation Service Lot 2 - Whole Family Community-Based Domestic Abuse Support Service, Dispersed Safe Accommodation and Housing Advocacy Support Prospective suppliers must demonstrate the ability to secure and maintain suitable accommodation within Herefordshire for the duration of the contract or provide evidence of robust arrangements to do so. Bidders may submit a tender for one or both Lots depending on the services they are able to deliver and their capability and capacity to meet the requirements of the relevant Lot(s). The Council intends to appoint a maximum of one supplier (read more...)

Summary: Herefordshire Council is procuring specialist domestic abuse support services in Herefordshire, covering health and social work services. The requirement has two lots. Lot 1 is a safe accommodation service providing refuge and dispersed accommodation, an emergency unit and specialist support for victim-survivors and their children who face immediate or high risk of harm. Lot 2 is a countywide whole-family and community-based service, including prevention and early intervention, floating and outreach support, Sanctuary Scheme support, structured group and whole-family interventions, housing advocacy and dispersed safe accommodation. Both lots include accommodation and support designed to enable safety, recovery and move-on. Lot 1 requires at least 20 accommodation units plus one emergency unit; Lot 2 requires at least eight dispersed properties. Delivery is throughout Herefordshire.

Mental Health PICU provision

Description: Mental Health PICU provision

Summary: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust procured mental health psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) provision. The service is a healthcare service for people requiring intensive mental health care, delivered in the Greater Manchester area. The requirement was for one provider and formed part of the Trust’s specialist health services. The selected provider is Priory Cheadle Royal Hospital, a large private healthcare organisation. The procurement covered service provision rather than construction, equipment supply or general consultancy. Healthcare providers with the facilities, clinical workforce and operational arrangements to deliver PICU services in Greater Manchester would be the closest commercial fit. The requirement is specific to secure, intensive mental health inpatient provision and is not a general mental health support or community care contract.

Optometry in Special Educations Settings (SES) across the South West - Market Engagement

Description: This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of an opportunity to deliver Optometry services in Special Education Settings (SES) within the South West region, covering Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (IOS), Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) and Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). Please note that ICBs are developing into 'clusters' ahead of statutory mergers taking formal effect, likely from April 2027. The cluster arrangements in development include: * Devon and Cornwall (IOS) * BNSSG and Gloucestershire. These changes will not have any material impact on the commissioning intentions or contract award. At this time, the Commissioner(s) would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering the services and invites interested parties to express an interest by (read more...)

Summary: NHS Devon, NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, and NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards are seeking optometry services for children and young people in special educational settings across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. The service covers residential and day settings and must provide person-centred, needs-led care with reasonable adjustments. Requirements include in-school sight testing, corrective lenses and dispensing, onward referral where further checks or treatment are needed, access for parents or carers during testing and frame selection, and eye health and vision reports. Providers must work around school schedules and engage with school staff, families, commissioners, local eye health networks and optical committees. The procurement is managed on behalf of the commissioners by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit.

PSR Lewisham Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service

Description: Lewisham Council (the Council) invites you to submit a Tender for the Lewisham Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service. The Lewisham Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Service will provide a single, recognisable point of access for residents seeking support with their mental health, wellbeing, and wider determinants of health. The service should offer preventative and early intervention community-based services for adults (18+) living in Lewisham experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health challenges. The contract will be between the successful provider and the Council for the period of two years, with the possibility of a 1-year extension, at the Council's sole discretion. It is expected that the successful provider will begin provision of the service(s) on 1 April 2027. This procurement will be undertaken using the Provider Selection Regime (read more...)

Summary: The London Borough of Lewisham is procuring a community mental health and emotional wellbeing service for adults aged 18 and over living in Lewisham. The service will provide a single, recognisable point of access for residents experiencing mental health or emotional wellbeing challenges, including issues linked to wider determinants of health. It will focus on prevention and early intervention in community settings. Required provision includes a welcoming non-clinical front door, information, advice, guidance and time-limited support, effective triage and navigation, individual and group-based interventions, and stronger community support. The main category is community health services (CPV 85323000). Delivery is in Lewisham, London, for the Council.

Optometry in Special Educations Settings (SES) across the South West - Market Engagement

Description: This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of an opportunity to deliver Optometry services in Special Education Settings (SES) within the South West region, covering Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (IOS), Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) and Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). Please note that ICBs are developing into 'clusters' ahead of statutory mergers taking formal effect, likely from April 2027. The cluster arrangements in development include: * Devon and Cornwall (IOS) * BNSSG and Gloucestershire. These changes will not have any material impact on the commissioning intentions or contract award. At this time, the Commissioner(s) would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering the services and invites interested parties to express an interest by (read more...)

Summary: NHS Devon, NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, and NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards are seeking optometry services for children and young people in special educational settings across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. The service covers residential and day settings and must provide person-centred, needs-led care with reasonable adjustments. Requirements include in-school sight testing, corrective lenses and dispensing, onward referral where further checks or treatment are needed, access for parents or carers during testing and frame selection, and eye health and vision reports. Providers must work around school schedules and engage with school staff, families, commissioners, local eye health networks and optical committees. The procurement is managed on behalf of the commissioners by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit.

Provision of Childrens Rights Advocacy and Independent Visitors Services

Description: This is NOT a call for competition or request to participate. Herefordshire Council intends to commence a competitive procurement for the provision of the Children's Rights and Advocacy Service and the Independent Visitors Service. It is anticipated that the procurement will be carried out using the open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 using the Light Touch Regime permitted under the Procurement Act 2023, Section 9, and therefore applying the flexibilities afforded under the above regulation. The Children's Rights and Advocacy Service supports children and young people to understand and exercise their rights, ensuring that their views, wishes and feelings are heard and represented. The Independent Visitor Service provides children and young people in care with access to a consistent, independent and trusted adult relationship that promotes their (read more...)

Summary: Herefordshire Council intends to procure two children’s social care services: a Children’s Rights and Advocacy Service and an Independent Visitor Service. The advocacy service will support looked-after children, children in need, children with child protection plans, care leavers up to age 25, and 16- and 17-year-olds presenting as homeless. The Independent Visitor Service will recruit, train and support suitable adult volunteers to provide trusted relationships for children and young people in care, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, and eligible care leavers up to age 25. Both services support vulnerable children involved with Herefordshire’s social care services, including those placed outside Herefordshire. The work is classified as health and social work services and will be delivered for Herefordshire Council.

Lambeth Learning Disability and Autism Approved Providers Lists

Description: London Borough of Lambeth is procuring two Approved Provider Lists (APL) for the provision of bed-based placements for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. Providers who are part of this APL will provide residential care and/or supported living placements for Lambeth clients. The procurement will consist of two lots resulting in two approved providers lists (APL) Lot 1: APL Residential Care Lot 2: APL Supported Living

Summary: London Borough of Lambeth is commissioning two Approved Provider Lists for health and social care services for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. The lists will provide bed-based placements for Lambeth clients through residential care and supported living. Lot 1 covers general-needs residential care, while Lot 2 covers general-needs supported living. Providers appointed to the relevant list will deliver placements and support within these service models for people referred by Lambeth. The buying organisation is the London Borough of Lambeth, and the work is delivered for its clients in Lambeth. The procurement is above threshold and follows the light-touch regime. Residential care and supported living providers, including organisations experienced in specialist adult social care, are the intended market.