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This is a notice to the market for an in person market engagement event on a planned future Service procurement under the Healthcare Service Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The service is a Parent-Infant Mental Health Service. This service for Kent will engage with families embedding support and helping form healthy relationships with their infant. Clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, specialist infant mental health practitioners, psychotherapists, website and app designers will bring a range of skills to help deliver this new and groundbreaking service for Kent. You will be flexible in your approach to meet the differing needs of our population including children in deep poverty as well as neurodivergent parents. The use of screening tools such as GAD 7, PHQ9 and MORS to measure (along with clinical triage and intervention) to identify need and the appropriate response, pathway and level of intervention required. The service will work as a team supporting families with identified needs who may have been referred by the health visiting service, accredited VIG practitioners and trained baby massage practitioners. The themes of this workshop will focus on: • designing a procedure, conditions of participation or award criteria; • preparing the tender notice and associated tender documents; • identifying suppliers that may be able to supply the goods, services or works required; • building capacity among suppliers in relation to the contract being awarded. We welcome you to join us Tuesday 21st January 2025 10:30am-12:00pm for an in person event to come together with other agencies for an opportunity to collaborate together on how they together could [...]

This is a notice to the market for an in person market engagement event on a planned future Service procurement under the Healthcare Service Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The service is a Parent-Infant Mental Health Service. This service for Kent will engage with families embedding support and helping form healthy relationships with their infant. Clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, specialist infant mental health practitioners, psychotherapists, website and app designers will bring a range of skills to help deliver this new and groundbreaking service for Kent. You will be flexible in your approach to meet the differing needs of our population including children in deep poverty as well as neurodivergent parents. The use of screening tools such as GAD 7, PHQ9 and MORS to measure (along with clinical triage and intervention) to identify need and the appropriate response, pathway and level of intervention required. The service will work as a team supporting families with identified needs who may have been referred by the health visiting service, accredited VIG practitioners and trained baby massage practitioners. The themes of this workshop will focus on: • designing a procedure, conditions of participation or award criteria; • preparing the tender notice and associated tender documents; • identifying suppliers that may be able to supply the goods, services or works required; • building capacity among suppliers in relation to the contract being awarded. We welcome you to join us Tuesday 21st January 2025 10:30am-12:00pm for an in person event to come together with other agencies for an opportunity to collaborate together on how they [...]

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board are undertaking a procurement process and
are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid for Community Services. The anticipated contract duration will be for an initial period of 5 years with an option to
extend for up to a further 3 years as required.

Services are expected to be delivered from October 2025 to October 2030, with the Commissioner having options to extend up until October 2033.

The procurement is split into lots:
Lot 1 Adult Community Services Dartford, Gravesham & Swanley
Lot 2 Adult Community Services East Kent
Lot 3 Adult Community Services Medway & Swale
Lot 4 Adult Community Services West Kent
*Lot 5 Children's Community Services Medway & Swale
*Lot 6 Children's Community Services Dartford Gravesham & Swanley; East Kent; West Kent
*Please note details expected to be published on the Health Family portal for Lots 5 and 6 in the next 10 operational days.

Community Services incorporate a range of clinical healthcare services delivered to patients in a community (out of hospital) setting.

Further details of the scope and specific service transformation requirements, for each lot, can be found via the Atamis e-Tendering system. [...]

NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board (acting as the Co-ordinating Commissioner) and NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (acting as the Associate Commissioner) are undertaking a procurement process and
are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid for a Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service. The contract duration will be for an initial period of 5 years with an option to extend for up to a further 3 years as required. [...]

Appointment of a suitable provider (People Plus Group Ltd) to deliver Direct Payment Support Services to Children and Young People that our under our care. The successfully appointed provider to provide a range of services that support the Council's business objective of empowering Service Users to be in control of the support that they receive. This includes (but is not limited to) : - • Following referral, the setting up and maintenance of direct payments for the purchase of social care and education services, in partnership with the Council. • Working in partnership with Integrated Commissioning Board to support a joined-up approach to social care, education, and health direct payments. • Supporting the Kent Card process in partnership with the Council, including the monitoring of financial statements online. • Transfer of the direct payment support for service users to the Council’s Adult Direct Payment Support Service where appropriate as decided by the Council’s Care Manager. • Entry of data on the Council’s MOSAIC/LPS database following training provided by the Council. • Working in partnership with service user third parties and nominated persons. • Supporting Service Users to manage a direct payment and pay for services. • Monitoring the use of direct payments, ensuring that monies are appropriately spent. • Identifying unspent and unused or misused direct payments. • Recommending the amount of unspent and unused or misused money to be reclaimed by the Council. • Where appropriate, supporting Service Users to be a good employer and if required support at industrial tribunal hearings. • Helping to keep service users safe by ensuring that all personal assistants have a current DBS check at the enhanced [...]

Appointment of a suitable provider (People Plus Group Ltd) to deliver Direct Payment Support Services to Children and Young People that our under our care. The successfully appointed provider to provide a range of services that support the Council's business objective of empowering Service Users to be in control of the support that they receive. This includes (but is not limited to) : - • Following referral, the setting up and maintenance of direct payments for the purchase of social care and education services, in partnership with the Council. • Working in partnership with Integrated Commissioning Board to support a joined-up approach to social care, education, and health direct payments. • Supporting the Kent Card process in partnership with the Council, including the monitoring of financial statements online. • Transfer of the direct payment support for service users to the Council’s Adult Direct Payment Support Service where appropriate as decided by the Council’s Care Manager. • Entry of data on the Council’s MOSAIC/LPS database following training provided by the Council. • Working in partnership with service user third parties and nominated persons. • Supporting Service Users to manage a direct payment and pay for services. • Monitoring the use of direct payments, ensuring that monies are appropriately spent. • Identifying unspent and unused or misused direct payments. • Recommending the amount of unspent and unused or misused money to be reclaimed by the Council. • Where appropriate, supporting Service Users to be a good employer and if required support at industrial tribunal hearings. • Helping to keep service users safe by ensuring that all personal assistants have a current DBS check at the enhanced [...]

Appointment of a suitable provider (People Plus Group Ltd) to deliver Direct Payment Support Services to Children and Young People that our under our care. The successfully appointed provider to provide a range of services that support the Council's business objective of empowering Service Users to be in control of the support that they receive. This includes (but is not limited to) : - • Following referral, the setting up and maintenance of direct payments for the purchase of social care and education services, in partnership with the Council. • Working in partnership with Integrated Commissioning Board to support a joined-up approach to social care, education, and health direct payments. • Supporting the Kent Card process in partnership with the Council, including the monitoring of financial statements online. • Transfer of the direct payment support for service users to the Council’s Adult Direct Payment Support Service where appropriate as decided by the Council’s Care Manager. • Entry of data on the Council’s MOSAIC/LPS database following training provided by the Council. • Working in partnership with service user third parties and nominated persons. • Supporting Service Users to manage a direct payment and pay for services. • Monitoring the use of direct payments, ensuring that monies are appropriately spent. • Identifying unspent and unused or misused direct payments. • Recommending the amount of unspent and unused or misused money to be reclaimed by the Council. • Where appropriate, supporting Service Users to be a good employer and if required support at industrial tribunal hearings. • Helping to keep service users safe by ensuring that all personal assistants have a current DBS check at the enhanced [...]

Norfolk County Council, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Environment Agency (as Administering Authority of the Environment Agency Pension fund), Essex County Council (as Administering Authority of the Essex Pension Fund), Hampshire County Council and Kent County Council (as Administering Authority of the Kent Pension Fund) wish to let a multi-provider, Framework Agreement for the provision of Actuarial, Benefits and Governance Consultancy Services primarily in support of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). This framework may also be used by: - any LGPS administering authorities as defined in the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2356) (as amended) including the Firefighters' Pension Scheme and Police Pension Schemes and any of their participating employing authorities, or in relation to the LGPS in Scotland, any administering authority and any of their scheme employers as defined in the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/141) (as amended), - NILGOSC in Northern Ireland and employing authorities as defined in the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (SRNI 2014/188) (as amended), - the Board of the Pension Protection Fund http://www.pensionprotectionfund.org.uk), - any other administering authority or scheme manager of a public-sector pension scheme or any public-sector body that requires pensions related services, and - any LGPS Fund(s) or groups of funds, or any bodies, organisations or companies established by them for the purpose of operating on a collective basis. This Framework is split into 5 Lots [...]

Kent County Council is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme. The HAF programme aims to provide healthy food and enriching activities for children and young people during school holidays. The DPS will be divided into geographical lots covering North, East, South, and West Kent, with opportunities for providers to bid for specific districts or parishes. The programme targets children aged 4-16 who are eligible for benefits-related Free School Meals (FSM). [...]

Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is looking to procure a gardening contract for both its temporary accommodation properties and the communal spaces for Maidstone Property Holdings Properties (MPH). The gardens in temporary accommodation units are a mix of private residential and communal spaces with service requirements ranging from basic patio weeding to full-scale landscaping. These properties could have tenants in situ, and access may be required through the property if there is no rear access available. The Maidstone Property Holdings areas are largely communal spaces with the need for basic maintenance. Key Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 17th December 2024 Expression of Interest Deadline: 12:00pm 17th January 2025 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 24th January 2025 Evaluation: w/c 27th January - 7th February 2025 Appointment of contractor: w/c 10th February 2025 Contract Start Date: 1st March 2025 Tenderers interested in this tender must register and express their interest through the Kent Business Portal (registration is free). Once you have registered and expressed your interest, you will be able to view and respond to the documents. www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk [...]