Provision of Advocacy Services

A Tender Notice
by LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
3 year
Value
£4M
Sector
HEALTH
Published
08 Jun 2021
Delivery
01 Oct 2021 to 30 Sep 2024
Deadline
06 Jul 2021 13:00

Concepts

Location

Liverpool:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

Liverpool City Council is seeking is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced and competent providers to provide advocacy services. The purpose of this procurement is to commission statutory and non-statutory advocacy services across Liverpool. The Care Act 2014 places a duty on Local Authorities to involve people in decisions made about them and their care and support. No matter how complex a person’s needs, Local Authorities are required to help people express their wishes and feelings, support them in weighing up their options, and assist them in making their own decisions. In order to facilitate the involvement and engagement of people who would otherwise have difficulty, the Care Act 2014 introduced a requirement to arrange independent advocacy for people, • Who have substantial difficulty in being involved/ engaged in these processes • Where there is no one available to help facilitate this involvement and engagement.

Lot Division

1 Statutory Advocacy Services
  • Value: £3M

Liverpool City Council (the Commissioning Authority) for the following statutory services: • Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) • Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) • Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR) • Care Act Advocacy
2 Non-Statutory Issue Based Advocacy
  • Value: £480K

This service is intended to be non-statutory and not intended to deliver Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) or Care Act 2014 advocacy. Nor it is intended to deliver the role of the Relevant Person’s Representative (or replacement following anticipated legislation changes), or the role of the Litigation Friend. The service may however, support people to initially access public services.

Award Criteria

Quality 55
Social Value 10
price 35

CPV Codes

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services
  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Indicators

  • This is a recurring contract.
  • Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **

Reference

Domains