Befriending Service for Children and Young People

Concepts

• service for children and young people
• social work
• motherwell
• north lanarkshire council
• befriending service
• young people
• service delivery
• befriending services
• children
• volunteer befrienders

Location

Description

North Lanarkshire Council (the “Council”) propose to establish a Contract with a single external provider ("Contractor") who will support children and young people across North Lanarkshire who may otherwise be socially isolated, with supportive, reliable relationships from volunteer befrienders.

Total Quantity or Scope

This procurement sets out to renew the contract for Befriending Services. . A detailed specification is contained within the main invitation to tender (“ITT”) document which is accessible (and downloadable) from the Buyer Attachment area within the PCS-T tendering system. . Service delivery must be carried out in accordance with the information provided within this Contract Notice and the ITT Documents. Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Renewal Options

Initial term 24 months, option to extend for a further 12 months

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85310000 - Social work services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** TENDERERS PLEASE NOTE: Police Scotland identified a number of business areas which have a high risk of infiltration by Serious and Organised Crime groups; this contract belongs to one such area and as such the Authority reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks prior to any contract award, including sharing tenderer information with Police Scotland. The tender pack includes a schedule for the Declaration of non-involvement in serious organised crime; this is a mandatory tender submission requirement for all tenderers. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 18930. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:656893)