CT0863 - Independent Advocacy
A Contract Award Notice
by THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £322K-£4M
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 30 May 2023
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
City of Edinburgh
1 buyer
- City of Edinburgh Council Edinburgh
3 suppliers
- Advocard Edinburgh
- Partners in Advocacy Edinburgh
- Voiceability Glasgow
Description
Award of Contracts The Council and NHS Lothian, through the EHSCP, have a statutory duty to provide access to independent advocacy services to people who meet the requirements of Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) act 2007, the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003. Section 259 of the 2003 Act sets out the main provisions for independent advocacy. Independent advocacy supports an advocacy partner's right to have their own voice heard in decisions made about their health and well-being. Independent advocacy enables vulnerable people to be heard and promotes social inclusion. Independence is key in the advocacy partners right to advocacy, because it is vital that the role of independent advocacy is not compromised in any way. Independence ensures that the advocacy services provided are divorced from the interests of those persons concerned with the advocacy partner's care and welfare. Independent advocacy services can only be provided by organisations who meet the requirements of the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) or equivalent. The SIAA define an independent advocacy organisation as “an organisation that only provides independent advocacy and all the activities it undertakes are about providing, promoting, supporting and defending independent advocacy. Independence means that it does not provide any other services and is structurally, financially and psychologically separate from other organisations and interests”. Information about independent advocacy services will need to be communicated to advocacy partners in a way which each advocacy partners can understand, taking account of any special communication needs they may have. Such needs may arise, for example, where the advocacy partners is deaf or hard of hearing or has a visual impairment, a learning disability or where their first language is not English. n addition, any information provided in writing should be clear and in a style and language which can be easily understood by the individual advocacy partner. The Service shall be predominately provided face to face to Advocacy Partners within the city of Edinburgh from either the office premises or in an agreed venue or space within the locality where the Advocacy Partner resides. If the Advocacy Partner is in a hospital ward, then the Service shall be delivered there.
Lot Division
| 1 | Lot 1a - Individual Independent advocacy services for people with mental health issues Independent advocacy services for people with mental health needs. This lot covers both individual and collective advocacy requirements Additional information: It is considered this procurement is covered under the light touch regime of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 B ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STANDING: 4B.1.1 The minimum turnover will be 864,000 GBP 4B.1.4 Financial Ratios: The financial current ratio is 1.15 More detail can be found in III.1.4) |
| 3 | Lot 2a - Individual Independent advocacy services for people with problematic substance use issues Independent advocacy services for people with problematic substance use issues for individual and collective requirements. Additional information: It is considered this procurement is covered under the light touch regime of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 B ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STANDING: 4B.1.1 The minimum turnover will be 69,000 GBP 4B.1.4 Financial Ratios: The financial current ratio is 1.10 More detail can be found in III.1.4) |
| 5 | Lot 3a - Individual Independent advocacy services for people with a learning/ intellectual disability, autistic people, older people, dementia and physical disability or sensory impairment Independent advocacy services for people with a learning/ intellectual disability, autistic people, older people, people with dementia and people with a physical disability or sensory impairment for individual and non-instructed advocacy. This lot 3a is for adults aged 16 or older (no upper age limit). Additional information: It is considered this procurement is covered under the light touch regime of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 B ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STANDING: 4B.1.1 The minimum turnover will be 518,000 GBP 4B.1.4 Financial Ratios: The financial current ratio is 1.10 More detail can be found in III.1.4) |
| 7 | Lot 4a - Individual Adult Unpaid Carers Independent Advocacy Service Adult unpaid Carers independent advocacy service for individual and collective carers advocacy services. Additional information: It is considered this procurement is covered under the light touch regime of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 B ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STANDING: 4B.1.1 The minimum turnover will be 289,000 GBP 4B.1.4 Financial Ratios: The financial current ratio is 1.10 More detail can be found in III.1.4) |
Award Detail
| 1 | Advocard (Edinburgh)
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| 2 | Advocard (Edinburgh)
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| 3 | Partners in Advocacy (Edinburgh)
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| 4 | Voiceability (Glasgow)
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CPV Codes
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Please note that Lot's awarded cover both independent and collective advocacy requirements. These services will be developed with the needs and outcomes of Edinburgh Citizen’s being a priority. Throughout the life of the contract, if evidence suggests there is a need to do so, the Council may modify the contract as required due to change in client groups, change in funding, change in delivery focus or as may be required to respond to necessary changes such as the introduction of a National Care Service. Development over the life of the contract will be in line with the Ethical Commissioning Principles and with consultation of the contracted providers and service users. It is a mandatory requirement of these contractual arrangements that a prompt payment clause is present in all supply chain Contracts used in the delivery of the requirements. This ensures payment of sub-contractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and includes an obligation to provide a point of contact for sub-contractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require active monitoring of payment performance as well as the provision of evidence and reports to the Council on request. (SC Ref:733649)
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-03d018
- FTS 015206-2023