UK-Southend-on-Sea: Health and social work services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
       Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1702215083, Email: procurementops@southend.gov.uk
       Contact: Corporate Procurement
       Main Address: www.southend.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UKH31
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity:    
   General public services

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Specialist Welfare Advice Support Service    
          Reference number:
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      85000000 - Health and social work services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      Service Objectives are to: Maximise Service Users income and enable them to access welfare benefits to which they are entitled; Increase staff awareness about welfare benefits to enable increased take up; Direct Service Users to appropriate and specific legal or other specialist advice where necessary; Build and maintain effective partnership work with key local contacts and agencies, which will assist in the ongoing development of the Service; Promote where possible choice about levels and methods of financial support via the welfare benefits system regardless of

Should there be interest, an Open Tender procedure will be adopted for this procurement to commence in April 2019. The term of a new contract is likely to be five years with the option to extend by up three years.

The council is available to meet with interested parties to discuss the potential contract opportunity, please email procurementops@southend.gov.uk quoting SWA/2019          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 136,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description    
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKH31 - Southend-on-Sea    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      Based on the current spend at Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, the estimated contract value is £17,000 per annum. This is a Prior Information Notice to gauge market interest in the Specialist Welfare Advice Support Service. The Contract Requirements are to: Provide specialist welfare benefits advice and support to specific individuals known to the Department for People both adults and children; Represent Service Users where they are unable to speak for themselves, presenting their views as if they were those of the Service User using the Service; Provide advice and training to staff within the department; To develop and promote user involvement opportunities, where appropriate.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      If your organisation is able to meet the requirement and you are interested in this opportunity, email procurementops@southend.gov.uk quoting SWA/2019 by 5:00pm on 22.03.2019. If there is no interest expressed or request to participate, the Council will use regulation 32 of the Public Contract Regulations (2015) to award a contract to the current provider for a maximum period of 3 years.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         12/03/2019
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - NO

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.paessex.gov.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=382942750
GO-2019311-PRO-14329286 TKR-2019311-PRO-14329285        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 11/03/2019