Awarded contract

Provision of Peer Advocacy for People with: Mental Health Needs and/or Autism Spectrum Conditions and/or Learning Disabilities

Details

Buyer: Lancashire County Council
Supplier(s): Cloverleaf Advocacy 2000 Ltd, People First Independent Advocacy
Value: £1,312,500
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 20 June 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Advocacy can challenge inequality and discrimination and facilitate access to appropriate treatment and support. It can also serve to influence the development and design of culturally acceptable and appropriate services, and increase the awareness and understanding of mental health needs, autism spectrum conditions, and learning disabilities (the Conditions"). Lancashire County Council has awarded services which will offer non-statutory advocacy to support people with the Conditions ("People") to have their views and wishes heard and acted upon in relation to a variety of issues (the "Service"). In each Lot which is being awarded, the Service Provider will support People with either: • Mental health needs; • Autism Spectrum Conditions; or • Learning disabilities Lot 1: Advocacy can challenge inequality and discrimination and facilitate access to appropriate treatment and support. It can also serve to influence the development and design of culturally acceptable and appropriate services, and increase the awareness and understanding of mental health needs, autism spectrum conditions, and learning disabilities (the "Conditions"). Lancashire County Council seeks to procure a service which will offer non-statutory advocacy to support people with the Conditions ("People") to have their views and wishes heard and acted upon in relation to a variety of issues (the "Service"). In each Lot which is awarded, the Service Provider will support People with either: • Mental health needs; • Autism Spectrum Conditions; or • Learning disabilities

Timeline

Completed: Award date11 June 2024
Completed: Award published20 June 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

Lancashire County Council is a local authority that buys through directorates spread across the county. Suppliers register and bid through the Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal, introduced in January 2023 to replace iSupplier. Contracts at or near national thresholds are advertised on Find a Tender. An Open Framework under the Procurement Act 2023 covers repeat competitions on the same terms. A Dynamic Market lets new suppliers join an approved list for above-threshold tenders at any time. Category managers based in directorates such as care and public health lead individual competitions.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Lancashire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@lancashire-county-council.gov

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