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# 1055 - Unpaid Carers Virtual/Digital Service Offer

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1055-unpaid-carers-virtual-digital-service-offer-ocds-h6vhtk-0446ce). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "1055 - Unpaid Carers Virtual/Digital Service Offer". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.duenorth.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 July 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £230,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0446ce`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1055-unpaid-carers-virtual-digital-service-offer-ocds-h6vhtk-0446ce#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.duenorth.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.duenorth.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1055-unpaid-carers-virtual-digital-service-offer-ocds-h6vhtk-0446ce#participate

## Description
Essex County Council currently commission a range of services to support unpaid carers,
such as specialist information advice and support. Alongside this, Essex County Council are
proposing to procure services of a virtual / Digital offer, which compliments by targeting and
promoting the local and national support for carers, through technology and online methods
of communication. The virtual offer provides this through engaging digital content and tools
which are easily accessible to carers regardless of location, person circumstances and time
restraints, and to build resilience in carers through the following methods:
- Harnessing the wisdom, knowledge, and experience of carers to support each other in their
caring role;
- Strategic use of technology to identify and support carers at scale;
- Facilitating carer-to-carer self-support;
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- Designing online services to ensure a high-quality experience.
The aims and objectives of the services are as follows:
- To support carers to sustain their caring role where they are happy and able to do so;
- To support carers to maintain their own quality of life by focusing on their health and
wellbeing outside of their caring responsibilities;
- To support carers to plan;
- To work with statutory and voluntary agencies to recognise and respect carers as expert
partners;
- To promote networks of support for carers;
- To support carers to navigate the health and social care system, and select the best
solutions for them;
- To take an enabling and goal-focused approach building on what carers can do for
themselves;
- To support Essex County Council to deliver its requirements of the Care Act 2014 by
preventing, reducing, and delaying needs.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000, 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £500,000
- **Description:** Essex County Council currently commission a range of services to support unpaid carers,
such as specialist information advice and support. Alongside this, Essex County Council are
proposing to procure services of a virtual / Digital offer, which comp...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 026408-2024-1055-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Mobilise Care Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-121871`
  - Value: £230,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 026408-2024-1055-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £230,000
  - Signed Date: 07/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026408-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-20T08:40:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T18:12:48.958Z
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