Advocacy Support Services - Provider Engagement

Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC), Bedford Borough Council (BBC) and Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (BCCG) jointly commission advocacy support services for Bedfordshire vulnerable residents (excluding Luton). The current contract is due to end on 31st March 2022 so we are entering into a tendering process for a new contract to start on 1st April 2022.As part of our pre-procurement research we want to engage with advocacy providers to gather your views to help us redesign the Bedfordshire advocacy offer.We have already received very helpful feedback from our engagement exercises with current and previous advocacy customers and from internal and external stakeholdersWe have prepared a presentation explaining Bedfordshire’s current advocacy position and our next steps considerations. At the end of the presentation there is a link to a short questionnaire for you to complete. Your feedback will assist us greatly in developing our advocacy support services for the future.We would be very grateful if you could spare a moment to complete our survey. Here is the link to the questionnaire:https://centralbedfordshire.researchfeedback.net/s.asp?k=161642946594All responses need to be received by 09.04.21 at the latest.In order to obtain a copy of the our presentation, if you are having difficulties in gaining access to the survey or have any general questions, please email strategic.commissioning@centralbedfordshire.gov.ukWe really appreciate your help and time.Thank you in advance.CBC Commissioning, BBC Commissioning and BCCG