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title: "COV - Deafblindness Communicator Guide Service"
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# COV - Deafblindness Communicator Guide Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cov-deafblindness-communicator-guide-service-ocds-h6vhtk-036916). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Council is seeking to Commission a service to support deafblind service users through the provision of a Communicator Guide service. The service will provide trained Communicator Guide individuals who will provide communication and practical support to individuals in their everyday life.The role of a Communicator Guide will be to offer communication support, guiding skills and practical help, such as shopping, dealing with correspondence and setting up medical appointments.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Coventry City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/coventry-city-council-ons-e08000026)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 October 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG33
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-036916`

## 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/cov-deafblindness-communicator-guide-service-ocds-h6vhtk-036916#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fcsw-jets)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cov-deafblindness-communicator-guide-service-ocds-h6vhtk-036916#participate

## Description
The Council is seeking to Commission a service to support deafblind service users through the provision of a Communicator Guide service. The service will provide trained Communicator Guide individuals who will provide communication and practical support to individuals in their everyday life.The role of a Communicator Guide will be to offer communication support, guiding skills and practical help, such as shopping, dealing with correspondence and setting up medical appointments.  They will be highly skilled individuals, trained to be the eyes and ears of a deafblind person. They will relay information, facilitate communication with others and ensure service users are able to get about safely; they will be neutral, alert and give information, not advice, without prior selection or processing.

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

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Deafblindness Communicator Guide Service (active)
  - Award id: `032372-2022-COV – 13544-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Deafblind Enablement Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-68531`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Deafblindness Communicator Guide Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 15/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032372-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-15T13:53:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T13:57:35.799Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-036916