D/deaf Services Framework Agreement

Nottinghamshire County Council (“the Council”) is seeking a suitably experienced Provider to deliver services to D/deaf people, under a single Provider Framework Agreement. The Provider must have: - a minimum of two years’ experience of working with people who are D/deaf - experience of employing and supervising D/deaf staff - experience of developing professional and collaborative relationships with a range of partner organisations in ways that have a positive impact on D/deaf people This Framework Agreement is established initially to meet the requirements of Nottinghamshire County Council but also enables the following ‘Commissioners’ to purchase services under it on a ‘Call-Off’ basis: • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, • Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, • Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board, and; • Nottingham City Council The Framework Agreement will have a duration of four years. All services provided under this Framework Agreement will be commissioned to do some or all of the following: • Intervene at the earliest opportunity to support prevention by encouraging people to be more proactive about their health and wellbeing. • Increase independence and reduce or delay the need for care and support services, including navigation of prevention and community services and effective self-care. • Improve access to information to support self-care, independence and to promote health and well-being. • Work, including in partnership with other organisations, to address inequalities. • Use strengths-based approaches, drawing on the skills and assets across people and their communities, to create opportunity. • Activities that enable effective communication, including British Sign Language related services and interpreting In addition to establishing the Framework Agreement the Council will simultaneously enter into a Call-Off Contract under the Framework Agreement for ‘Community-Based Prevention Services for D/deaf People’. Bids will only be considered for the Framework Agreement and the Call-Off Contract for ‘Community-Based Prevention Services for D/deaf People’ Further Call-Off Contracts may be entered into with the Provider during the term of the Framework Agreement with any of the Commissioners listed above. Please note, this is a competitive procurement conducted in accordance with the Light Touch regime of Regulations 74-77 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.