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Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium

Health and social work services
Social work and related services
South East (UKJ41)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published4
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Medway Council: "Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityMedway CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Medway Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
20.3Bids / Report
18.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 72 active published awards; 66 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityMedway Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published31 Oct 2023, 13:26 GMT
Last source update31 Oct 2023, 13:26 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services, Social work and related services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ41)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03d037
What is being bought
Medway Council wish to procure a new Medway VCS Better Together Consortium service. The contract forms a collaborative working partnership to support and improve life outcomes for Medway residents and a resilient Voluntary Community Sector within Medway. The services are divided into 4 Lots: • Lot 1 Infrastructure to support the VCS Organisations in Medway, to support a resilient and thriving VCS. • Lot 2 Local Healthwatch Medway, to support the provision of an independent patient voice. • Lot 3 Adult and Young Carers Support Services, that supports: o Information, Guidance and Advice for Carers. o A Young Carers support service, that ensures young carers are not undertaking inappropriate caring roles. o Carers Support Payments, which enable both adults and young carers to take respite or to reach their life goals and to live independent healthy lives and avoid a crisis. • Lot 4 Children’s and Adults Visually Impaired (VI) Support and Information Service, which will maintain the VI Registers and supports independent living, rehabilitation, and prevention of age-related eye conditions. The Medway VCS Better Together Consortium key objectives are: • One set of mutually agreed Key Performance Indicators. • A single point of contact to address relevant issues, risks and opportunities. • Strategic outcomes achieved by effective collaborative working relationships. • Maximum use of community resource. • The creation of a mutually agreed collaborative Action Plan.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Oct 2023, 13:26 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    31 Oct 2023, 13:26 GMT
  3. Submission deadline changed to published date
    31 Oct 2023, 13:26 GMT
  4. Status changed to active
    30 May 2023, 12:46 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    30 May 2023, 12:46 BST
  6. Submission deadline changed to 29 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
    30 May 2023, 12:46 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    30 May 2023, 12:46 BST
Lots and requirements (4)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The overall objective of the service is to support the VCS in Medway to develop as organisations, represent their views and enable them to carry out their activities more effectively. This includes providing a voice for the voluntary and community sector, facilitating partnerships, and raising the profile of the sector, and supporting the sector with back-office functions, capacity building both for volunteering and income generation.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Medway Council are looking to commission a Local Healthwatch who will be proactive in working, across the Health and Care Partnership, with council officers, social care providers, the health and PCN and with VCS organisations. Ensuring that the right services are directed to where they are most needed. Use of Public Health data will enable focus to be on the most deprived and remote wards and those with the greatest health inequality, ethnic diversity, the older population, and people living with long term conditions.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The service will support adults and young Carers at any stage of their caring journey, from a recent diagnosis, natural ageing, through to end of life. The support will continue to be available following the death of the cared for person, until the carer no longer requires the support. With support offered in a variety of locations, including virtually and face to face and areas that are hard to reach. The service will ensure the right adult and young carers services, advice and information and unpaid respite carers respite is available to Medway adult and young carers.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #4
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The overall objective is to maintain and administer the Visual Impairment Registers for both adult and young people in Medway as a statutory obligation. The Provider will be flexible to support new legislation with regard to the Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment, which is in development, via a possible future contract variation, depending on the requirements set out in legislation.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    31 Oct 2023, 13:26 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  6. Contract active
    Signed 10 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST · £638,296
  7. Contract active
    Signed 10 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST · £692,203
  8. Contract active
    Signed 10 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST · £1,887,694
  9. Contract active
    Signed 10 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST · £774,499
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Council for Voluntary Service (Medway) (Medway Voluntary Action)
Not published · Not published · active
Engaging Kent, trading as EK360
Not published · Not published · active
Carers First
Not published · Not published · active
Kent Association for the Blind
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£638,296 · signed 10 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Contract
£692,203 · signed 10 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Contract
£1,887,694 · signed 10 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Contract
£774,499 · signed 10 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
bids: 3 (lot 2)
bids: 3 (lot 3)
bids: 1 (lot 4)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Medway Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-3633
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  • Medway Council
    buyer

    Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, UKJ41, ME4 4TR
    james.welch@medway.gov.uk

  • Carers First
    supplier

    Strood, UKJ41

  • Council for Voluntary Service (Medway) (Medway Voluntary Action)
    supplier

    Chatham, UKJ41

  • Engaging Kent, trading as EK360
    supplier

    Lamberhurst, UKJ41

  • Kent Association for the Blind
    supplier

    Maidstone, UKJ41

  • Medway Council
    reviewBody

    Chatham
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