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title: "Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector Commissioning 2024 Phase 4"
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# Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector Commissioning 2024 Phase 4

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/voluntary-community-and-social-enterprise-vcse-sector-commissioning-2024-phase-4-ocds-h6vhtk-045061). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames: "Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector Commissioning 2024 Phase 4". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,790,715. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 8 May 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.londontenders.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kingston-upon-thames-borough-council-ons-e09000021)
- **Published Value:** £2,790,715 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 May 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community action programme, Counselling services, Guidance and counselling services, Health and social work services, Welfare services for the elderly
- **Delivery Location:** UKI63
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £277,148,335 (exc. VAT, 4 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045061`

## Before you bid
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- **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/voluntary-community-and-social-enterprise-vcse-sector-commissioning-2024-phase-4-ocds-h6vhtk-045061#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [londontenders.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.londontenders.org)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/voluntary-community-and-social-enterprise-vcse-sector-commissioning-2024-phase-4-ocds-h6vhtk-045061#participate

## Description
The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE) plays a vital role in Kingston supporting some of the borough’s most vulnerable residents. The sector has played a crucial role in the Kingston Covid response and continued funding of local Voluntary Community Sector organisations is an important part of ensuring the Authority has an effective approach to early help and prevention. These proposals build on learning from the Covid response, the priorities of the Communities Taskforce, the recommendations from Seizing the Moment, and sector best practice. The service priorities, specification requirements and monitoring approach have been co-designed with the sector.
A phased approach to the commissioning process has been adopted, with contracts falling into earlier Phase 1, 2, 3 contracts and the remaining contracts into this Phase 4.
This procurement exercise is in relation to Phase 4 only.
There are two (2) proposed Commissioning Themes in Phase 4.
Each Commissioning Theme has Lots which indicate the type of service provision required. This assists us in focussing our intentions into areas of need.
Commissioning Theme 6: Mental Health and Wellbeing
Lot 6a - Dementia Advice & Support Services
Lot 6b - Mental Health Support
Lot 6c - Bereavement Counselling & Support Services
Commissioning Theme 9: Advocacy
Lot 9a - Integrated Advocacy
Tenderers will be required to set out in their Tender which Theme Lot/s they are bidding for.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 6a: Lot 6a - Provision of Dementia Advice and Support for Older People
- **Lot id:** `6a`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85311100
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £693,190
- **Description:** Provision of Dementia Advice and Support for Older People

### Lot 6b: Lot 6b - Provision of Mental Health Support Service
- **Lot id:** `6b`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85312300
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £773,175
- **Description:** Provision of Mental Health Support Service

### Lot 6c: Lot 6c - Provision of Bereavement Counselling and Support Services
- **Lot id:** `6c`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85312320
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £531,460
- **Description:** Provision of Bereavement Counselling and Support Services

### Lot 9a: Lot 9a - Provision of Integrated Advocacy Services
- **Lot id:** `9a`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85322000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £792,890
- **Description:** Provision of Integrated Advocacy Services

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (4)
- **Award:** Provision of Dementia Advice and Support for Older People (active)
  - Award id: `037581-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Alzheimer's Society**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-02115499`
  - Value: £67,634,500 † (exc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice

- **Award:** Provision of Mental Health Support (active)
  - Award id: `037581-2024-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Mind in Kingston**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-130905`
  - Value: £77,092,835 † (exc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice

- **Award:** Provision of Bereavement Support and Advice service for Children, Young People and Adults (active)
  - Award id: `037581-2024-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Kingston Bereavement Support**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-130906`
  - Value: £53,146,000 † (exc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice

- **Award:** Provision of Integrated Advocacy service - (active)
  - Award id: `037581-2024-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Cambridge House**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-130907`
  - Value: £79,275,000 † (exc. VAT); ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice

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

## Contracts (4)
- **Contract:** Provision of Dementia Advice and Support for Older People (active)
  - Signed Value: £67,634,500
  - Signed Date: 31/07/2024

- **Contract:** Provision of Mental Health Support (active)
  - Signed Value: £77,092,835
  - Signed Date: 31/07/2024

- **Contract:** Provision of Bereavement Support and Advice service for Children, Young People and Adults (active)
  - Signed Value: £53,146,000
  - Signed Date: 31/07/2024

- **Contract:** Provision of Integrated Advocacy service - (active)
  - Signed Value: £79,275,000
  - Signed Date: 31/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037581-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-20T16:39:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T09:25:49.870Z
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