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ConTracked
Commissioning
& Procurement bulletin
Issue 03: February 2010
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If you have any
queries or suggestions feel free to contact Jen on 0191 477 1253 /
jen@fine.org.uk / John Haswell House, 8/9 Gladstone Terrace, Gateshead
NE8 4DY
Disclaimer
The information in this update is, as far as we can ascertain, accurate at
the time of publishing. FINE cannot take any responsibility for subsequent
changes or for the quality of information or services provided by other
organisations.
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Provision of Business Advice and Support
Source:
ProContract (North East Purchasing Organisation)
Buyer: Northumberland
County Council
Tender opportunity for the provision of
Business Advice and Support to businesses, social enterprises and third
sector groups in Northumberland wishing to develop capability to undertake
business with the public sector.
Closing date for Pre Qualification
Questionnaire is 1st
March 2010. The initial
contract will be from 25th May 2010 - December 2011.
To register and respond to this tender
opportunity, or ask any questions, you must register free with ProContract
(North East Purchasing Organisation):
Website link
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The delivery of bespoke training courses
to outreach practitioners based in or linked to children’s centres in
England
Source:
FINE research
Buyer:
Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
This is a tender to deliver CWDC's training course to outreach practitioners
in England. They welcome applications from training providers who wish to
deliver the course to practitioners to build on and develop their skills and
capacity to meet the needs of different families and communities.
The application closing date is
1st March 2010.
Interviews will be held 16th March in Leeds and 18th
March in London.
To request a tender pack or ask any
questions visit
www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/tenders/show/139
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Provide a parent partnership service to
parents with children with special educational needs
Source:
ProContract (North East Purchasing Organisation)
Buyer:
Gateshead Council
Opportunity to deliver and develop a
Parent Partnership Service to parents of children with special educational
needs who live within or attend schools and other settings in Gateshead.
Objectives include to:
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work with parents to provide a flexible
range of services
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help resolve parent / Council
disagreements around provision
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support parent and carer involvement in
influencing service delivery
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work in partnership with schools and
existing services
The closing date for submission of tenders
is 3rd March
2010.
To register and respond to this tender
opportunity, or ask any questions, you must register free with ProContract
(North East Purchasing Organisation):
Website
link
Alternatively for more information contact
Ruth Carr on
ruthcarr@gateshead.gov.uk
or 0191 433 5983
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Provision of Older Peoples Support
Services
Source:
ProContract (North East Purchasing
Organisation)
Buyer:
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
The Older Peoples Partnership is the voice
for older people which aims to ensure their needs are heard by public
services. This opportunity is to be a support agency to develop the work of
the Partnership. Objectives include:
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Secretarial and administrative support
to all Partnership Board meetings
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Organisation of quarterly ‘events’ of
interest / benefit to older people
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Communicating regularly with the members
via a news bulletin & email
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Developing a variety of outreach
programmes
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Develop the partnership to be more
influential with statutory agencies
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Work jointly with the other partnerships
in Redcar & Cleveland
The closing date for expressions of
interest is 8th
March 2010.
To register and respond to this tender
opportunity, or ask any questions, you must register free with ProContract
(North East Purchasing Organisation):
Website link
Alternatively more information contact
Clayton Moore on 01642 771 663 or
clayton_moore@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
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The provision of a people’s panel in
Northumberland
Source:
ProContract (North East Purchasing
Organisation)
Buyer:
Northumberland County Council
A Duty to Involve came into force in April
2009, side by side with the new Comprehensive Area Assessment; involving
local people is now the expected approach that every authority will be
taking. A People’s Panel aims to be a representative consultative body of
local residents.
Service requirement includes recruiting
panel members to an agreed profile to ensure they are representative of the
county as a whole (c1,000 members) and using the panel to undertake a
consultation/survey approximately once a quarter (i.e. four per annum).
The contract is expected to start in
April/May 2010 and will last 36 Months. The closing date for expressions of
interest is 11th
March 2010. To register
and respond to this tender opportunity, or ask any questions, you must
register free with ProContract (North East Purchasing Organisation):
Website link
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Residential short break service for
children and young people
Source:
ProContract (North East Purchasing Organisation)
Buyer:
South Tyneside Council
Tender to provide a residential short break service
to children aged 10 – 18 who are disabled
or have complex health needs (under 10s may be exceptionally referred).
Contract is 3rd January 2011 - 31st March 2016. The
Council guarantees the purchase of 1,448 bed nights per annum for use by
Children and Young People referred to the Service by the Council.
The closing date for submission of tenders
is 26th March
2010. To register and respond to this tender
opportunity, or ask any questions, you must register free with ProContract
(North East Purchasing Organisation):
website link
Alternatively for more information contact
Karen Dixon on 0191 424 7509
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Review of the Participation Fund 2007-2010
Source:
FINE research
Buyer:
Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
Please
note: Funding for activities
post 31st March 2010 is entirely subject to and dependant on
funding being made available to CWDC by the DCSF. Should no funding be
available, this tender opportunity may be
withdrawn
The Participation Fund aims to encourage, enhance and support
the development of creative and innovative ways of involving children and
young people in all parts of workforce development and reform. CWDC now
wishes to review the Fund to establish to what extent the programme has
achieved its aim and to consider children, young people and families'
involvement in the project, the impact on the organisation / partnership
funded and the impact on members of the workforce.
This
opportunity is for researchers skilled in working with children and young
people to help review the Participation Fund 2007-10.
Organisations, consortia or
individuals able to undertake a review are eligible to apply.
The closing date for applications is
29th March
2010.
Interviews will be held 16th
April in Leeds.
To request a tender pack or ask questions
visit
www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/tenders/show/144
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Specialist Respite Care provision for
people with a long term Neurological Condition
Source:
FINE research
Buyer:
NHS County Durham
Please note:
Prior Information Notices (PINs) are intended to provide an indication of
future demand and as such NHS County Durham will not replace or amend the
published information should the requirement change.
Publication of a PIN does not oblige NHS
County Durham to make the purchases referred to in the Prior Information
Notice.
The buyer intends to re-provide respite
care provision for adults aged over 18 years with a long term neurological
condition (in the main, multiple sclerosis). Provision would be
approximately 730 bed days per annum and clients length of stay could be
from 2 days to 14 days.
To register interest complete the PIN
Application form at the top of the webpage (link below) and return it to
market.development@nhs.net
Alternatively, to discuss, contact Gill
Smith, Primary & Community Care Development Support Manager on 0191 375
3948.
www.countydurham.nhs.uk/3802.html
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Contracts Matter
Source:
FINE research
Contracts Matter is an independent skills and employability
contract supply chain whose role is to:
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encourage third sector organisations to
bid collaboratively for contracts
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co-ordinate a range of services to help
members improve their services
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identify contract/funding opportunities
and inform members
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co-ordinate contracting opportunities
and multi-sector partnerships
Any North East third sector organisation interested in /
currently delivers skills and employability services can become members,
benefiting from:
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increased access to potential funding
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facilitation of partnership working
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greater knowledge on how to develop the
'right' partnerships
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increased exposure to North East based
delivery / funding organisations
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access to a directory of
members/provisions/services/information
For further information contact Pat Anderson on 0191 587 8019
/
info@contractsmatter.co.uk
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Social Enterprise Investment Fund - Tender
Fund
Source:
FINE
The Social Enterprise Investment Fund
provides investment in social enterprises delivering innovative health and
social care, either by helping new organisations start up or helping
existing organisations grow and improve their services.
The Tender Fund is designed to help
organisations tender successfully for public sector contracts by providing
interest-free loans-based investments of £3,000 - £50,000 at an interest
rate of 0% over a term of 6 months - 3 years. Grants will be offered only to
organisations with a turnover of less than £250,000.
For more information visit
Website link
email
enquiries@socialinvestmentbusiness.org
or call 0191 269
2276
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Social Enterprise: Winning with 2012
Source:
FINE research
This is a partnership project (between Social Enterprise
London and the Social Enterprise Coalition funded by the Office of the Third
Sector) that aims to involve social enterprises from across the country in
the development and delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
and ensure that social enterprises are fit to supply the contracts.
The project will:
For more information visit
Website link
To view details of the latest London 2012 business
opportunities register with the CompeteFor
website -
www.competefor.com/business/login.jsp - a free brokerage
service that matches buyers with potential suppliers, with particular focus
on supply chain opportunities.
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Commissioning Support
Source:
NAVCA / SYFAB
An online community of practice has also
been created where community organisations can share their experiences of
being commissioned by local authorities and seek guidance about how
commissioning is working.
This group is for all those working on
commissioning in the community sector.
www.commissioningsupport.org.uk
Also available on the site is the new guide called
Commissioning and the Community Sector, published to help voluntary and
community sector organisations become ready for commissioning:
Website link
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Supply National SME Engagement Programme
Guide to Winning Public Contracts
This free guide is in three parts:
Part 1: 20 tips for being in it to win it
Part 2: finding opportunities
Part 3: Government’s perception of the
benefits of procuring from SMEs
Download here:
www.supplygov.co.uk/SMEGuide_form/
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TRAINING |
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New insights into funding relationships
When & Where:
17th March 2010 – Manchester
31st
March 2010 - London
Cost:
Free
New research from New Philanthropy
Capital examines reporting relationships between charities and commissioners
and discusses what support providers are (and could be) doing to help. They
are running two events to share their findings, where you can find out:
Email Gustaf Lofgren at
glofgren@philanthropycapital.org to express interest,
or call 020 7785 6483 for more details.
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Winning the Contract
Where:
Online
When:
Available for 6 months after first accessing
Costs:
Free
Designed to help
smaller firms bid for public sector contracts,
this procurement course
is part of a series of joint initiatives by the Office of Government
Commerce and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills aimed at making
the procurement market clearer and simpler. Once completed, students will be
able to:
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identify the advantages and
disadvantages of dealing with public bodies
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understand how different contracts are
defined, advertised, managed
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understand approved supplier lists and
framework agreements
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search for and find public sector
opportunities
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identify the key stages in the tendering
process
For more information see
www1.learndirect-business.com/business-courses/winning-the-contract/
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North East Offender Health Commissioning
Unit Stakeholder Event
When:
26th February 2010
Where:
Information unavailable at time of publication
Cost:
Information unavailable at time of publication
The Unit (NEOHCU) is in the process of
setting out a strategy for tendering services. The current contract expires
31st March 2011 with the view to tender services in a 'pipeline'
model by December 2010. NEOHCU are arranging a stakeholder event where
prospective providers can hear about the unit’s future strategy for
developing offender health care services in the North East and ask questions
regarding the strategy. Questions can be forwarded in advance to
cd-pct.OffenderHealth@nhs.net
To register interest, complete the PIN
Application form at the top of the webpage (link below) and return it to:
market.development@nhs.net /
www.countydurham.nhs.uk/3802.html
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please contact:
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John Haswell House
8/9 Gladstone Terrace
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Fax: 0870 706 5183
Email:
enquiries @ fine.org.uk
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