Bereavement Support

Procurement of a Bereavement Support Service

Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the procurement of the provision of bereavement support.

Project Description

Swindon Borough Council is looking to procure the provision of bereavement support that will provide the following:

A service that will cover the geographical area as Swindon CCG and will include services to support those bereaved by suicide and substance misuse, which is a particular focus in Swindon. The service will be for people all ages with a specific service model for working with children and young people and people bereaved by suicide, as well as generic bereavement support.

The initial contract will be for a 2 year service with the option to extend 2 + 2 years. The contract will run from 1st January 2020. The contract will cost no more than £25,000 per annum with no inflationary uplifts.

Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents.

The relevant tender documents are included within this project webpage as attachments.

Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via e-mail, including the project name clearly in the e-mail title, to Terry Johnson TJohnson2@swindon.gov.uk by 23/09/2019, 12:00:00 hrs UK Local time.

The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be uploaded as attachments on the project webpage attachments section. Therefore it is the Contractor's responsibility to check the site regularly for updates to clarifications, as you will not be advised when updates have been made.

RFQ Responses are required to be submitted no later than 01/10/2019 12:00:00 hrs UK Local time by e-mail to Terry Johnson TJohnson2@swindon.gov.uk only.

In the event of difficulties downloading tender documents, please refer to the named contact Terry Johnson TJohnson2@swindon.gov.uk

This project has been advertised on the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, which is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN431263-69704389

We would encourage you to click on the 'Register interest' button to help the Council monitor the level of interest in this opportunity.

No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.