Wellbeing Services - DN389849

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council ("the Council") is seeking providers to deliver Wellbeing Services in Southend-on-Sea.

The purpose of the Programme is to improve the health and wellbeing of the resident population in Southend and it will be delivered by a number of providers across a range of service areas, including, but not limited to:

The lead Provider of this service specification will be responsible for the delivery of the 'Gateway' into the Programme, the Wellbeing Coaching Service, Making Every Contact Count training and Adult Weight Management services. This could be delivered through a consortium or lead provider model/arrangement.

The Programme is expected to evolve over the period of this contract. The provider(s) will work collaboratively with the Council and with other organisations to enable evolution within a changing context and ensure alignment with other key local services, organisations and groups.

Within the evolution of the contract other wellbeing services will also be reviewed and may be considered for inclusion in the contract, these include falls prevention, social prescribing and physical activity services.

The services subject of this tender fall within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as such are subject to the "light touch" procurement regime.

The procurement is being undertaken using a process which has similarities to a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN). For the avoidance of doubt, the Council are not running the process strictly in accordance with any specific procedure set out in the Regulations so reserves the right to depart from that form of procedure at any point. This invitation to tender document sets out the procurement process that the Council plans to use for this particular contract. The inclusion of particular stages, the use of terminology and any other indication shall not be taken to mean that the Council intends to hold itself bound by the full scope of the Regulations.

The contract will be for an initial period of three years, with additional extension periods of up to two years, to be implemented in 12 month periods or any part thereof, based on provider performance and continued funding.

The anticipated contract start date is the 1st June 2019.