All Age Advocacy Support Service

To provide an All Age Advocacy Support Service to residents of Bracknell Forest Borough.

Bracknell Forest Council is inviting tenders for a new All Age Advocacy Support Service under a single contract to be held by a sole provider, or through a sub-contracting or consortium-type arrangement. The contract will commence on 1 October 2022, and will run for an initial three year period, ending 30 September 2025, with the possibility of an additional two years, in one year periods. (3+1+1) The estimated value of the All Age Advocacy Support Service is approximately £1,000,000 for the maximum term of the contract. The service will provide statutory and non-statutory advocacy support to residents of the borough, and ordinary residents within a 50 mile radius of the Council's offices.

The procurement process is a single stage, three step process:

Selection Questionnaire

Written submission

Presentation

All providers who pass the Selection Questionnaire will be invited to give a presentation which clarifies the content of the written submission. Presentations will not be scored but scores may be updated in relation to any further clarity that a presentation may provide

Economic and Financial Standing - The authority will seek more information from independent credit reference agencies as part of the evaluation and reserves the right to undertake credit checks at each stage of the procurement process and after contract award.

Organisations must register their interest on the South East Business Portal https://sebp.due-north.com in order to receive any changes or notifications issued by the Council during this tender process. The Council will not be held responsible for lack of communication to any organisation which does not register their interest.

Clarification questions must be sent via messaging on this South East Business Portal site.

The Council reserves the right not to award the contract in whole or in part, to cancel or amend the tender process and does not bind itself to accept any tender. The Council shall not be liable under any circumstances for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by any bidder or prospective bidder in responding to this notice or in taking part in this procurement process.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.