Opportunities for Adults with Learning Disabilities

Swindon Borough Council is looking to procure a provision for Opportunities for Adults with a Learning Disability that will provide the following:

The requirement of the service will be to offer an opportunity for adults with a learning disability to access learning opportunities for short courses to develop their employability and independent living skills. There will be an expectation that service users will be enabled to move on from this service provision.

The provider will be expected to work with individuals and/or small groups to gain the skills and achieve the outcomes identified in their plan over a set period.

All 121 and targeted group sessions will have clearly defined session plans and measureable success criteria linked to the plans of the individuals attending.

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

The initial contract term will be for 36 months with no option to extend.

Estimated contract spend is between £ 110,000 and £150,000 across the 3 year contract term.

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

Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via e-mail, including the project name clearly in the e-mail title, to Claire Smith at csmith@swindon.gov.uk by 22nd March 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 29th March 2019, 12:00:00 hrs UK Local time by e-mail to Claire Smith csmith@swindon.gov.uk only.

In the event of difficulties downloading tender documents, please refer to the named contacts Claire Smith at csmith@swindon.gov.uk.

Please note that this project has been advertised on Contracts Finder/ other web portals, however, Supplying the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN396047 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.