T1622 - Provision of Mediation Services

Concepts

• provision of mediation services
• mediation service
• social work
• belfast
• services of skilled mediation practitioners
• community and personal services
• nature of the required service
• mediation panel
• mediation service provider
• community v community mediation

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

The Housing Executive introduced its own in house ‘Mediation Service’ in 2002/2003 but in 2009 changed to employing the services of skilled mediation practitioners on a sessional basis, on this basis a Mediation panel was established and provided services across all of Northern Ireland. In 2017 the Housing Executive procured a mediation service provider to deliver the mediation service. This was a 5 year contract and the Housing Executive is now seeking to procure a new mediation service provider to deliver the mediation service. The mediation Contractor will be required to address 2 areas of provision, namely Community Cohesion which will be community v community mediation and Community Safety, neighbour v neighbour mediation.

Total Quantity or Scope

Additional information: Due to the nature of the required Service, it is neither practical nor desirable to divide the proposed contract into lots.

Renewal Options

The Housing Executive has the ability to extend the contract for any period(s) up to and including 24 Months.

CPV Codes

• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
• 98133100 - Civic betterment and community facility support services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Suppliers Instructions — How to Express Interest in this Invitation to Tender: Register your company on the e-tendersni website (this is only required once) and click on ‘View current opportunities’ to locate this invitation to tender. The Housing Executive reserves the right to abandon the competition at any time. Please refer to the tender documentation for further details. There is no guarantee that any agreement or contract will be put in place in relation to this notice. No compensation etc. will be paid if a tender or resulting agreement is withdrawn and / or the procurement process stopped for any reason. Bidders should take part in this process only on the basis that they fully understand and accept this position..