Community Voluntary Service Infrastructure

Concepts

• local voluntary and community sector
• community voluntary service infrastructure
• health and social work
• chelmsford
• part of the council
• development of the local voluntary
• community
• community sector
• voluntary service infrastructure
• preparatory work

Location

Description

The Council is seeking to commission provider(s) who will work in conjunction with external partners to facilitate, enable and support the development of the local Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS)the development of the local Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS). As part of the Council's preparatory work to inform the commissioning intentions for this project, we are holding an online Market Engagement event on the 18th July 2023 11:00am to 12:30pm.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

If you wish to attend, please book a maximum of two places per organisation by emailing strengthening.communities@essex.gov.uk Prospective bidders are advised that the Council will finalise the scope of the forthcoming procurement opportunity following the conclusion of the market engagement stage and reserves the right to amend the scope of this service accordingly. For the avoidance of any further doubt, please be advised that any dates for the proposed procurement opportunity are provided for indicative purposes only and the Council reserves the right to amend this information following confirmation of the procurement timetable for this project. Full details of the structure of this procurement and associated timetable will be detailed within the corresponding Contract Notice in due course. The main place of performance will be within the administrative boundaries of Essex In addition, this service will also be open to the following classification of users: NHS Healthcare (including local Integrated Care Systems) both within the administrative boundaries of Essex and cross-boundary organisations. The contract value has been estimated as an indicative budget of £651,674 per annum over a five plus two year term, subject to governance but with an additional 15% allowance for unforeseen potential services to be added at a later date. The indicative budget within this notice contains the maximum potential value of a seven year term.