Adult Autism Short -Term Support Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• norwich
• norfolk county council
• term support service
• autism
• needs of autistic adults
• autistic adults
• high-quality service
• service users
• short-term interventions

Location

Description

Norfolk County Council wishes to award a contract to a suitable Provider to deliver an adult autism short-term social care service. The council wants to work with a suitably qualified and experienced Provider to work with autistic adults to prevent and reduce social care needs. We are looking for an ethical provider that will deliver value for money and a high-quality service that will be responsive to the needs of autistic adults. The service aims to prevent and reduce emerging social care needs through effective short-term interventions (of up to 12 weeks) and improve access to community and universal services preventing the escalation of need.

Total Quantity or Scope

Norfolk County Council wishes to award a contract to a suitable Provider to deliver short-term social care support services to autistic adults. … We are looking for an ethical provider that delivers value for money and a high-quality service that will be responsive to the needs of autistic adults. … The service will work with autistic adults referred from Norfolk County Council's front door and locality teams to work one-to-one on a specific need (for example to improve daily function, quality of life, overall wellbeing), put in place a light touch plan and review to achieve good outcomes, defined by the service user. The expected outcome of the service is that service users will gain confidence and independence, empowering them to make informed choices about how best to manage and maintain their emerging social care needs and prevent the need for more costly care. Additional information: The value is an estimate based on the budget and overall duration of the contract including any extensions.

Renewal Options

The Contract may be extended by up to 24 months at the Council’s discretion.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85310000 - Social work services
• 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
• 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
• 85312310 - Guidance services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council's e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under 'tenders' section and 'express an interest' to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +448442728810 or emailing support@in-tend.co.uk