Hampshire Advocacy Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• winchester
• and isle of wight

Location

South East England:

Description

The contracting authorities are seeking the provision of advocacy services to eligible individuals of all age ordinarily resident in the local authority of Hampshire County Council (HCC) and/or covered by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (HIOW ICB) and/or Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB). Advocacy services support someone or act on behalf of an individual to represent their views, interests and wishes within formal processes, assessments, hearings and interactions with other groups and organisations on a range of subjects that affect them and their lives. An advocate should be independent from the involved parties and act with impartiality, facilitating self-advocation, as much as possible, for the person concerned. The purpose of an advocate is to assist an individual to represent their views, ask questions, explain the options available without offering advice or an opinion and to assist the person to maintain their wellbeing, supporting them to have breaks or time to process information as required. An advocate should always assist without offering solutions or a bias and they should always help without judgement.

Total Quantity or Scope

Open procedure. Additional information: The initial contract term will be 3 years up to the value of £3,512,172.00. At the end of this period there will an option to extend for an additional period or periods of up to 2 years up to the value of £2,341,448.00. The total value of the contract for 5 years should the extension options be utilised is a value of up to £5,853,620.00.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Other Information

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