Integrated Advocacy services

Tender description

The London Borough of Hillingdon has made a decision to address all statutory independent advocacy requirements through a single contract to procure a service to be known as the “Hillingdon Integrated Advocacy Service” which will provide a single gateway for the appointment of independent advocates under the Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and the Mental Health Act 2007, through a single point of contact. Hillingdon intends to tender a contract for three (3) years, (with an option to extend for further 3 year) the delivery of integrated advocacy service which will include the following statutory advocacy services: • Care Act Advocacy (CAA) • Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) • Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) and • Non- statutory General Advocacy (GA) Please see Specification for more information. ****Please register/log in at www.capitalesourcing.com to view all tender information/documents**** Any questions about this procurement should be submitted in writing via the capitalEsourcing Portal. This should be used for all queries and requests for clarification regarding the procurement as it provides an effective and auditable trail. A Tenderer’s queries will be secure and cannot be seen by any other Tenderers. The Authority will publish the questions and the response, in a suitably anonymous form, via the Messages tool to all Tenderers before the closing date for the submission of Tenders.