Provision of Community Healthcare and Social Work Services to British Force Cyprus (BFC)

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Text to be corrected in the original notice:\n Place of text to be modified: VI.3 - Response Manager access code\n Instead of: E6FM8C787U\n Read: L1:\n 6KBYQMV4F6\n L2:\n H9X7YUB963\n Other additional information: The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.\n \n https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications\n \n Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU),the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk\n (a) The provision of (or access to) an effective, safe, efficient CHC to the entitled and eligible population of BFC. Statutory responsibilities are to be discharged in full; other services must meet acceptable clinical standards when benchmarked against UK NHS and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and practices. (b) The provision of a fully integrated and managed SW service structured to replicate the statutory services normally provided in the UK by a local authority. The SW service needs to be consistent with UK best practice, evidence-based, and in accordance with extant MOD and NHS policy. UK legislation (such as the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004) does not apply outside the UK, However the Secretary of State replicates the spirit of UK legislation for BFC, where it is practicable to do so.