Health and social work services

Tender description

The council is seeking suitable expressions of interest from providers who can: — secure relational-based youth work opportunities which are innovative, exciting and engaging for young people and which support their social and emotional development, — manage the Soapbox space to the highest standards, — develop and operate an appropriate and ambitious business plan which will generate additional revenue which will be re-invested in full back into the offer for young people. There is a significant commitment to ‘open for all’ (universal) youth work in Islington and a shared understanding of its role in supporting young people to thrive and reducing risk for those who are the most vulnerable. The council currently secures an extensive offer of youth work for young people aged 13 and up. The provider will be expected to use available tools and methodologies to understand, track and record service user progress. The provider will understand the role of youth spaces within a community and will demonstrate their ability to ensure that Soapbox is acknowledged by young people and other stakeholders as the key youth space in the area. For further details, please see the London Tenders Portal, contract: 1920-0227 the operation, management and facilities management of Soapbox youth space. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, under Chapter 3 Section 7 social and other specific Services (known as the light-touch regime). Under Regulation 76 the council is free to establish a procedure, provided that the procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (service providers). The procedure will be based on a 1 stage tender, allowing for negotiation if deemed appropriate. As per the open procedure, any interested economic operator (service provider) may submit a tender in response to the advertisement.