Mental Wellbeing services

Tender description

Building Better Opportunities Accelerate Project Invitation to Tender: Mental Wellbeing Services- July 2020 Tender Reference: ACCP20006 The Coventry and Warwickshire Co-operative Development Agency (CDA) is the lead partner of a local partnership which is delivering the Accelerate project. These contracts have been funded by the European Social Fund and the National Lottery Community Fund and are part of the Building Better Opportunities Programme Accelerate aims to deliver a varied and holistic programme of support for people needing help to tackle barriers to employment across Coventry and Warwickshire. CDA are looking for an Accelerate project partner who could support the delivery of Mental Wellbeing Services across Coventry and Warwickshire The project has been delivering advice, guidance, confidence building, skills enhancements, barrier breaking and work experience to over 1500 unemployed or economically inactive people in Coventry and Warwickshire since July 2016, helping participants to overcome barriers and move towards and into employment. www.accelerate.org.uk Requirements The successful bidder will be required to provide Mental Wellbeing services in South Warwickshire and Coventry. This will include a combination of: • One to One general support sessions - maximum 12 sessions per participant • Group activities to identify mental wellbeing concerns. This may include activities to help participants to self-manage low self-esteem or anxiety and stress. Delivery will be by a variety of methods including face to face, telephone and video link. A total of £73,000 is available for this contract. We are looking for an organisation who will be able to begin work no later than 1st October 2020 and will deliver until 31st March 2022 Selection Criteria Applicants will be assessed using the following criteria • Successful track record of working on similar contracts • The extent to which the proposal meets the contract requirements • Value for money All tenders will be scored. Delivery to the specification will contribute towards 65% of the score, 25% towards previous experience and 10% towards Value for money. Response Tenders should include information about how you would approach the support and your experience delivering similar activity in the past. Please also provide a breakdown of your costs (i.e. number of staff days, materials budget etc.) Please provide contact details of two suitable referees who can be contacted prior to the award of the tender. All tenders should quote the tender reference in the subject heading and be provided in writing and emailed to: Email: m.bygrave@cwcda.co.uk Deadline Tenders are invited before 5pm on Friday 14th August 2020. Please feel free to contact us with any queries you have regarding your submission. Interviews for successful applicants will take place on Friday 28th August 2020 via zoom. Please refer to CDA website for more details www.cwcda.co.uk