Advocacy Services in North Yorkshire

Tender description

The Authority wishes to award a contract(s) for Independent Advocacy Services (Lot 1); Independent Health Complaints and Advocacy Service (Lot 2) ; Advocacy Services for Children and Young People (Lot 3) (“the Contract”). This Contract is being tendered as an Open process in accordance with regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended. The Contract will be for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further period of up to 2 years, and then a further extension of up to 2 years. Therefore, the total possible Contract duration is 3 years+2 years+2 years. 2.5. The anticipated annual value of Lot 1 is £609,112 (total contract value £4,263,784); the anticipated annual value of Lot 2 is £121,041 (total contract value £847,287); the anticipated annual value of Lot 3 is £68,000 (total contract value £476,000), therefore the anticipated value of the Contract is £5,587,071. Lot 1: Independent Advocacy Services (Lot 1) North Yorkshire County Council is commissioning an Independent Advocacy Service. This service specification outlines the requirements for a single provider to provide a comprehensive advocacy service for adults. The service will have the following elements; • Care Act Statutory Advocacy; • Non-Statutory Advocacy; • Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA); • Deprivation of Liberty (DoLS) Safeguards Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR); • Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA); Lot 2: Independent Health Complaints and Advocacy Service (Lot 2) The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires all local authorities with adult social care responsibilities to “make such arrangements as it considers appropriate for the provision of independent advocacy in relation to its area” in the provision of assistance for individuals making or intending to make an NHS complaint. This covers all NHS services, including: • NHS trusts, including NHS foundation trusts • primary health care services provided for the NHS by GPs, dentists, opticians. Lot 3: Advocacy Services for Children and Young People (Lot 3) The purpose of this service is: • To provide independent support to children and young people who wish to make a complaint about the services they are receiving from the Council. • To ensure that the interests of the children and young people who access the service are safeguarded. • To ensure the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people and enhance the quality of services provided to them directly or indirectly, by the Council. • To encourage children and young