Closing the Gap 2022 - 2025

Tender description

Reading Borough Council, along with our partners from Berkshire West CCG, are completing an ITT exercise for the provision of Preventative and Support Services - a project as a whole known as Closing the Gap 2022-2025. Closing the Gap (CTG), which was previously commissioned under the Narrowing the Gap II framework, is an established programme within Reading for the commissioning of services to:  tackle poverty, discrimination and disadvantage; promote wellbeing; and support thriving communities.  CTG brings together funding from Public Health, Adult Social Care, Housing and Neighbourhoods and the Resources Directorate along with additional funding from the Clinical Commissioning Group to continue support for these causes and further the good work already undertaken to date. The commissioning of CTG services will allocate funding to target inequalities in the most disadvantaged groups and neighbourhoods using an outcomes-based approach. Lot 1: The total envelope is £1.13 million investment in preventive and support services. An element of this has been removed into a separate procurement for carers’ services (explained below). The remainder of funds remains within this CTG outcome-based commissioning initiative. This CTG outcomes-based procurement is constrained to a maximum budget of £980,000 per annum for the first year. The budgets for years 2 and 3 are expected to be similar but are yet to be confirmed – successful bidders will be notified within contract management meetings of any variance to budgets in good time. The Outcomes Based Procurement: Each CTG contract awarded must be of any value from £10,000 per year up to a maximum value of £200,000 per year. Each CTG contract duration will be for 3 years, subject to satisfactory performance. Each CTG contract is expected to commence on: 3rd October 2022. Tenders must remain valid and open for acceptance by RBC until the expiry of 180 calendar days from the deadline for the receipt of tenders.Bidders will have the opportunity to attend five engagement events, hosted by Reading Borough Council on Zoom.1 Procurement and Bidding Process Monday, 11th April 22, 14:00 to 15:30pm2 Procurement and Bidding Process Wednesday, 13th April 22, 18:00 to 19:00pm3 Outcomes and Priorities Wednesday 20th April, 17:00-18:00pm4 Outcomes and Priorities Friday 22nd April,16:00-17:00pm5 Outcomes and Priorities Tuesday 26th April, 17:00-18:00pm