HCC Oct 2023 – PPME for Advocacy Services for Adults in Hertfordshire

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Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (‘PPME’) in relation to Advocacy Services for Adults in Hertfordshire.The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council. Lot 1: Hertfordshire County Council is carrying out Pre Procurement Market Engagement for Advocacy Services for Adults in Hertfordshire. The Council commissions independent advocacy services to ensure that our most vulnerable citizens can have their voices heard in conversations about their care and support and to promote individual choice and control in decisions that will affect their future.The current contracts finish in June 2024 and the Council is reviewing the advocacy services available to the citizens of Hertfordshire to inform future arrangements. As part of this we are speaking to the people of Hertfordshire as well as professionals across health and social care. We also want to hear from providers of advocacy services to help inform the service delivery model and to understand your perspective of the challenges and opportunities for the service.Further details are in the PPME document.