Community Buddy Scheme.

Tender description

Hampshire County Council invites applications from suitably experienced organisations who wish to be considered for selection to tender for the Community Buddy Scheme.<br />The Community Buddy Scheme is part of Hampshire County Council’s Short Breaks offer, enabling children and young people with a disability and/or additional need to access their local community or an activity of their choice. Activities could include but are not exclusive to; support to join a community group, supporting access to community recreation such as parks and leisure facilities or supporting a child or young person with life skills such as shopping or eating out. The buddy scheme support is subject to a flat rate hourly contribution from the child or young person’s family.<br /><br />The Framework commenced on 1st April 2024 and will be for a period of two years with the option to extend for a further two years.<br /><br />From 2nd April 2024 onwards an application can be submitted at anytime up until 31st March 2028 (Subject to satisfactory reviews).<br /><br />Interested parties should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire, and complete and submit the tender return document together with any supporting information requested.<br /><br />How to obtain the Tender Documents<br />The Tender documents can be accessed when logged into In-Tend by selecting ‘View Details’ on the relevant tender advert and clicking the ‘Express Interest’ tab. Once in the tender there are five tabs – ‘Tender’, ‘ITT – documents’, ‘Correspondence’, ‘Clarifications’ and ‘History’. Select the 2nd tab (ITT - documents) where you will find useful information under ‘Tender Details’ continue to scroll down to the heading ‘Tender Documents Received’ where you will be able to view / download the documents.<br /><br />Please download all the documents and read very carefully.<br /><br />Opting In and Opting Out<br />Please note you are required to ‘Opt In’ before you can access the ‘My tender Return’ to start populating your response. <br /><br />PLEASE NOTE you are required to ‘Opt In’ to view & complete the Questionnaire for this project. <br /><br />The ‘Opt Out’ functionality will also be available throughout the duration of the tender process. Opting out will give you the option of declaring you no longer want to receive any further communication in relation to this tender along with the opportunity of providing comments and feedback for this decision.<br /><br />You can choose to ‘Opt In’ at any time during the tender process if you initially decided to ‘Opt Out’.<br /><br />Further Guidance<br />In addition, guidance on how to participate in a tender – download and upload documents / returns and if required, register your company (free of charge), can be found on the In-tend site under the ‘Help’ or ‘Information for Suppliers’ buttons.<br /><br />Receiving Notification Emails<br />To ensure you receive email alerts and notifications from our system, please add the email domain `@in-tendorganiser.co.uk` to your Safe Senders list.<br />