Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Medway Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- Council for Voluntary Service (Medway) (Medway Voluntary Action) SME, Engaging Kent, trading as EK360 SME, Carers First SME, Kent Association for the Blind
- Value
- £3,992,692 across 4 lots
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 032137-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Oct 2023
- Published31 Oct 2023Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
The overall objective of the service is to support the VCS in Medway to develop as organisations, represent their views and enable them to carry out their activities more effectively. This includes providing a voice for the voluntary and community sector, facilitating partnerships, and raising the profile of the sector, and supporting the sector with back-office functions, capacity building both for volunteering and income generation.
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium | Council for Voluntary Service (Medway) (Medway Voluntary Action) SME | £638k |
| Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium | Engaging Kent, trading as EK360 SME | £692k |
| Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium | Carers First SME | £1.89m |
| Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium | Kent Association for the Blind | £774k |
About the suppliers
Council for Voluntary Service (Medway) (Medway Voluntary Action): every public contract they have won.
Engaging Kent, trading as EK360: every public contract they have won.
Carers First: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04144820).
Kent Association for the Blind: every public contract they have won.