Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Cumberland Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- People First SME
- Value
- £1,564,933
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jan 2025
- Published22 Jan 2025Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Cumberland Council is procuring a Cumberland Advocacy Hub for adults with health and social care needs. The primary role of the Cumberland Advocacy Hub is to meet all Cumberland Council statutory duties in relation to the provision of a professional independent advocacy service under the terms of the Care Act 2014, Health Social Care Act 2012, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983 under a single point of access.\r \r The advocacy service will support Cumberland residents across all categories of need, including adults with learning disability, organic and mental health functional disorder, mental health needs, acquired brain injury, physical and sensory impairment and young people in transition to adult services and other vulnerabilities and cover of all the different types of statutory advocacy including Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy, Care Act Advocacy, NHS Complaints and Independent Mental Health Act Advocacy.\r \r The initial period of the contract is 3 years. …
About the supplier
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