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Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

WP3714 - Advocacy Services

HealthcareCPV 85312310
ValueValue not published
Deadline
Published16 Aug 2022
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Julie Jones
procurement@walsall.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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The brief

The Council wishes to procure a provider to deliver Advocacy Services: Independent Care Act Advocacy, IMHA, ICAS and IMCA to support the Council to fulfil its duty with regard to the provision of Independent Statutory Advocacy.

The service is for eligible people who have been judged to have substantial difficulty or lack the capacity to engage with processes relating to their care, health and support services, or in deprivation of liberty situations, and do not have an appropriate individual (i.e. family member) to represent them.

The tender consolidates several Independent Advocacy Service requirements into two Specifications to cover the following: Specification 1Service 1 - Independent Care Act Advocacy to comply with the Care Act 2014Service 2 - Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) to comply with the Mental Health Act 1983(as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007)Service 3 - Independent Complaints Advocacy (ICAS) to comply with the NHS and Social Care Act 2012Spec

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Council wishes to procure a provider

The Council wishes to procure a provider to deliver Advocacy Services: Independent Care Act Advocacy, IMHA, ICAS and IMCA to support the Council to fulfil its duty with regard to the provision of Independent Statutory Advocacy.

02

The service is for eligible people who

The service is for eligible people who have been judged to have substantial difficulty or lack the capacity to engage with processes relating to their care, health and support services, or in deprivation of liberty situations, and do not have an appropriate individual (i.e. family member) to represent them.

03

Independent Care Act Advocacy to comply

Independent Care Act Advocacy to comply with the Care Act 2014Service 2.

04

Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) to comply

Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) to comply with the Mental Health Act 1983(as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007)Service 3.

05

Independent Complaints Advocacy (ICAS) to comply

Independent Complaints Advocacy (ICAS) to comply with the NHS and Social Care Act 2012Spec.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0331e8
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
022564-2022
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