CPU1658 Beneficiary Empowerment & Advocacy Service

?Opportunity Nottingham? is a partnership of 17 statutory and third sector support agencies including Nottingham City Council and Nottingham CVS and led by homelessness charity Framework. Under a Big Lottery Fund programme called Fulfilling Lives ? Supporting People with Multiple Needs, the partnership will work with Nottingham citizens affected by at least three of the following issues: Homelessness Substance misuse Mental ill health Re offending. In order to meet its aims the partnership is to commission services to deliver tailored support to people with multiple, complex needs. These services will aim to empower and enable beneficiaries to take control of their lives. More information about Opportunity Nottingham is available at: www.opportunitynottingham.co.uk Introduction This tender opportunity is to deliver an empowerment service which will provide advocacy and reduce barriers to engagement in services for the beneficiaries of Opportunity Nottingham. The service will be expected to work alongside personal development coordinators and beneficiary ambassadors, feeding in to existing beneficiary support plans. A key aim of this service will be to support a number of beneficiaries to be part of the Opportunity Nottingham Expert Citizen panel. Contract Duration The contract duration will be for an initial period of 24 months with an option to extend for a further 12 months and then another further 12 months, subject to funding, performance and review. Contract Value The contract value for this service will be ?27,338 per annum.

Additional information: Nottingham City Council will be acting on behalf of Framework for the purposes of this tender. Nottingham City Council?s involvement in this tender will be limited to: Being the single point of contact between providers and Opportunity Nottingham Preparing and advertising tender documents, including uploading/downloading documents onto electronic procurement portal Coordinating providers? queries Coordinating tender evaluation including tender moderation meetings and/or clarifications ? please note Nottingham City Council will not evaluate tenders Communicating tender Panel decision to successful and unsuccessful providers Submission of Tenders Tenders should be submitted by no later than midday on Thursday 23rd July 2015 via the East Midlands Procurement Portal:- www.eastmidstenders.org Any tender submission received after the closing time and date will not be considered. Any requests for any change of the closing date or time will not be considered. General Tender Requirements Tenderers may submit queries or request clarification in connection with the Form of Tender, the Conditions, Specification or Pricing Schedule, at any time up until midday on Thursday 16th July 2015. All the requests must be made in writing via the East Midlands Procurement Portal. Tenderers must submit the following documents, which must be completed and signed: The Pricing Schedule and Collusive Certificate duly completed in all respects. The Tenderers? written response (Tender form) required by the Council which will be taken into account in the evaluation. This includes a completed Quality Questionnaire and Tender Form. It is essential that all of the tender documents which require completion, along with any additional appendices, are fully completed and included in the tender submission. All tender submissions must be written in English and either typed or written in black ink. Tender documents requiring a signature must be signed by a director or other manager authorised for that purpose. Completed tender documents and attachments must be submitted by uploading the documents to the East Midlands Procurement portal via the automatic link: www.eastmidstenders.org No alterations or additions to any tender submission will be allowed after its receipt by Nottingham City Council other than any errors found by the Council (clarified with the relevant tenderer and confirmed in writing) or changes necessitated by agreed modifications (not the correction of omissions) to the method of working. All costs associated with the preparation of the responses to this tender shall be borne by tenderers. Neither Opportunity Nottingham nor the Council will be liable under any circumstance for any costs or charges arising from any aspect of the tendering process, nor for any costs or charges incurred by the successful tenderer relating to the preparation and completion of the formal contract documentation. Following the submission of tenders, the tender Evaluation Panel may request written/oral clarification from tenderers in respect of their submitted tenders. Alternatively or in addition, tenderers may be invited to a clarification meeting. The time and location of this meeting will be notified when the confirmation is made. The Evaluation Panel or their representative may also request to visit tenderers? businesses as part of the clarification process. Nottingham