Community Support Service for People with a Learning Disability

TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY Wokingham Borough Council is inviting tenders for the provision of a community support service for people with a learning disability, including young people aged 17 who are in transition from Children's Services. The service is to provide information, advice, activities, workshops to support service users in leading independent and fulfilling lives and in making independent choices.

The provision of the service will contribute to preventing, reducing or delaying the escalation of support and/or eligible needs for statutory services. Those wishing to submit a tender must have demonstrable evidence of: • Working with adults with learning disabilities; • Your understanding of the impact of learning disabilities has on the target client group; • Your ability to work creatively with this target client group in order to meet their needs; • Your ability to assess target client’s needs and manage risk for our service users; • Financial stability; • Robust recruitment process, and • Internal monitoring and continuous improvement process to ensure and sustain a high quality service The Service will be delivered under a three year contract, held with Wokingham Borough Council.

The Council reserves the right to extend the Contract for two periods of up to 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance, funding availability and mutual agreement of the parties. The contract value is in the range £44,500 – £48,500 per annum.

The actual contract value will be determined by the tender. The Council intends to award the contract based on the most economically advantageous tender.

The award criteria will be as follows: Price 40% Method Statement 40% Presentation 20% The Council reserves the right not to accept the lowest, or any tender, submitted. Responses received after this time will be disregarded. Hayley Rees Procurement Business Partner Wokingham Borough Council Civic Offices Shute End Wokingham Borough Council RG40 1BN Tel: 0118 974 6705 Email: procurement@wokingham.gov.uk