Hampshire & Southampton Advocacy Services - AWARD

Hampshire County Council (the 'Council') invite suitably experienced providers to tender for the provision of a range of statutory and non-statutory advocacy service provision for vulnerable adults and children covering Hampshire and the city of Southampton. Hampshire County Council is conducting the procurement for both lots of service provision under the "Light Touch Regime" set out in Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, in accordance with the requirements of Hampshire County Council's Contract Standing Orders.

The procurement will consist of a single stage Open procedure. The initial contract term for Lot 1 Hampshire is 2 years, with the option to extend the contract at the discretion of Hampshire County Council, for a further period or periods not exceeding 2 years.

The services will be procured through 2 single lots each provided under separate contracts to both the Council (Lot 1 Hampshire) and to Southampton City Council (Lot 2 Southampton) , the Council acting as lead authority for the procurement. Advocacy services to be delivered in both Lot 1 (Hampshire) and Lot 2 (Southampton) will include: · Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) as determined by the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) · Independent Mental Capacity Act Advocacy (IMCA) including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) IMCA, as determined by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and from 1st October 2020 - IMCA for Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) as introduced by the Mental Capacity Amendment Act 2019. · Paid Relevant Person's Representative (Paid RPR) as determined by the MCA. · Care Act Advocacy, as determined by the Care Act 2014.

Additional advocacy services to be delivered only in Lot 1 (Hampshire) will include: · Children's Statutory Advocacy, to be delivered under a range of legislation. · Non-statutory Advocacy for Adults · Non-statutory General Mental Health Advocacy · NHS Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Service: Additional advocacy services to be delivered only in Lot 2 (Southampton) will include: · Advocacy to support those with Special Educational Needs under the Children and Families Act (2014). ·Non-statutory advocacy to support Adults aged 18+. ·Substance Use Disorder Services (SUDS) Advocacy ·Learning Disabilities Housing Advocacy The advocacy can be provided by instruction, or non-instructed when the person lacks the capacity or the competence, in the case of a child, to instruct. The advocacy will include 1:1 work, group advocacy and support to enable peer advocacy and self advocacy.

For specific details about the services being procured please see Document 6 Service Specification (Hampshire & Southampton) attached to this project. The anticipated service commencement date...