Local partnership opportunities with DWP – closing date 1st November 2011

Jobcentre Plus Districts now have more discretion to design, influence and deliver services to help customers move off benefits and into employment sooner than would otherwise be possible. District Managers will continue to engage with local public and voluntary organisations, particularly where this joins up collective efforts and stimulates solutions for improving employment and skills.

Opportunities available to support 16 – 24 year olds, and ESA and IB claimants back into employment.

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Tender Partnership Opportunities

Convey, a social enterprise that delivers contracts through an outsource model and social marketing projects is seeking new delivery partners to support a number of different tenders that we are looking at. We are keen to hear from voluntary and community groups across the UK who would be interested in being added to the network list, for more information and to register please visit www.convey.org.uk alternatively e-mail Paul Kellett
(pkellett@convey.org.uk) for more information.

Fieldwork for Obesity : Working with Local Communities Programme

1. Title: FIELDWORK FOR THE OBESITY ż WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES PROGRAMME GUIDANCE 2. Awarding Authority: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Piccadily Plaza, Manchester, Cheshire M1 4BD. Email:contract.bids@nice.org.uk Website: https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk:443/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&lang=en&noticeid=176893&fs=true (Y Tutt). 3. Contract type: Service contract 4. Description: The Centre for Public Health Excellence at the awarding authority wishes to commission fieldwork that will support the development of programme guidance on Obesity ż working with local communities. The scope for this guidance, which describes what the guidance will cover, can be found at http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PHG/Wave20/53. The purpose of the fieldwork will be to gather information from local public health teams, their commissioners and partners about the practicalities of implementing community-wide action to prevent obesity. A key objective of the fieldwork is to consider the working relationships and dynamics within and between public health team(s), their commissioners and partners. The findings will be considered by the Programme Development Group for this guidance in November 2011. 5. CPV Code(s): 79310000, 79315000 6. NUTS code(s): UKD UKD3 UKD31, 7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Main site of work/delivery: London. Please note that fieldwork might most usefully be undertaken in the following areas: ż Sheffield ż Newcastle ż Barking. 8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Reference number: CPHE/OBES/07/11 9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided. 10. Expressions of Interest for this work to be submitted: 18.7.2011 (17:00). 11. Address to which they must be sent: Same as 2. 12. Other information: Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? Yes Contract type: Services – Unspecified Is it a framework agreement? No Is this contract related to a funding programme? No Contract will be awarded based on: Most economically advantageous tender in terms of: The criteria stated in the contract documents Contract length: 3 Months How to apply: Expressions of Interest in carrying out this work should be submitted electronically no later than 5pm Monday 18th July 2011 to adrienne.cullum@nice.org.uk copying charlotte.haynes@nice.org.uk. Those organisations who express an interest will be sent the full invitation to tender package, which provides further details of the requirements and additional background information, on Tuesday 19th July 2011. The closing date for tender proposals is the 9th August 2011. TKR-201178-CB-662205 13. Submitted date: 8.7.2011.

MERCI Business Consultancy Opportunity closing date 29th July

MERCi is one of Manchester’s leading sustainability charities. It runs a number of projects, all aimed at helping people and organisations to operate and live in a sustainable way.

We are looking to develop an earned income strategy for MERCi and seek to appoint a business consultant who will research and develop a strategy that identifies opportunities for earned income, resulting in a final report and action plan.

The consultant will be contracted from August – December 2011. It is envisioned that the consultant will meet with the MERCi team for approximately 8 days during this period and the rest of the time will be self directed research and completion of the report and action plan. A fee of £3,000 will be paid, to include VAT, travel and other expenses.

Please contact Claire Morris for the full briefing document and to apply clairem@merci.org.uk 0161 273 1736.

Deadline for submissions 10am 29th July

Free online course to help smaller firms bid for government contracts

“Winning the Contract” is a nationally available, free, on-line public procurement course which details how government buys goods and services, explains the bidding process, and where to search for Government contracts. The course, designed to help smaller firms bid for the £236 billion of public sector contracts is available at: www.businesslink.gov.uk/winningthecontract

Rights to Challenge – free webinar 20th July 2011

PASS (Procurement Advice and Support Service) is inviting professionals to join their free webinar on Rights to Challenge The webinar, presented by Senior PASS Consultant Eddie Regan, will consist of a 20-minute presentation on Your Rights to Challenge. This will be followed by a question and answer session, allowing you to engage with our procurement expert. Webinars offer exceptional convenience, cost savings on travel and registration fees, and an opportunity to take part from the comfort of your home or office.

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Public Service Mutuals – Cooperative Group Support

Find out more about this new one stop support service offered by the Cooperative Group and Cobbetts Law Firm.

“We believe the principles upon which mutuals are founded have a particular resonance in the public sector where there is an underlying sense of public purpose. Unlike private ownership which tends to be for the financial benefit of the few, mutual ownership is shared amongst stakeholders and is therefore more fitting for the delivery of a public purpose.”

Significant parts of the UK’s public sector are now in forms of co-operative or mutual ownership, the highest profile examples being NHS foundation trusts and co-operative schools.

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Tender – Intermediate care – South Manchester.

A recent tender exercise was undertaken by NHS Manchester for the
provision of intermediate care services for the Manchester area as a
whole. The process was cancelled prior to award due to the reallocation of
service delivery to 4 differing authorities. Due to this UHSM are now
requesting expression of interest for the south Manchester area for the
intermediate service.

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Tender for floating support service – Trafford

A social inclusion floating support service.
The Council is seeking to identify and contract with a suitably
experienced provider to develop and deliver a generic housing related
support service to people who are at risk of social exclusion.
The service will provide short term housing related support to enable
people to achieve and maintain independent living.
CPV: 98000000.

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Contracts Finder – new website service

Supply2Gov closed at the end of March 2011. Contracts Finders is now the main source of government information on contracts with a value greater than £10,000. It’s search facility is easy to use.

Use it here