Provision of care and support services for extra care schemes

The Council seeks expressions of interest from suitably experienced organisations that wish to be considered for invitation to tender for the above Service.

The Council is seeking to establish a framework contract for the provision of housing related support and care support services.

Further information with regard to the Service required may be obtained by contacting Pauline Puntin, Business Relationship Officer, Adult Services tel. (0191) 2001048 email: pauline.puntin@northtyneside.gov.uk

It is anticipated that the Contract will commence in January 2010 for a period of three years with an option to extend up to a further two years.

Applicants wishing to register their interest against this tender should go to the web site located at www.nepoportal.org. Select North Tyneside Council and enter the Contract ID: QTLE – 7Q7D2J. Unregistered Suppliers will be redirected to a Supplier Registration form to be completed. (The documents will be sent to the e-mail address as included on the Supplier Registration form.)

Expressions of interest should arrive no later than noon on 6 April 2009.

Applicants will be required to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, to enable the Council to ascertain the organisation’s financial and economic standing and technical knowledge and ability. These must be returned no later than noonon 24 April 2009. [AU1]

No previous application or expression of interest shall be taken as an application for the purposes of this notice.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 introduced a statutory obligation for public bodies to make information that they are holding available on request. Potential tenderers should be aware of the client’s obligation under the Act, whereby information provided by tenderers in response to this notice may be requested by a third party.