Appropriate Adult Service for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - AWARD

Hampshire County Council, Southampton City Council, Portsmouth City Council and Isle of Wight Council invite applications from suitably experienced organisations who wish to tender for an Appropriate Adult Service for children and vulnerable adults. The Partners are seeking a Service Provider who can deliver an innovative service that is efficient and cost effective. The Contract will commence on 1 July 2016 and will be for a period of three years with the option to extend for two further one year periods. Organisations should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire. The closing date for this tender is 2 p.m. on 25 February 2016. How to obtain the Tender Documents The Tender documents can be accessed when logged into In-Tend by selecting ‘View Details’ on the relevant tender advert and clicking the ‘Express Interest’ tab. Once in the tender there are five tabs – ‘Tender’, (‘ITT – documents’ or enter name you have called this stage), ‘Correspondence’, ‘Clarifications’ & ‘History’. Select the 2nd tab (ITT - documents) where you will find useful information under ‘Tender Details’ continue to scroll down to the heading ‘Tender Documents Received’ where you will be able to view / download the documents. Opting In & Out Please note you are required to ‘Opt In’ before you can access the ‘My tender Return’ to start populating your response. The ‘Opt Out’ functionality will also be available throughout the duration of the tender process. Opting out will give you the option of declaring you no longer want to receive any further communication in relation to the this tender along with the opportunity of providing comments and feedback for this decision. You can choose to ‘Opt In’ at any time during the tender process if you initially decided to ‘Opt Out’. Please note you are required to ‘Opt In’ to view & complete the Questionnaire for this project. Further Guidance In addition, guidance on how to participate in a tender – download & upload documents / returns and if required, register your company (free of charge), can be found on the In-tend site under the ‘Help’ or ‘Information for Suppliers’ buttons. Receiving Notification Emails To ensure you receive email alerts and notifications from our system, please add the email domain `@in-tend.co.uk` to your Safe Senders list.