Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c1c-f437-7252-a9b7-226c23992fd6/social-enterprise-consultancy-partner closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Social enterprise consultancy partner [Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust](https://tendernation.io/buyers/oxford-health-nhs-foundation-trust) Estimated value £15,000 to £20,000 Published 10 Dec 2018 Deadline Closed 7 Jan 2019 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has five cafes on hospital sites. This project is to consider the feasibility of turning the five cafes into social enterprises. Our ambition is to provide people who use our services with mental health issues and learning disabilities, the opportunity to train and gain employment. We are looking for a specialist consultancy partner with specific experience of social enterprises including social enterprise cafes (later point desirable but not essential). This would be an exciting venture for the Trust to further establish our social impact as a foundation trust. Supporting people who use our services to engage in meaningful activity and creating life changing opportunities. We would like to offer a wide range of high quality, healthy, eating options to people using the cafes. Feedback from family and friends includes a desire for longer opening times to include late afternoon, evenings and weekends i.e. peak visiting times. We would also like to provide staff with access to food during unsocial hours. The role of the consultant will be to work alongside the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership Manager to conduct a feasibility study into whether all five cafes can be turned into social enterprises. The consultant would help identify potential providers OHFT could partner with. The consultant would support the development and running of an evaluative process for a potential provider who could work in partnership with OHFT in delivering the social enterprise cafes. It would be desirable that the consultant is part of the project group/evaluation panel. The consultant would be required to understand that working within the NHS there are certain governance conditions. Additional information: Access to Tender Documents is available by registering and/or logging in on the NHS Sourcing tender portal - [nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.html](https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.html) All clarification requests or other general queries should also be conducted via the portal. The portal project number is 21684. The Tender reference is T669DL. Read full description ## CPV classification Social research services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/1040b183-545c-4d5d-84cb-a39f4c3c7891) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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