Third Sector Infrastructure Support Service with GVS

Contract details

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ID:

162812

OCID:

ocds-kuma6s-162812

Contract type:

Services

Procedure type:

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition

Contract award notice ref:

MAR597423

Internal ref:

CAV-DIR (25-26) 199

Contact catergory:

C - Local contract let on behalf of one buyer

Buyer:

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

Primary CPV code:

85000000

Additional CPV code(s):

85000000

Is framework:

No

Carbon reduction plan:

Options:

Description:

For a number of years the UHB has funded two Health and Social Care Facilitators, one based with Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) and one with Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC). The Health and Social Care Facilitators play a highly visible role in supporting strategic and operational partnership working between statutory health and care organisations and the local third sector. They provide the conduit for the third sector in relation to national and local health and social care policies and support the involvement of the third sector in the planning and delivery of services. The Health and Social Care Networks that they facilitate in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan provide workshops, training and newsletters as well as a focal point for third sector consultation and engagement. There is an expectation that the Facilitators in the two CVCs will work closely to provide co-ordinated and cohesive input and support to the UHB and wider regional partnership agenda wherever appropriate.

Purchasing team:

N/a

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Contract dates

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Date awarded:

12 March 2026

Start date:

01 April 2026

End date:

01 April 2027

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Contract extensions

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Max extension options available:

0 (months)

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Additional information

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Additional information:

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Contact details

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Contract name:

Lowri Crossman

Contract email:

Lowri.Crossman@wales.nhs.uk

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