Wales Social Services Tenders & Contracts

Provision of a two stage, primary care based vasectomy service for Swansea Bay Health Board residents.

The local authority, in conjunction with a local housing association have successfully developed a new supported living provision; the provision will accommodate a total of 3 citizens. The provision will accommodate 1 individual in the ground floor en-suite bedroom, and a further 2 individuals on the first floor. There is future scope for a 4th person to move into the house should this be appropriate. Support Hours Required Tenant 1 Total of 32 hours 1:1 a week, shared care of 20 hours 1:2 per week Tenant 2 Total of 72 hours 1:1 a week, shared care of 20 hours 1:2 per week Tenant 3 Total of 142 (inclusive of 30 hours 2:1) support per week 2 x sleep in support each night (7 night a week). The above proposed support package is subject to review, and the hours could be amended as the placement progresses.

Strengthening Families Together: Families First Programme Disability Support Divided into two Lots A UK3 (ocds-h6vhtk-05996f) has been published for this but the lots were divided into specific services Background/Context Families First is designed to improve outcomes for children, young people and families. It places an emphasis on early intervention, prevention, and providing support for whole families, rather than individuals. The programme promotes greater multi-agency working to ensure families receive joined-up support when they need it. The intention of the programme is to provide early support for families with the aim of preventing problems escalating. Families First Programme Guidance April 2017. Families’ First principles Services provided through the programme should take account of the following guiding principles: • Family-focussed – services should take a whole family approach to improving outcomes. • Bespoke – services should be tailored to individual family circumstances. • Empowering – services should seek to empower families to take control of their lives, to give them an increased sense of ownership and investment in their outcomes. • Integrated - services should be effectively coordinated and planned to ensure a seamless progression for families between different interventions and programmes. • Intensive – a vigorous approach and relentless focus must be maintained which can adapt to families’ changing circumstances. • Local – services should address the needs of local communities and, where possible, seek opportunities to link in with other local programmes, including Flying Start and Supporting People • Pro-active – seeking early identification of need and securing appropriate interventions in a timely way. • Sustainable – services should always seek to provide long-term sustainable solutions. They should seek to address the root causes of problems and not 5 just the symptoms to enable families to continue to progress after intervention has ceased. Wrexham County Borough Council has undertaken Preliminary Market Engagement work to support us to make informed decisions by understanding the demand, capacity, and capability for delivering services. This has used alongside nationally available data to inform and support us when shaping the commissioning strategy and model. All Services Specifications Please note the following, which provides an overview of the priorities for these provisions. 1. Services should take a whole family approach to improving outcomes and should be tailored to individual family circumstances. There should be a focus on developing a more joined-up, responsive service provision across partner organisations that puts the unique needs of families at its heart. 2. Services should seek to empower children, young people and families to take control of their lives, to give them an increased sense of ownership and investment in their outcomes. They should be effectively coordinated and planned to ensure a seamless progression for children, young people and families between different interventions and programmes and should be flexible so they can adapt to children, young people and families’ changing circumstances. 3. Services should provide early help in a timely way and should link in with other local programmes and statutory provision, including TAC, WFIS, Flying Start, Additional Learning Needs support and other provision for children and young people and parents. 4. Services should always seek to provide long-term sustainable solutions and should encourage independence, not service dependence; they should seek to address the root causes of problems and not just the symptoms to enable children, young people and families to continue to progress after intervention has ceased. 5. We want children from all backgrounds have the best start in life, giving everyone the opportunity to reach their full potential and maximise their chances of leading a healthy, prosperous and fulfilling adulthood, enabling them to participate fully in communities, the workplace, and contribute to the future economic success of Wales. 6. We want to drive down waiting lists for statutory, early help and support services in order to provide support as early as possible and reduce the risk of escalating needs. 7. We want to ensure that provision is available to children, young people and families in different communities and different kinds of parents / carers, and would be interested in bids that target particular harder to reach communities, such as: a. Polish Families b. Traveller families c. BAME families d. Refugee / Asylum Seeker families. e. Families affected by substance misuse, mental health and domestic abuse. f. Families affected by disability. g. Families affected by imprisonment. h. Young parents i. Fathers and male carers All commissioned services must be available for any children, young people and families living in Wrexham to access, provided the service is suitable for them and would meet their needs. The Service to be provided. Disability Support Total Value £150,000 per annum Maximum Value. The primary focus is to support children and young people with complex needs and disabilities, along with their families, through a holistic and person-centred approach. Services should promote coordination and integration with wider provision, enhance access to education, training and employment, and respond flexibly to individual needs. Additionally, services should encourage inclusive leisure opportunities for both individuals and families, with a particular emphasis on access to respite support. All commissioned services will be expected to promote and support wellbeing as a core priority, embedding approaches that enhance emotional, physical and social wellbeing into delivery under the legal duty to contribute to the seven national wellbeing goals of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. Service Providers must demonstrate how they will deliver interventions across multiple communities within Wrexham, ensuring equitable access and responsiveness to local needs. Consideration should be given to how services will be inclusive, culturally competent and adaptable to the diverse needs of the communities of Wrexham. Disability Support has been divided into 2 Lots. Service Providers may choose to tender for one or more Lots on the basis that they have sufficient capacity to meet the requirements of each Lot. Service Providers who are tendering for more than one Lot must be in a position to accept the Lots they are successful for and not hand back any Lot due to capacity issues

Strengthening Families Together: Families First Programme - Parenting Support Divided into 3 Lots Background/Context Families First is designed to improve outcomes for children, young people and families. It places an emphasis on early intervention, prevention, and providing support for whole families, rather than individuals. The programme promotes greater multi-agency working to ensure families receive joined-up support when they need it. The intention of the programme is to provide early support for families with the aim of preventing problems escalating. Families First Programme Guidance April 2017. Families’ First principles Services provided through the programme should take account of the following guiding principles: • Family-focussed – services should take a whole family approach to improving outcomes. • Bespoke – services should be tailored to individual family circumstances. • Empowering – services should seek to empower families to take control of their lives, to give them an increased sense of ownership and investment in their outcomes. • Integrated - services should be effectively coordinated and planned to ensure a seamless progression for families between different interventions and programmes. • Intensive – a vigorous approach and relentless focus must be maintained which can adapt to families’ changing circumstances. • Local – services should address the needs of local communities and, where possible, seek opportunities to link in with other local programmes, including Flying Start and Supporting People • Pro-active – seeking early identification of need and securing appropriate interventions in a timely way. • Sustainable – services should always seek to provide long-term sustainable solutions. They should seek to address the root causes of problems and not 5 just the symptoms to enable families to continue to progress after intervention has ceased. Wrexham County Borough Council has undertaken Preliminary Market Engagement work to support us to make informed decisions by understanding the demand, capacity, and capability for delivering services. This was used alongside nationally, locally available data to inform and support us when shaping the commissioning strategy and model. All Services Specifications Please note the following, which provides an overview of the priorities for these provisions. 1. Services should take a whole family approach to improving outcomes and should be tailored to individual family circumstances. There should be a focus on developing a more joined-up, responsive service provision across partner organisations that puts the unique needs of families at its heart. 2. Services should seek to empower children, young people and families to take control of their lives, to give them an increased sense of ownership and investment in their outcomes. They should be effectively coordinated and planned to ensure a seamless progression for children, young people and families between different interventions and programmes and should be flexible so they can adapt to children, young people and families’ changing circumstances. 3. Services should provide early help in a timely way and should link in with other local programmes and statutory provision, including TAC, WFIS, Flying Start, Additional Learning Needs support and other provision for children and young people and parents. 4. Services should always seek to provide long-term sustainable solutions and should encourage independence, not service dependence; they should seek to address the root causes of problems and not just the symptoms to enable children, young people and families to continue to progress after intervention has ceased. 5. We want children from all backgrounds have the best start in life, giving everyone the opportunity to reach their full potential and maximise their chances of leading a healthy, prosperous and fulfilling adulthood, enabling them to participate fully in communities, the workplace, and contribute to the future economic success of Wales. 6. We want to drive down waiting lists for statutory, early help and support services in order to provide support as early as possible and reduce the risk of escalating needs. 7. We want to ensure that provision is available to children, young people and families in different communities and different kinds of parents / carers, and would be interested in bids that target particular harder to reach communities, such as: a. Polish Families b. Traveller families c. BAME families d. Refugee / Asylum Seeker families. e. Families affected by substance misuse, mental health and domestic abuse. f. Families affected by disability. g. Families affected by imprisonment. h. Young parents i. Fathers and male carers All commissioned services must be available for any children, young people and families living in Wrexham to access, provided the service is suitable for them and would meet their needs. The Service to be provided. Parenting Support: Total Maximum Value £160,000 per annum The primary focus for Parenting Support is to empower parents to create a stable, nurturing environment through positive modelling and supporting parents to set and maintain appropriate boundaries with their child or children. The services will look to enhance positive parenting skills, increase confidence, improving family relationships, understanding child’s development, promoting good mental health and emotional wellbeing. The services should provide a mixture of targeted support and universal open access and be responsive to the identified needs of the parents. All commissioned services will be expected to promote and support wellbeing as a core priority, embedding approaches that enhance emotional, physical and social wellbeing into delivery under the legal duty to contribute to the seven national wellbeing goals of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. Service Providers must demonstrate how they will deliver interventions across multiple communities within Wrexham, ensuring equitable access and responsiveness to local needs. Consideration should be given to how services will be inclusive, culturally competent and adaptable to the diverse needs of the communities of Wrexham. Parenting Support has been divided into 3 Lots. Service Providers may choose to tender for one or more Lots on the basis that they have sufficient capacity to meet the requirements of each Lot. Service Providers who are tendering for more than one Lot must be in a position to accept the Lots they are successful for and not hand back any Lot due to capacity issues

Strengthening Families Together: Families First Programme - Parenting Support Divided into 3 Lots Background/Context Families First is designed to improve outcomes for children, young people and families. It places an emphasis on early intervention, prevention, and providing support for whole families, rather than individuals. The programme promotes greater multi-agency working to ensure families receive joined-up support when they need it. The intention of the programme is to provide early support for families with the aim of preventing problems escalating. Families First Programme Guidance April 2017. Families’ First principles Services provided through the programme should take account of the following guiding principles: • Family-focussed – services should take a whole family approach to improving outcomes. • Bespoke – services should be tailored to individual family circumstances. • Empowering – services should seek to empower families to take control of their lives, to give them an increased sense of ownership and investment in their outcomes. • Integrated - services should be effectively coordinated and planned to ensure a seamless progression for families between different interventions and programmes. • Intensive – a vigorous approach and relentless focus must be maintained which can adapt to families’ changing circumstances. • Local – services should address the needs of local communities and, where possible, seek opportunities to link in with other local programmes, including Flying Start and Supporting People • Pro-active – seeking early identification of need and securing appropriate interventions in a timely way. • Sustainable – services should always seek to provide long-term sustainable solutions. They should seek to address the root causes of problems and not 5 just the symptoms to enable families to continue to progress after intervention has ceased. Wrexham County Borough Council has undertaken Preliminary Market Engagement work to support us to make informed decisions by understanding the demand, capacity, and capability for delivering services. This was used alongside nationally, locally available data to inform and support us when shaping the commissioning strategy and model. All Services Specifications Please note the following, which provides an overview of the priorities for these provisions. 1. Services should take a whole family approach to improving outcomes and should be tailored to individual family circumstances. There should be a focus on developing a more joined-up, responsive service provision across partner organisations that puts the unique needs of families at its heart. 2. Services should seek to empower children, young people and families to take control of their lives, to give them an increased sense of ownership and investment in their outcomes. They should be effectively coordinated and planned to ensure a seamless progression for children, young people and families between different interventions and programmes and should be flexible so they can adapt to children, young people and families’ changing circumstances. 3. Services should provide early help in a timely way and should link in with other local programmes and statutory provision, including TAC, WFIS, Flying Start, Additional Learning Needs support and other provision for children and young people and parents. 4. Services should always seek to provide long-term sustainable solutions and should encourage independence, not service dependence; they should seek to address the root causes of problems and not just the symptoms to enable children, young people and families to continue to progress after intervention has ceased. 5. We want children from all backgrounds have the best start in life, giving everyone the opportunity to reach their full potential and maximise their chances of leading a healthy, prosperous and fulfilling adulthood, enabling them to participate fully in communities, the workplace, and contribute to the future economic success of Wales. 6. We want to drive down waiting lists for statutory, early help and support services in order to provide support as early as possible and reduce the risk of escalating needs. 7. We want to ensure that provision is available to children, young people and families in different communities and different kinds of parents / carers, and would be interested in bids that target particular harder to reach communities, such as: a. Polish Families b. Traveller families c. BAME families d. Refugee / Asylum Seeker families. e. Families affected by substance misuse, mental health and domestic abuse. f. Families affected by disability. g. Families affected by imprisonment. h. Young parents i. Fathers and male carers All commissioned services must be available for any children, young people and families living in Wrexham to access, provided the service is suitable for them and would meet their needs. The Service to be provided. Parenting Support: Total Maximum Value £160,000 per annum The primary focus for Parenting Support is to empower parents to create a stable, nurturing environment through positive modelling and supporting parents to set and maintain appropriate boundaries with their child or children. The services will look to enhance positive parenting skills, increase confidence, improving family relationships, understanding child’s development, promoting good mental health and emotional wellbeing. The services should provide a mixture of targeted support and universal open access and be responsive to the identified needs of the parents. All commissioned services will be expected to promote and support wellbeing as a core priority, embedding approaches that enhance emotional, physical and social wellbeing into delivery under the legal duty to contribute to the seven national wellbeing goals of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. Service Providers must demonstrate how they will deliver interventions across multiple communities within Wrexham, ensuring equitable access and responsiveness to local needs. Consideration should be given to how services will be inclusive, culturally competent and adaptable to the diverse needs of the communities of Wrexham. Parenting Support has been divided into 3 Lots. Service Providers may choose to tender for one or more Lots on the basis that they have sufficient capacity to meet the requirements of each Lot. Service Providers who are tendering for more than one Lot must be in a position to accept the Lots they are successful for and not hand back any Lot due to capacity issues

The Welsh Government’s Programme for Government set out ambitious commitments to both develop an HIV Action Plan for Wales and tackle the stigma experienced by those living with HIV. In March 2023, the HIV Action Plan for Wales 2023-2026 was published and contains 30 actions aimed at eliminating HIV transmission within Wales and achieving zero tolerance of HIV-related stigma by 2030. Supporting people to live well with HIV is a key priority and the HIV Action Plan for Wales contains the following commitment: A national peer support programme for Wales will be commissioned by Welsh Government, following the now concluded research work carried out by Cardiff University into the potential principles and structures of such a programme. This peer support network will provide support to all those living with HIV that require it. A recent report on ‘Living well with HIV in Wales’ (https://nat.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HIV-Outcomes-Living-Well-With-HIV-in-Wales.pdf), produced by HIV Outcomes UK and Fast Track Cymru analysed the Welsh Government’s progress in delivering the ‘Living well with HIV’ priority within the HIV Action Plan and the challenges that Welsh communities living with HIV face. The report findings in relation to peer support are set out below: • While there are welcome commitments in the HIV Action Plan to commission peer support services this is yet to come to fruition. • Currently, the vast majority of people in Wales living with HIV are only able to access support online. • The lack of community-based peer support in Wales has a negative impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people living with HIV. • To support communities to live well with HIV, Welsh Government must ensure that services meet BHIVA Standards of Care for Living with HIV. These standards state that everyone living with HIV should have access to peer support. • The lack of peer support affects the whole Welsh population living with HIV but is particularly pronounced in rural communities. • Peer support can play a key role in addressing challenges which older people living with HIV may be more likely to experience, such as loneliness and isolation. Having peer support provision in clinics with someone who is trained appropriately, including on social prescribing and coaching, would support care coordination and person-centred care among older people. • The Welsh Government should ensure that services are culturally competent and designed to meet the intersecting needs of different communities living with HIV. The Welsh Government wishes to tender for the provision of a national Peer Support Programme for those living with HIV in Wales, with an initial two-year contract to commence from 02 February 2026. This tender requirement has been guided by the research commissioned from Cardiff University (Planning a new peer support service for people living with HIV in Wales: The first steps - News - Cardiff University (https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2687395-planning-a-new-peer-support-service-for-people-living-with-hiv-in-wales-the-first-steps). Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded the Contract for HIV Peer Support Programme for Wales. The Welsh Government is using eTenderwales https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk- Please log into eTenderwales to access the tender documents and submit your tender responses (see Special instructions below). ITT responses must be uploaded to the eTenderwales BravoSolution portal by 2pm on 01/12/25 How To Find The ITT:- Once logged in you must click on ‘PQQs/ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’- The e-tender references for this contract are: project_6104, itt_120980 - HIV Peer Support Programme for Wales C072/2025/2026.

Denbighshire County Council are undertaking this tendering exercise on behalf of ADSS CYMRU. ADSS Cymru is a not for profit organisation which represents the Statutory Directors of Social Service in Wales and all Heads of Service who have responsibility for adult social care, children and young people services or business management for those services across Local Authorities in Wales. ADSS Cymru is seeking to appoint a service provider who will provide a robust business support service to ensure ADSS CYMRU is able to deliver a successful programme of improvement in social services across Wales and be at the forefront of Welsh national Social Services policy development and implementation. See Invitation to Tender document for full specification of requirements.

The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust, are acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board who are seeking to award a contract for Community and Psychological Support (CAPS) for Cardiff East Cluster. This service aims to deliver an innovative, holistic model of care that integrates social prescribing with guided psychological self-help for individuals registered with one of the four GP practices in the East Cardiff Cluster. The CAPS initiative will support vulnerable and at-risk groups experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues through an 8-session intervention pathway, combining assessment, tailored self-help strategies, and relapse prevention. The service will be delivered by two full-time practitioners based in GP practices, working collaboratively with community partners to strengthen local networks and improve mental wellbeing. The provider will also be expected to support digital referral systems, attend cluster meetings, and embed principles of person-centred care, equality, and sustainability throughout service delivery.