# Adult Social Care – Community Micro-Enterprises Project

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Knowsley Council](/buyers/knowsley-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Community Catalysts CIC](/contract-winners/community-catalysts-cic/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £109,990
- Tender value: £109,990
- Award date: 24 June 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 July 2016
- Contract end: 30 June 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: feee67fb-37e5-4059-9f5d-ca610c78f2ea-100676
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d1a108ec-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council \(the Council\) is in the process of transforming its Adult Social Care services\. One aspect of that work is to create with the community, all the building blocks for co-operative, community led support\. The overall transformation project that will lead to a fundamental change in practices, systems models, and lower future costs, comprises two main aspects: 1\. business improvement, financial models and tools, giving service users their own budgets; and, 2\. a community based assets programme with communities and providers\. The contract will be for up to 1 year with the option to extend for up to a further 12 month subject to funding and satisfactory performance\. Knowsley MBC has an approximate budget of £62,000 to fund this project\. For a full specification for this opportunity, please register you interest\. PLEASE NOTE: This request for quotation will be marked on 60% Quality and 40% Price\. Suppliers are advised to clarify any points of doubt or difficulty relating to the documentation before submitting their response\. Any queries should be submitted through the question and answer function via The Chest \(Pro-Contract\) e-tendering system\. Please refer to previously asked questions before asking a question as duplicate questions will not be answered\. Both questions and answers will either be made public on The Chest or responded to directly to the originator depending on the content\. It is your responsibility to ensure that the completed submission is uploaded successfully on The Chest by the deadline specified below: Deadline for Questions in relation to this RFQ: Tuesday 19th April 2016 at 5:00pm Deadline for Submission of this RFQ: Friday 22nd April 2016 at 9:30am Bidders are advised that the deadline set out above is absolute\. You are advised to upload your submission well in advance of the deadline to avoid any technical issues that might arise causing you to fail to meet the deadline which would lead to the rejection of your submission\. The Council is conscious that Bidders spend a huge amount of time, effort and expense in putting together a submission and is keen to ensure that no bid is rejected for this reason\. In submitting your quotation you agree to contract on the Council’s own terms and conditions\. Due to the Council’s obligations of fairness and equal treatment to all bidders it cannot accept amendments to its terms and conditions or alternative terms and conditions\. If you seek to amend the Council’s terms and conditions or submit alternative terms and conditions the Council may reject your quotation\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/feee67fb-37e5-4059-9f5d-ca610c78f2ea-100676)