五洲招标网

Published date: 5 February 2025

Contract summary

Industry

Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

CB2 1BY

Value of contract

£200,000 to £250,000

Procurement reference

CAMBDC001-DN762264-08686246

Published date

5 February 2025

Closing date

3 March 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

As a service you must provide specialist advice, information, and support as required to asylum seekers and refugees. This will include the below and full details are provided within the specification:
• Specialist advice, information, and support to asylum seekers and refugees
• Act as a point of contact for community groups, charities, and other agencies for the latest information and issues facing asylum seekers and refugees
• Advocate for the rights of asylum seekers and refugees
• Host and engage with relevant networking opportunities and events
• Organise and promote cultural activities within the city
• Have an office space in Cambridge city that clients can attend in-person
• Provide interpreting services as required for one-to-one work clients as well as any promotional materials
• Offer OISC-accredited immigration advice and support with immigration applications, such as assisting with Home Office applications
• Hold local knowledge on the challenges and opportunities facing residents in Cambridge - working to overcome challenges and seize opportunities.
• Understand and work to tackle institutional discrimination through promoting anti-racist practice
• Awareness of the impacts of crime and how to support victims of crime, such as domestic abuse, hate crime, and modern slavery
• Budgeting and financial advice, including welfare benefits
• Employability rights and volunteering opportunities
• Housing options and advice
• Household support, such as furniture, food, and energy poverty
• Hold an exemplary reputation in the community with the ability to allay any misinformation or community tension, having the ability to bring community groups together safely to resolve disputes and promote cohesion
• Health awareness
• Trauma-informed approach to wellbeing services
• Awareness of ESOL opportunities

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How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Bail

Address

Cambridge City Council
Guildhall
Cambridge
CB2 3QJ
United Kingdom

Email

sarah.bail@cambridge.gov.uk

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