# IA2493 Communicator Guide Service

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Staffordshire County Council](/buyers/staffordshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £1,000,000
- Published: 11 April 2022
- Planned start: 1 September 2022
- Planned end: 31 August 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 895cf553-8ce0-44f8-a4bf-2af3a5de375d-527433
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ca7d845e-39b9-4d57-93fb-a8aa93314b5b

## Description

This Service Specification is for the provision of a Communicator Guide Service to be delivered across Staffordshire, excluding Stoke on Trent\. Communicator Guides will offer support to Eligible Adults \(aged 18 and above\) with Sensory Needs who may have been born with sight loss or have been Deaf since birth or early childhood and subsequently acquired a Dual Sensory Loss or have acquired a Dual Sensory Loss later in life\. The incidence of Dual Sensory Loss is greatest in older people who have acquired both sight loss and hearing Loss \(1 in 20 of Deafblind people with Dual Sensory Loss are aged 70 and older\)\. Communicator Guides will also support Deaf people where they have complex needs around access to information, communication, language and accessing the wider community\.

## Related contract awards

- [Secondment of Waterman Aspen Staff under the MHA Framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e5e232b1-4730-4401-bec6-e211c4f440f1): Staffordshire County Council
- [Tarmac Call Offs](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a27c7014-b4be-433c-be30-d4cc3047792a): Staffordshire County Council
- [IA3213 Staffordshire Children and Young People's Flexible Framework Contract Awards](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5edb3b34-46d6-472d-a2ad-5ff332b6a605): Staffordshire County Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/895cf553-8ce0-44f8-a4bf-2af3a5de375d-527433)