# GB-Bedford: BBC585764 Local Area Coordinators

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Bedford Borough Council](/buyers/bedford-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity
- Award value: £293,958
- Tender value: £293,957
- Award date: 16 March 2017
- Published: 30 March 2017
- Contract start: 1 April 2017
- Contract end: 31 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8d59edb6-b527-4a3b-a666-cf45ff5aa1d7-138737
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e746f6b3-1980-4b65-a629-812de28b3b78

## Description

Bedford Borough Council \('the Council'\) is seeking to commission a provider to introduce Local Area Coordination within Bedford Borough\. Specifically the Council requires the successful bidder to recruit three \(3\) Local Area Coordinators to be catalysts for development of community capacity and "Self-Help" groups\. They will foster the creation of, and sign post people to, alternatives that can prevent entry to the care system\. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises \(SMEs\)\. However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8d59edb6-b527-4a3b-a666-cf45ff5aa1d7-138737)