Gloucestershire Suicide Bereavement Support Service (ME)

The Council wishes to engage with potential providers to ascertain market interest in providing a service to support those bereaved by suicide (hereafter known as the Suicide Bereavement Service). Feedback is also invited on the proposed service model/requirements. Potential tenderers are requested to complete the questionnaire either directly by using the attached link (https://forms.office.com) or downloading the word document, complete and upload back via the portal.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1.1. Please read this document carefully, and if you feel that your organisation can contribute to this Soft Market Engagement, please complete the questionnaire which is attached at the end of this document.

1.2. Depending on the number of responses to the questionnaire received, the council may reach out to potential interested organisations for follow up discussions. This will be at the discretion of the council and interested organisations are not mandated to respond. If you have any queries regarding the soft market questionnaire, please email: Emily.Brown2@gloucestershire.gov.uk

1.3. Please complete the questionnaire by 5pm on Friday 20th June 2025. There is a link to an online MS Form to collect your responses (see Questionnaire section for link), or for those not able to access the MS Form, the questionnaire can be completed and returned via ProContract by the same deadline.

1.4. Please do not include personal data in your return, i.e., accounts of individuals you have provided services to. Responses must be limited to questions asked.

1.5. For the avoidance of doubt, please note that this has been issued by the Council purely for information seeking purposes of a soft market engagement and will not formally begin any procurement or constitute any commitment by the Council to undertake any procurement exercise.

1.6. Interested parties should note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an invitation to tender for any services which the Council may advertise, nor that the Council will procure any such services or accept any proposals offered. Conversely, not participating in the soft market testing exercise will not exclude any party from any involvement in any procurement process.