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Heartland Services to Rural and Isolated Community Locations (21 Locations)

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Tender Closed
RFx ID : 27758409
Tender Name : Heartland Services to Rural and Isolated Community Locations (21 Locations)
Reference # : 27746305
Open Date : Tuesday, 8 August 2023 11:00 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Close Date  : Tuesday, 12 September 2023 4:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Department/Business Unit : Partnering for Outcomes
Tender Type : Request for Proposals (RFP)
Tender Coverage : Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :
  • 83120000 - Information services
  • 93140000 - Community and social services
  • 94130000 - Civic organizations and associations and movements
Regions:
  • New Zealand
Exemption Reason : None
Required Pre-qualifications : None
Contact : Social Services Procurement Team, MSD
Alternate Physical Delivery Address  :
Alternate Physical Fax Number  :
Overview

Request for Proposal (RFP) is for 21 rural and isolated communities across New Zealand. The term of the service agreement will be from 01 July 2024 to 30 June 2028.

Heartlands was established in 2001 to support whānau residing in rural and isolated communities across Aotearoa to access Government and community advice, support, and services, as well as access to technology. Heartlands is free of charge to anyone in the community and the service is to provide equitable access to government and non-government services.

Heartlands service includes:
• co-ordinating and referring whānau to government and non-government agencies and services, depending on whānau need.
• maintaining a link between government, local councils and communities to strengthen the co-ordination of local services.
• providing physical spaces for people and agencies to meet with one another.

MSD is wanting to extend Heartlands in new locations across New Zealand and is seeking community providers located in the following locations to deliver Heartlands:
• Helensville • Akaroa • Waipukurau • Chatham Islands • Wānaka • Tararua • Balclutha • Coromandel (town centre) • Kawerau • Murupara • Franklin District • Ōpōtiki • Te Anau • Tākaka • Fairlie • Gore • Westport • Hokitika • Kaikōura • Twizel • Waimate

Heartlands Timeframes
• Respondent RFP Questions and Answer Session 17 August 2023
• Release Heartlands RFP on GETs Tuesday 08 August 2023
• Deadline for Questions 05 September 2023
• RFP Closes on GETs Tuesday 12 September 2023
• Contract commencement 01 July 2024

** Further information regarding the tender can be found in the attached documents, found in the Attachments area of this site **

To register for the RFP Questions and Answer Session, please register through this link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5f6a1950-0ebb-4d47-bef3-f85a4286f179@e40c4f52-99bd-4d4f-bf7e-d001a2ca6556 Copy and paste into your browser.