FOI/202400444622 · FOI · unclear
Social Security Scotland contract for advocacy services provided by VoiceAbility: FOI release
Information requested
The following information regarding the contract that Social Security Scotland have with Voiceability:
1. When did the current contract between Social Security Scotland and Voiceability begin? 2. What is the monetary value of that contract? 3. When is the contract between Social Security Scotland and Voiceability due for renewal or will it go out to tender?
Response
The contract for the advocacy services provided by VoiceAbility is held between VoiceAbility and the Scottish Government, rather than between VoiceAbility and Social Security Scotland. The answers reflect this.
1. Details regarding the commencement and end date of this contract can be found within the public contracts register: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Contracts/Contracts_View.aspx?id=671268
2. Details of the value of this contract were shared in the announcement from 31 January 2022: https://www.gov.scot/news/new-independent-advocacy-service-opens-1/
3. The current contract will run until 30 January 2026. The procurement process for a new advocacy contract will commence in 2025 when it will go out to tender.
Most of the information you have requested is available from: the Public Contracts Register for Scotland <https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Contracts/Contracts_View.aspx?id=671268>; and from the Scottish Government website <https://www.gov.scot/news/new-independent-advocacyservice-opens-1/>. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.
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