{"id":48235,"date":"2014-10-01T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a1139c1e4d12fcfe97893a9620da0c64"},"modified":"2014-10-01T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T15:57:07","slug":"news-story-tender-for-mediation-services-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=48235","title":{"rendered":"News story: Tender for mediation services opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The tender for new organisations wishing to deliver family mediation from February 2015 opened on 1 October 2014. <\/p>\n<p>The deadline for tender responses is noon on 31 October 2014.  <\/p>\n<p>Further information is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/360062\/ifa-mediation-services.pdf\">\u2018Information For Applicants (IFA)\u2019 document<\/a> that governs this tender process.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"information-for-existing-laa-mediation-providers\">Information for existing LAA mediation providers<\/h3>\n<p>Existing mediation providers who already hold a 2010 Standard Civil Contract to deliver mediation services don\u2019t need to respond to this invitation.  <\/p>\n<p>However, there is a separate process for existing mediation providers wishing to open additional outreach locations. Applications for this must be received by noon on 31 October 2014.  <\/p>\n<p>Further information on the process, including how to apply, is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/360063\/existing-provider-additional-outreach-pro-forma.xlsx\">\u2018existing provider additional outreach pro forma\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-bid-for-a-contract-and-your-questions\">How to bid for a contract and your questions?<\/h3>\n<p>Responses to the family mediation tender must be made online through the eTendering system.  <\/p>\n<p>A helpline (tel: 0800 368 4850) and email address <a href=\"mailto:help@bravosolution.co.uk\">help@bravosolution.co.uk<\/a> is available if you are having any technical problems using the eTendering system.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the tender or the content of the IFA, please raise these through the eTendering system before noon on 16 October 2014.<\/p>\n<p>We will collate and publish answers to questions of wider interest in a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document on 23 October 2014.    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tender for new organisations wishing to deliver family mediation from February 2015 opened on 1 October 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}