Tender

Children Looked After Sufficiency and Fostering Residential

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL

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Tender

04 Nov 2024 at 12:41

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Leeds City Council is conducting a procurement process titled "Children Looked After Sufficiency and Fostering Residential," focusing on the social work and related services industry. The Council seeks to address challenges in providing appropriate placement types for Children Looked After, including fostering and residential care. The procurement is at the tender stage, with a market sounding exercise to gather information, scheduled to end on 29th November 2024. An interested provider event is set for 11th November 2024 via Microsoft Teams. This procurement covers regions including the British Overseas Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, Isle of Man, the rest of the world, and the United Kingdom.

This opportunity can enable businesses specialising in children's fostering and residential care to expand their service offerings and work with Leeds City Council. SMEs and VCSEs with relevant experience and expertise are particularly encouraged to participate, as the Council is exploring future contractual arrangements for comprehensive children’s care provisions. The procurement method details are not specified, but businesses can contribute feedback on the proposed approach through a provided questionnaire, lending insights that may influence the final procurement strategy.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Children Looked After Sufficiency and Fostering Residential

Notice Description

Leeds City Council along with its partners, is seeking to address significant challenges in the increasing numbers of Children Looked After; increasing challenges on ensuring the correct and appropriate mix of placement types (internal fostering, Independent Fostering Agencies, internal residential accommodation, external residential accommodation etc.); increasing cost of and scarcity of external residential accommodation and at times challenging outcomes for our children. As part of the Leeds Sufficiency Strategy, we are exploring potential procurement options for future contractual arrangements with suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver provision for children looked after, specifically: - Childrens fostering provision - Childrens residential provision - Wraparound placement support To support this, we would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise. You are therefore invited to consider the programme requirements detailed in this document, and complete the attached questionnaire to give us your feedback on the proposed approach. * Please note the contract start and end dates do not apply as this is a market sounding exercise. INTERESTED PROVIDER EVENT - VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS Any information from these events will be published on Yortender for any person who cannot attend the events. 11th November 2024 - 12:30 - 13:00 - see Market Sounding documentation for the Teams link details.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1bd43d2e-3019-44e8-8491-0ef72f2560cf
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not applicable
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85300000 - Social work and related services

85310000 - Social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Nov 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
29 Nov 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Nov 2024 - 1 Dec 2024 30 days
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LEEDS CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS1 1UR
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

Further Information

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