Planning

0 - 5 Home Support Service This is not a call for Competition- Market Testing Questionnaire

DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

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Planning

12 Sep 2024 at 13:51

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "0 - 5 Home Support Service - Market Testing Questionnaire" for social work and related services in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. This initiative, which aims to support families with children under 5 years of age, is part of a soft market testing exercise intended to inform future commissioning arrangements and procurement. The market engagement phase concludes on 12 December 2024, with responses to the provided questionnaire due by 30 September 2024. This is not a formal call for competition but an opportunity to gather insights and refine the service specification.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in social work and volunteer-based family support services. Companies that offer training and volunteer management, particularly those experienced in delivering tailored family support packages, will find this engagement beneficial. Participation in this market testing can provide valuable insights into upcoming procurement processes, allowing businesses to align their services with the council's requirements and ultimately enhance their competitiveness in future tenders.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

0 - 5 Home Support Service This is not a call for Competition- Market Testing Questionnaire

Notice Description

The overarching aim of the service is to support families with at least one child under 5 to enable children to have the best start in life. The service currently recruits and trains volunteers, who are typically parents themselves, to support families in need of extra help. Packages of support are tailored to meet the needs of each family individually and volunteers are 'matched' with their families to ensure they receive the right support. Typically, each volunteer will provide regular weekly sessions of up to 2 hours per session. Volunteers stay with the family for an agreed amount of time which is on some occasions up to a year in length. This is to ensure agreed outcomes are achieved. This questionnaire is part of a soft market testing exercise to inform potential commissioning arrangements and procurement of a 0 - 5 home support service in the borough. Responses from this questionnaire will be considered in the redesign of the service and the refinement of the service specification as well as the terms and conditions of the contract. We are seeking written responses to the questions set out in the questionnaire below. Whilst there is no obligation to answer all questions, and all answers are for information purposes only, we would encourage your cooperation to respond to as many of the questions as possible. The deadline for the submission of your completed questionnaires is Monday 30th September 2024. Following the receipt of completed questionnaires, the Council may seek to follow up and to invite you to participate in virtual discussion. The information gathered from this exercise will help shape future proposals including any potential tendering process and associated service specification. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the pre-procurement market engagement process shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the pre-procurement process shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the pre-procurement market engagement procurement process will be at each supplier's own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by the Council. This is not a call for competition. Additional information: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountryportal/aspx/Home Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-48200572-082a-48e7-a56f-d09cbf76b0ee
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/932fea4b-5f81-44ef-9a6d-cc5cf746da07
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85300000 - Social work and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£57,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Sep 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
12 Dec 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WEST MIDLANDS
Postcode
DY1 1HF
Post Town
Dudley
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG36 Dudley
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Dudley
Electoral Ward
St. James's
Westminster Constituency
Dudley

Further Information

Notice Documents

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