Notice Information
Notice Title
FOSTERLINE CONTRACT for England
Notice Description
Please note: Because the DfE has issued a revised evaluation template, (Annex F of the ITT) the deadline for bidders to respond has been extended by two additional working days to 31st March 2016. Deliver Fosterline, a national helpline to support fostering in England. To support the recruitment of foster carers it is intended that Fosterline should: * Provide advice and information about how to apply to be a foster carer, and should be marketed in such a way that a wide range of people with the potential to foster (including currently under-represented groups) are aware about how to contact Fosterline for advice about making an application; and * Support the retention of foster carers, and aid foster carers to provide care that meets their foster children's needs, by providing accurate, appropriate and sensitive advice and information to foster carers. Fosterline is an impartial source of up to date and accurate information and advice for prospective and existing foster carers on issues such as how to become a foster carer, allegations of abuse, benefits, training, breakdown of placements, matters relating to the legal position of carers and any other issues about fostering that users raise. Additional information: Procurement of this service will be by competition and service delivery contracts will be awarded for up to two years 01 May 2016- 30 April 2018. The Department reserves the right, subject to the satisfactory performance of the successful contractor, budget availability and policy intent, to extend the contract for further periods of one (1) month or multiples thereof up to a maximum of twenty four (24) months. Questions relating to this tender, the specifications and the guidance should be sent to Fosterlinetender.enquiries@education.gsi.gov.uk. The deadline for final questions is 17:00 on 21 March 2016. Any questions received after that time and date will not be answered. Replies to questions will be posted on Contracts Finder. A supplier event will be held by telephone on 21 March 2016 at 12.00 noon until 13.00pm to answer outstanding questions about the tender process. At any time during that time telephone UK Freefone number 0800 917 1956 and, when instructed, input the participant passcode 53696655 then #.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-64cd05d8-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dfc160d1-4b9e-4f60-bcdb-3a9de50363a1
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £462,108 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 May 20187 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Mar 2016Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Apr 20169 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 May 2016 - 31 Oct 2018 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON,
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dfc160d1-4b9e-4f60-bcdb-3a9de50363a1
30th May 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a7a50183-ccfa-488c-b1f9-9006a36db6aa
5th March 2016 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/47ae8478-7e00-40a6-aece-6a017683756b
Invitation to tender letter (revised) 17.3.2016 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/931382b2-c43a-4911-abbd-fee3879ab63c
Question and Answer document updated 18.3.16 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e40b4515-89e6-47d1-809d-3a3a5b803650
Extension to deadline for receipt of tenders -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4b08b654-5483-433c-ae78-219b3e971f06
Question and Answer document updated 22.3.16 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/116439d6-41d1-4892-a737-da9c497db1bb
Invitation to tender letter (revised) 17.3.2016 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6ba79a08-05a7-4372-aa47-5d83ae18491b
Question and Answer document updated 18.3.16 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/39b2f79a-95fb-4a52-a7d3-e30a9b62c795
Extension to deadline for receipt of tenders -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8f02acbd-777e-4ada-a9cc-1314e1223872
Question and Answer document updated 22.3.16 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8ee2b4ff-b9fd-4125-a580-a384bdcd22c1
Invitation to tender letter (revised) 17.3.2016 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/56017278-1adf-494c-a7b4-d7ae67ab0b6e
Question and Answer document updated 18.3.16 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1d2c0643-658c-4b91-ad78-992d4ed4bafe
Extension to deadline for receipt of tenders -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9a8952f6-9174-4294-bce3-b9d1d5dfda4e
Question and Answer document updated 22.3.16
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