Planning

Hackney Empowering Parent, Empowering Communities (EPEC) Service - Expression of Interest

LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY

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Planning

14 Sep 2023 at 10:52

Planned Procurement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Hackney is planning a procurement process for the Hackney Empowering Parent, Empowering Communities (EPEC) Service. The service aims to establish and maintain a network of Parent Group Leaders providing parenting programmes. The estimated contract value is £119,000 with anticipated contract dates from November 2025 to March 2025, potentially extending to September 2025. The procurement stage is 'planned', and the industry category is 'Social work and related services'. The buying organization is the London Borough of Hackney, located in Hackney, United Kingdom.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in social work services to bid for establishing and managing the Hackney EPEC service. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are suitable to compete. The procurement method is 'tender', and the service delivery locations include postal code E8 1EA and various international locations. Businesses interested in providing parent support services and working collaboratively with local agencies and communities would be well-suited for this tender.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Hackney Empowering Parent, Empowering Communities (EPEC) Service - Expression of Interest

Notice Description

The London Borough of Hackney wishes to procure a suitably qualified provider to establish and maintain an Empowering Parents Empowering Communities (EPEC) Hackney service. The service will recruit and provide accredited training to a network of Parent Group Leaders (volunteers) who will deliver 8 - week EPEC parenting programmes to families with children aged 2 yrs and under. EPEC is innovative. It uses a 'parent to parent' approach to transform the scale and reach of parenting support available to families and communities living in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods; and strengthens the parent-child relationship through positive communication, parental sensitivity, safe care, child-led play, alongside behaviour management tools grounded in social learning theory. It has been proven to reduce barriers associated with stigma for those parents/carers least likely to use conventional parenting services. The Hackney service will work collaboratively with maternity, health visiting services, the CVS, children centres and emerging family hubs to be part of a whole system approach to supporting families with the transition to parenthood. The successful bidder will: establish a Hackney EPEC service manage the recruitment and coordination of accredited training for local parent group leaders organise the programme of Hackney EPEC parenting courses conduct parent outreach and engagement provide supervision and quality assurance network and liaise with multi agency colleagues and services report EPEC activity and impact to multi agency partners South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust hold the intellectual property rights to EPEC and will support the organisation awarded the contract to successfully establish the local EPEC service within Hackney by: delivering the accredited EPEC training to Parent Peer Group Leaders and materials providing supervision - pre group, prep arrangements? supporting training delivery to parents - observation for one hour, sessions 1, 3, 5 and 8, supervision?, and undertaking phone check-ins providing opportunities to reflect and learn on own group leader skills, and any concerns about specific parents embedding safeguarding within the Parent Peer Group Leader training, local training, and group agreement It is anticipated that this service will cost PS119,000 (Yr. 1 PS82,897.50 Yr. 2 PS36,102.50). Estimated contract dates - Start date: 27th November 2025 End date: March 2025. Note: the contract will include a 6 month extension to September 2025 (subject to funding) bringing the cost to a maximum of PS163,000 To be notified when the opportunity is published please register your interest on the London Tender Portal - project reference DN689666 Note that this advert is Without Prejudice to any future procurement opportunities with LB Hackney. This is not a call for competition.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/037ff9ba-dff2-45a3-a4ff-bda6bae65696
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£119,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Sep 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
25 Sep 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
27 Nov 2023 - 31 Mar 2024 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HACKNEY
Postcode
E8 1DY
Post Town
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Hackney
Electoral Ward
Hackney Central
Westminster Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch

Further Information

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