Tender

Children in Care & Care Leavers Flexible DPS

LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON

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10 Feb 2023 at 18:43

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Sutton is seeking to develop key partner relationships to strengthen accommodation and support services for children in care and care-experienced young people through a Flexible Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) under the Light Touch Regime for Health and Social Care. The DPS procurement method allows for individual placement referrals and mini competitions within Lots. The procurement stage is currently active, with a tender period ending on 9th February 2030 and a contract period starting on 10th February 2030.

This procurement process presents opportunities for SMEs and VCSEs in the social work services sector, with a focus on delivering quality local provision of placements and support services. Suitable businesses looking to compete should have expertise in social work services with accommodation and the capacity to partner with the public sector to improve service quality and sufficiency in caring for vulnerable children and young people.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Children in Care & Care Leavers Flexible DPS

Notice Description

The London Borough of Sutton have developed a commissioning strategy to build and strengthen the Authority's successful accommodation and support offer for children and young people in our care and care-experienced young people. A priority is to ensure good quality, local provision of placements, accommodation and support, informed by our children and young people, which offers choice and makes best use of available resources. The Authority is seeking to develop key trusted partner relationships to address market challenges. We will introduce a differentiated provider relationship model to enable and incentivise targeted investment of resources and partnership working with key trusted providers to support continued improvement of placement quality and sufficiency. The Authority is setting up a Flexible DPS for the delivery of Children in Care and Care Leavers services which will be commissioned in accordance with Regulation 74 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime for Health and Social Care) which provide that Contracting Authorities can deviate from the standard procurement procedures and design their own procedures (according to their own needs). The DPS is Lot based and will provide successful suppliers with opportunities for individual placement referrals throughout the term of the DPS. There will also be opportunities to tender for contracts for Directly Commissioned Services by way of mini competitions inviting successful Suppliers within the Lots to which the opportunity applies.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-8b193545-4015-4efd-8051-cab8e321ef82
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cd34beba-b9a9-4a26-8f14-fbcccc43f2ac
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Feb 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
9 Feb 20304 years to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
10 Feb 2030 - 11 Feb 2030 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
LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SUTTON
Postcode
SM1 1EA
Post Town
Sutton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI6 Outer London - South
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Sutton
Electoral Ward
Sutton Central
Westminster Constituency
Sutton and Cheam

Further Information

Notice Documents

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