Notice Information
Notice Title
P0704a - Therapeutic interventions for children adopted from care and their adoptive families and for children on special guardianship orders where they have previously been looked after - DPS
Notice Description
Birmingham Children's Trust (BCT) (the Trust) is responsible for discharging the statutory Social Care duties of Birmingham City Council towards its Children, Young People and Families, among them the duty to provide an Adoption Service. In 2015 the Department for Education introduced the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) for eligible Adopters and Special Guardianship (SGOs) families across England. This fund is designed to offer families specialist therapeutic support following adoption. The purpose of this specification is to ensure quality provision for eligible Adopters and Special Guardianship (SGOs) families across England. This service provision is designed to offer families specialist therapeutic support following adoption in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and their families in line with statutory legislation and guidance. This requirement has emanated from the Government's initiative to provide an Adoption Support Fund to Local Authorities and Children's Trusts to support adoptive families. BCT is seeking to commission a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for organisation(s) to provide Therapeutic Interventions for children adopted from care and their adoptive families in response to funding available through the Adoption Support Fund (ASF). The DPS will be established on the following categories of therapeutic services: - Category 1 - Therapeutic/Attachment Focused Parenting Support - Category 2 - Therapeutic Life Story Work - Category 3 - Psychotherapy - Category 4 - Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) - Category 5 - Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy - Category 6 - Solution Focussed BRIEF Therapy - Category 7 - Sensory Integration Processing Therapy/Therapeutic Listening Programme/ Sensory Integration Attachment Therapy - Category 8 - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for the Child - Category 9 - Systemic / Multi Systemic Family Therapy - Category 10 - Video Interaction Guidance - Category 11 - Dialectical therapy (branch of CBT) - Category 12 - Reducing Anxiety Management Plan (RAMP) - Category 13 - Neuro Integration System Therapy (NIS) - Category 14 - Lego Therapy - Category 15 - Dance Movement Therapy - Category 16 - Group Programmes - Category 17 - Educational Psychotherapy - Category 18 - Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) - Category 19 - Creative Therapy - Category 20 - Theraplay - Category 21 - Mindful Yoga - Category 22 - Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) - Category 23 - Training for Adoptive Parents (eg. Secure Base / SafeBase Parenting Programme) - Category 24 - Play Therapy - Category 25 - Therapeutic support for sexualised behaviour/ sexually harmful behaviour - Category 26 - Specialist Assessment - Category 27 - Filial Therapy - Category 28 - Further or more complex assessme... Additional information: If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal. Delivery Notes Birmingham Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e24cec78-0393-4b0a-a46f-2399c78a52a1
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8dfb17b0-0ab6-401d-aad9-f54c1e2fa938
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
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- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
85142100 - Physiotherapy services
85300000 - Social work and related services
85310000 - Social work services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Nov 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Jun 20265 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jul 2026 - 2 Jul 2026 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
- BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Carol Woodfield
- Contact Email
- carol.woodfield@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- 0121 303 2913
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WEST MIDLANDS
- Postcode
- B4 7DJ
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Newtown
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8dfb17b0-0ab6-401d-aad9-f54c1e2fa938
19th November 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/aspx/
Additional information on how to apply for this contract
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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