Planning

Belfast Area Outcome Group Early Intervention Family Support Services

PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE, SOCIAL CARE PROCUREMENT UNIT ON BEHALF OF THE BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST

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Planning

28 Jul 2021 at 08:54

Summary of the contracting process

The Belfast Area Outcome Group is in the planning stage of a procurement process for Early Intervention Family Support Services, with an estimated open date for tenders in September 2021. This initiative seeks to commission services that align with the geographies of four Locality Planning Groups in Belfast, targeting children, young people, and families who need support. Interested providers must express their interest via email by 11 August 2021. The contracting authority is the Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) within the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, and the procurement process is categorised under health and social work services.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in early intervention services, family support, and social work. Entities offering mentoring, home visiting, or play services for children with disabilities, particularly those focusing on enhancing resilience within families and children, would be well-suited to compete. With the procurement process governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 under the Light Touch Regime, the forthcoming tender represents a valuable opportunity for providers to contribute to essential community services in Belfast.

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Notice Title

Belfast Area Outcome Group Early Intervention Family Support Services

Notice Description

The BAOG intent is to commission services aligned to the geographies of the 4 Belfast Locality Planning Groups. It is envisaged that all services will be accessed via the family support hub network in Belfast.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This Prior Information Notice has been published by the Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS), Business Services Organisation (BSO) on behalf of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (herein referred to as the Trust) and is intended to inform the market that the Trust has been asked to coordinate a procurement process to facilitate the delivery of a range of appropriate early intervention family support services on behalf of the Belfast Area Outcomes Group (BAOG). The BAOG intent is to commission services aligned to the geographies of the 4 Belfast Locality Planning Groups. It is envisaged that all services will be accessed via the family support hub network in Belfast. All services will be expected to address the needs of children, young people and families at Hardiker tier 2, who reside within the BAOG area, in line with the priority areas below. -Priority Area 1: Child focused interventions. To engage with school age children, who face barriers in terms of achieving the best outcomes, with a focus on improving resilience. -Priority Area 2: Family focused interventions. To engage with families with school age children who face barriers in terms of achieving the best outcomes, with a focus on improving resilience within those families. It is envisaged that the following family support services may be used - Mentoring Service; Home visiting Service; Play Service for Children with Disability; Mentoring Service for Young People with a Disability. Interested providers are required to register their interest by emailing PaLSSocialcare.Sourcing@hscni.net by 3pm Wednesday 11 August 2021 providing the following information: 1) Organisation name; 2) Brief description of the services you provide; 3) Your web address. Note: A Prior Information Notice (PIN) was previously dispatched on 4 June 2019 (2019/S 109-266661) Any providers who expressed interest to this previous PIN need not express interest to this new PIN since they will be included in this market awareness The purpose of this market awareness is to gauge the level of interest in the provision of such services, provide information / update on the procurement plan and envisaged timelines in advance of any formal tender process. Market awareness will be conducted in a transparent and equitable manner and given the current situation it is likely that it will take the form of a paper based approach- all interested providers will be included. Note - The decision on Lots and the Lot structure has not been finalised Note: The tender is likely to be advertised in the September 2021. Any tender opportunity will be advertised on eTendersNI website, interested providers must be registered on the eTendersNI portal in advance of any Tender being advertised. This is not a call for tender and any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in a tendering exercise. Failure to show interest does not restrict providers from participating in any tendering exercise. This Tender is governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and The Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2016. The service being tendered is classified as a 'Social and other specific service' therefore the Light Touch Regime (regulations 74-77) applies. Additional information: The estimated total value as per Section 11.1.5 of this procurement is unknown; a 1 GBP is being used as a nominal figure.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cd5e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017904-2021
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning 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

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Jul 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Aug 2021Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE, SOCIAL CARE PROCUREMENT UNIT ON BEHALF OF THE BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
palssocialcare.sourcing@hscni.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
ARMAGH
Postcode
BT61 7PR
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN07 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Delivery Location
TLN06 Belfast

Local Authority
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Electoral Ward
Cathedral
Westminster Constituency
Newry and Armagh

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