Notice Information
Notice Title
Semi-indep Living
Notice Description
Procurement for Semi-independent Living and Supported Accommodation Services for Looked after Children and Care Leavers Aged 16-24 Brighter Futures for Children (BFfC) is a not-for-profit private limited company that is wholly owned by Reading Borough Council. BFfC was established in December 2018 and has a single purpose which is to provide the best possible services to children, young people and families in Reading. BFfC has the statutory responsibility, on behalf of the council, for the delivery of children's social care, education, Youth Offending, Special Educational needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Early Help (both interventions and prevention).The BFfC Board has overall responsibility for overseeing how the organisation is run and providing advice on its future direction and strategy. There are seven members on the board including a Chair, Managing Director, Executive Directors and Expert Non-Executive Directors.Brighter Futures for Children currently uses a framework of
Lot Information
Lot 1 - Shared house for 18 plus UASC and some other 18 plus, 2 hours keywork
Shared homes for 18 plus UASC and occasionally other 18 plus young people:Group living with shared communal facilities for young people with a daily staff welfare check, contactable staff and 2 hours per week keywork support per person.
Lot 2 - High support 24/7 staffed, 16-17 year olds, occasionally 18 plus, 5 hours p.w 121 keyworkService offering a group living communal environment with staff on site to deliver programmes of support, dependant on individual needs, to enable young people to progress towards living in their own accommodation.
Lot 3 - Self contained flats with floating support, 5 hours per week, for 18 plusCommunity based accommodation services with floating resettlement support, sourced within the private rental market and supported by one to one staffing of varying levels, to achieve the aim of the young person moving to independence
Lot 4 - Supported lodgings for 16, 17 and 18 plus up to 21 who "Stay PutService offering accommodation with various levels of support from a Host Family
Lot 5 - 24/7 staffed 16-17 old, UASCService offering a group living communal environment with staff on site to deliver programmes of support, dependant on individual needs, to enable young people to progress towards living in their own accommodation.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-036b2e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026765-2022
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- 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
- £10,510,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £8,710,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Sep 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 May 20272 years to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR CHILDREN
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- corporate.procurement@reading.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- RG1 2LU
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- TLJ11 Berkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Reading
- Electoral Ward
- Abbey
- Westminster Constituency
- Reading Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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