Notice Information
Notice Title
Additional Reception Accommodation for newly arrived UASC
Notice Description
Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest county council in England covering an area of 3,500 square kilometres with a population of approx. 1.6m. KCC spends in excess of PS1 billion annually on works, goods, and services for the benefit of the communities and citizens of Kent. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils. The Council's Services for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (SUASC) has a statutory responsibility for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) under the Children Act 1989 and seeks to develop additional reception accommodation for newly arrived UASC, to provide humanitarian accommodation, assess their needs, including age, and prepare those assessed as under 18 for living in the community. Having identified facilities makes the risk assessment more robust and supports the Governments Prevent Agenda
Lot Information
Lot 1
Service Requirements The services required to fulfill the offer of a Reception Centre is made up of: * Accommodation for UASC males; must be single bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms with some shared facilities i.e., kitchen and dining facilities and shared lounges. * Accommodation for staff such as offices, meeting rooms and communal areas to deliver the independence skills required, various assessments and administrative functions. * Housing support from the landlord including furniture, safety equipment such as CCTV and concierge services. * Support staff/Social Worker support. Ideally, the Reception Centre must be able to flex to an increasing need, potentially by having bedrooms and communal space of a size to fit more than one single male in one room. Physical Accommodation Requirements * A single building or grouped buildings on the same site of between 80-120 units. We will NOT be interested in small properties dispersed across the county. Page 5 to 8 * The building/grouped buildings must have the correct planning permission in place to be able to deliver this service to this specific cohort. * A location within the geographical boundary of the East Kent or South Kent. * Set in a discrete location to have minimal impact on the local community. * Catering facility able to accommodate the number of occupants. * Only male aged 16-17 occupancy. * Minimum capacity of 80 placements, ideally up to 120 placements. * Communal areas are available for socialising, lessons, and briefings. * Low maintenance costs. * Easy to repair given propensity for damage. * Space for office accommodation for the SUASC Operational Team (22 staff).
Renewal: The contract renewal will be for a further period of 48 months, based on four annual extensions (i.e. 12 months, plus 12 months, plus 12 months, plus 12 months). The renewal of the service will be subject to a review of KCC's requirements at the end of the contract, which may necessitate an increase or reduction in capacity.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-039698
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032244-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £8,000,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Oct 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 May 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Apr 2023Expired
- Award Date
- 3 Aug 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2023 - 31 Oct 2027 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Alan Luke, Ms Orla Miller
- Contact Email
- alan.luke@kent.gov.uk, orla.miller@kent.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3000412315, +44 3000412878
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MAIDSTONE
- Postcode
- ME14 1XQ
- Post Town
- Rochester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ45 Mid Kent
- Delivery Location
- TLJ44 East Kent, TLJ45 Mid Kent
-
- Local Authority
- Maidstone
- Electoral Ward
- Penenden Heath
- Westminster Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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