Notice Information
Notice Title
Independent Persons Service for City of York Council Children's Social Care Complaints Procedure
Notice Description
The Council is seeking to award a contract to an agency (The Supplier) that will be able to provide people to oversee complaint investigations and, on some occasions, lead investigations into complaints made about any aspect of Children's Social Care Services and potentially on occasion in Adult or Corporate Services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
City of York Council requires an agency (The Supplier) that will be able to provide people to oversee complaint investigations and, on some occasions, lead investigations into complaints made about any aspect of Children's Social Care Services and potentially on occasion in Adult or Corporate Services. The Supplier must recruit and supervise a sufficient number of suitably qualified and experienced staff to work on a flexible basis as and when required. The Supplier must ensure the process of the investigation is independent, comprehensive, transparent and fair and is delivered in accordance with the Government guidance 'Getting the Best from Complaints'. Where required the Supplier will need to interview the complainant and relevant members of staff, review policy, procedure, government legislation using virtual/remote channels and only in person where there is a specific need that has been discussed and agreed with us/the council/the team and case notes and produce a report in an agreed format and within the appropriate timescales to comply with legislation and good practice. The reports will need to detail how they investigated the complaint the conclusions they reached and any recommendations for resolving the complaint, whilst having due regard to issues such as data protection, duty of care to vulnerable customers and be written in a style appropriate to the individual customers. Additional information: Interested parties can download the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and Tender documents directly from https://yortender.eu-supply.com using the Yortender reference: 78783. The procurement documentation should be completed and returned by no later than the deadline specified in IV.3.4. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-040ad4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014234-2024
- 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
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
79720000 - Investigation services
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £250,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 May 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Nov 2023Expired
- 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
- CITY OF YORK COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mark Woolford
- Contact Email
- mark.woolford@york.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- YORK
- Postcode
- YO1 6GA
- Post Town
- York
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE2 North Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE21 York
- Delivery Location
- TLE21 York
-
- Local Authority
- York
- Electoral Ward
- Micklegate
- Westminster Constituency
- York Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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