Planning

Regional Support to Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

FLINTSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

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Planning

03 Mar 2022 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

Flintshire County Council is planning to initiate a tender for "Regional Support to Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children" aimed at providing care for young individuals aged 16 to 18 years in North Wales. The procurement is in the planning stage, with written expressions of interest due by 25 March 2022. This initiative seeks to assess the market's interest in implementing models of care necessary for the supported transitions of these vulnerable groups. Interested organisations are encouraged to express their interest via email to the Council’s commissioning team, with subsequent engagement expected leading up to a formal invitation to tender.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses focused on social care, particularly those with experience working with children and young people from vulnerable backgrounds. Service providers with expertise in trauma-informed care, innovative support models, and community-based transitions are well-suited to compete. The initiative aims to foster collaborative proposals from various service providers, including social enterprises, which could lead to long-term contracts and growth within the sector, ultimately contributing to the welfare of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the region.

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Notice Title

Regional Support to Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

Notice Description

The purpose of this notice is to assess market interest in working with Flintshire County Council and the North Wales region as a whole to provide targeted at models of care that can meet the needs of children and young people whom are between the ages of 16yrs - 18yrs, whose care and support plan is for a supported transition onto another model of care in the short or medium term. Any organisations who wish to express an interest in contracting to provide such services should: 1) submit a written expression of interest via the contact details at the end of this notice. The Council(s) will then keep organisations informed, engage them in dialogue and issue a formal invitation to tender in due course.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Flintshire County Council and the North Wales region are seeking to commission A 'supported transition' model of advice, guidance and support for the specific group of children and young people and will include: 1) A movement or change from one stage of a placement to another stage, or one type of placement to another type of placement, to deliver long term care and support planning achieving good outcomes for the child. The transition should be supported by the provider through the stages of initial care and support, planning, preparation, introductions, move, stabilising period post-move, reducing contact and positive endings. 2) The supported transition in this instance will always be for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and Young People (hereafter UASC) in Wales. These children and young people may have arrived in Wales either spontaneously or under the National Transfer Scheme (hereafter NTS) plus relevant legislation and guidance. 3) Transition may be onto a range of alternative arrangements but primarily onto living independently in the community. The provider must be able to offer the accommodation provision and support the transition arrangement for a defined period as agreed with the commissioning authority/authorities. 4) Transitions can be an especially unsettling time for children and young people who have experienced trauma, attachment difficulties and multiple moves. A skilled and resilient staff group working to a clear model of care will be required to effectively meet their wellbeing needs. A 'model of care' for the purposes of this specification is defined as: 1) A blueprint or framework to guide the practice of staff, with a particular focus on how to create and sustain change/impact. Ideally, these models deploy proven techniques that are based on either a theory of behaviour or why problems arise and/or evidence of 'what works'. These models help to ensure that people with similar types of need are supported in similar and joined-up ways, i.e. practice is replicable and transferable. 2) Transitions for UASC are likely to have a range of complicating factors that are specific to their status. Providers should focus on mitigating risk attached to these factors and tailor transitional support packages and / or outreach arrangements to meet individual needs. 3) For the initial set up of this service in Flintshire the provider will be expected to offer 24hr support for a period of 4 weeks, with the view for this to reduce to floating support thereafter. It is expected within the 24hr support that a sleep in is provided. As part of this process, we would welcome expressions of interest from current providers and third sector providers of care and support services who believe they have the experience and can demonstrate innovative practice or believe they have creative ideas to new models of provision.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-kuma6s-119229
Publication Source
Sell2Wales
Latest Notice
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=119229
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F1 - Prior Information 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

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
3 Mar 20224 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
2 May 2022Expired
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
FLINTSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
FLINTSHIRE
Postcode
CH5 3FF
Post Town
Chester
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL3 North Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL34 Flintshire and Wrexham
Delivery Location
TLL23 Flintshire and Wrexham

Local Authority
Flintshire
Electoral Ward
Hawarden: Ewloe
Westminster Constituency
Alyn and Deeside

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR390376
    Regional Support to Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children - The purpose of this notice is to assess market interest in working with Flintshire County Council and the North Wales region as a whole to provide targeted at models of care that can meet the needs of children and young people whom are between the ages of 16yrs - 18yrs, whose care and support plan is for a supported transition onto another model of care in the short or medium term. Any organisations who wish to express an interest in contracting to provide such services should: 1) submit a written expression of interest via the contact details at the end of this notice. The Council(s) will then keep organisations informed, engage them in dialogue and issue a formal invitation to tender in due course.

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