--- title: "Market Testing - Independent Travel Training (ITT)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-30a72e96-9044-4d95-a875-f75c325b4dc9" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-30a72e96-9044-4d95-a875-f75c325b4dc9" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-30a72e96-9044-4d95-a875-f75c325b4dc9.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-30a72e96-9044-4d95-a875-f75c325b4dc9.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN COUNCIL" published: "2022-12-19" --- # Market Testing - Independent Travel Training (ITT) Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-30a72e96-9044-4d95-a875-f75c325b4dc9 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-30a72e96-9044-4d95-a875-f75c325b4dc9) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-30a72e96-9044-4d95-a875-f75c325b4dc9.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Camden Council is conducting a market testing process for Independent Travel Training (ITT) services. The procurement falls under the Education and training services category. The engagement end date is set for 16th January 2023. The ITT aims to empower users to travel independently and reduce dependency on council services. The opportunity is suited for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. The ITT procurement by Camden Council is at the planning stage. The service will mainly benefit children and adults with special educational needs, learning disabilities, and physical disabilities in London. The proposed services include home visits, travel route assessment, and budget planning. Suppliers are encouraged to provide budget information and staffing details for delivering the services. The key objectives include achieving positive outcomes for users and increasing awareness across education, health, and social care providers in Camden. ## Notice Camden Council is looking to deliver ITT for Adults (aged 18+) and children and young people (aged 5 to 18 years) with special educational needs and children who have physical and learning disability, with a view to deciding whether and how to recommission this provision. What is ITT? Independent Travel Training is to train service users who currently rely on transport service to become independent and able to travel to school and other destination on their own. In Camden we wish to encourage users of Camden Accessible Travel Solutions transport service and other services within Camden to feel empowered to manage their own travel arrangements. What are the benefits of ITT? Main purpose is to support our users to become more independent and learn life skills. This will also benefit them in other aspects of their life where they will be able to use this skill to carry out social functions. This training will also reduce the dependency on council services and other voluntary sector services and in affect deliver efficiencies. 2. Details of the proposed services Complete home visits to carry out the initial assessment and risk assessment to identify if the service user is ready for ITT and received the sign off from parents. Carry out travel route assessment and create a individualised travel plan with the service user. Test to see if the service user is able to travel independently and sign off from Camden services. Complete database for monitoring and evaluating each service user. Proposed budget We encourage respondents to provide an indicative budget or budget range to deliver the service on a yearly basis. Number of service user to move to ITT We envisage the following number of service users to move from council provided transport to independent travel; 30 in the first year; 25 in the second year; 20 in the third year. Staff We encourage suppliers to provide us with details of the number of staffing (including posts) they require to achive the above outcome. User Group The service user will mainly be; Children with Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) Adults and Children with learning disability Adults and Children with physical disabilities Any other users with complex needs Key objectives: Achieving positive and sustainable outcomes for Adult, Children and Young People with SEND and/or social, emotional and mental health needs. Optimising take-up and raising awareness of the service across education, health and social care providers in Camden. please see the attached questionnaire to find out how to respond to this market testing. Please note this is not a tender notification. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dfa00c38-7e74-41d8-a4cc-af31ca61bbf4 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Dec 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Jan 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN COUNCIL | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | WC1H 9JE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden | | Local authority | Camden | | Electoral ward | King's Cross | | Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services - 85 - Health and social work services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 19 Dec 2022 at 15:57 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dfa00c38-7e74-41d8-a4cc-af31ca61bbf4 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dfa00c38-7e74-41d8-a4cc-af31ca61bbf4 19th December 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4cfa34b1-dfb0-4a70-a7a5-aebd7cac3b42 Please complete the attached questionnaire and return via email to: Please submit your completed questionnaire by email to Surma Begum and Joyce Ojudun at Surma.Begum@camden.gov.uk and Joyce.ojudun@camden.gov.uk and copy in David Walsh at david.walsh@camden.gov.uk by 2.00pm Monday 16 January 2023. ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-30a72e96-9044-4d95-a875-f75c325b4dc9. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-30a72e96-9044-4d95-a875-f75c325b4dc9.json.