--- title: "20-278 Foster Care Recruitment Digital Marketing Services - Market Engagement & Procurement" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-5cd2ad19-32dc-47a6-9cc5-004fd0f25786" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-5cd2ad19-32dc-47a6-9cc5-004fd0f25786" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-5cd2ad19-32dc-47a6-9cc5-004fd0f25786.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-5cd2ad19-32dc-47a6-9cc5-004fd0f25786.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "ROTHERHAM MBC" published: "2021-05-10" --- # 20-278 Foster Care Recruitment Digital Marketing Services - Market Engagement & Procurement Buyer: ROTHERHAM MBC Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5cd2ad19-32dc-47a6-9cc5-004fd0f25786 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-5cd2ad19-32dc-47a6-9cc5-004fd0f25786) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-5cd2ad19-32dc-47a6-9cc5-004fd0f25786.json) ## Summary Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) is planning to initiate an open tender for the provision of Digital Marketing Services for Foster Carer Recruitment. The procurement process is currently in the Planning stage, with initial market engagement set to close on 31st May 2021. The anticipated contract start date is 1st April 2022, with a potential contract length of three years, extendable by two years, and a total value of £1,000,000. The services are sought within the Business Services sector, specifically targeting marketing and recruitment services within the Yorkshire and the Humber region. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in marketing and recruitment within the Health and Social Care sector, particularly those with experience in Foster Care recruitment. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), are encouraged to participate, given the council's commitment to inclusive procurement. Potential bidders should prepare to demonstrate their compliance with RMBC's standards for ICT Systems and Software and are invited to provide feedback on the draft service specifications during the consultation phase. ## Notice Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) are currently preparing an open tender exercise to procure services in relation to Foster Carer Recruitment - Digital Marketing Services. In advance of this RMBC are wishing to consul with the market as detailed below. . Included within this market engagement notice are the following draft documents: * Draft Service Specification * RMBC Standards documents for ICT Systems and Software * Rotherham Fostering supporting service information * Draft tender questions . RMBC would like to seek and engage views from the market in relation to the following: 1. Views from the market in relation to the draft Service Specification 2. Views from the market in relation to the RMBC Standards documents for ICT Systems and Software 3. Views from the market in relation to the proposed method statement questions and any considerations that should be given with regard to word counts for each question. . Potential bidders should consider: . 1. Their experience in providing recruitment in a Health and Social Care setting, specifically recruiting Foster Carers. 2. Whether or not the supplier is able to comply with the requirements listed in Standards documents for ICT Systems and Software. . The Anticipated contract start date 01/04/2022 Anticipated contract length 3+1+1 years Anticipated contract value PS200,000 per annum . The closing date for this consultation is 31/05/2021 . The Anticipated latest tender issue date is 16/08/2021 The anticipated latest tender Award date is 04/01/2022 . Potential Bidders should note that if RMBC are able to bring the publishing dated forward for the tender which it is hoping to do, that this will also impact all the dates mentioned here with the exception of the closing date for the Market Engagement - Soft Market testing event closing date and the Contract Start Date which will remain as detailed. . Both the market engagement documentation detailed above and the resultant tender documents when the tender itself is published will be available from https://www.yortender.co.uk with reference DN530964. . For support with registration on the YORtender website or if you are having difficulties accessing the documents through YORtender, please contact the YORtender helpdesk on 0330 005 0352 or ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efe79682-d61c-4508-a464-7826afd8074b | | Notice type | Planned Procurement 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 | 10 May 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Aug 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ROTHERHAM MBC | | Locality | ROTHERHAM | | Post town | Sheffield | | Postcode | S60 1AE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE34 Rotherham | | Local authority | Rotherham | | Electoral ward | Boston Castle | | Westminster constituency | Rotherham | | Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ## Release History - 10 May 2021 at 16:30 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efe79682-d61c-4508-a464-7826afd8074b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efe79682-d61c-4508-a464-7826afd8074b 10th May 2021 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/ - https://www.yortender.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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