--- title: "Children's Services Partnership" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-70ec802d-bc4c-48b7-a42b-7915e27633d4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-70ec802d-bc4c-48b7-a42b-7915e27633d4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-70ec802d-bc4c-48b7-a42b-7915e27633d4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-70ec802d-bc4c-48b7-a42b-7915e27633d4.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2018-03-28" --- # Children's Services Partnership Buyer: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-70ec802d-bc4c-48b7-a42b-7915e27633d4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-70ec802d-bc4c-48b7-a42b-7915e27633d4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-70ec802d-bc4c-48b7-a42b-7915e27633d4.json) ## Summary Leicestershire County Council is currently in the planning stage for a tender titled "Children's Services Partnership," which aims to enhance social care services for children and families. The procurement falls under the health and social work services category and is located in the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom. Interested parties must submit their introductions by midday on 23rd April 2018, following a market engagement notice that was published on 28th March 2018. A briefing event for potential providers is scheduled for 10th April 2018 at County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester. This tender presents a significant opportunity for organisations specialising in social care, particularly those that can contribute financially and partner collaboratively in delivering high-quality care placements and services. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-suited to participate, as they can provide innovative solutions and support to fulfil Leicestershire County Council's objectives for children's services. Providers looking to engage in this collaborative environment should ideally have expertise in service delivery, change management, and the capacity to expand service offerings in response to demand. ## Notice Leicestershire Children and Family Services (CFS) is seeking a partner to collaboratively work with to jointly design and deliver services that meet the objectives of the CFS Care Placement Strategy. In the first instance the partner will work with Leicestershire's CFS to; Increase the availability and reduce the cost of high quality 'high needs' social care placements; Work with in-house services such as fostering and adoption to make sure they are high quality, commercially competitive and able to achieve a level of growth sufficient to meet demand; Provide additional capacity and enhance edge of care services. The partner will be expected to be able to bring its own financial contribution to the partnership. CFS is not looking for traditional consultancy. The partner will need to both advise, assist with delivering major change and could also result in being a joint partner in terms of direct service delivery. Further information on the requirements can be downloaded from East Midlands Procurement portal (www.eastmidstenders.org). Through issuing this advert, Leicestershire County Council is seeking feedback from the market to inform the development of the Children's Services Partnership. Any organisation or group of organisations interested in participating in this market engagement exercise should express an interest through the Council's e-tendering website and submit an introduction on how their organisation or group of organisations could meet these requirements using the market test document that can be downloaded from the e-tendering portal. The introduction should be completed and returned to the Council, via the e-tendering portal, by midday (12:00) on 23rd April 2018. The Council will hold a briefing event for interested providers on 10th April 2018 10:30 to 11:30 at County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA. If your organisation would like to send a delegate to this event, please respond via email to daniel.lewis@leics.gov.uk by 6 April 2018 with the following information for each delegate: * First name * Last name * Role in organisation * Email address * Contact telephone * Special access requirements (if any) Following the submission of the introductions the Council will seek to hold discussions with suitable organisations which are likely to involve a face to face meeting. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a99fcba2-08ff-41f3-be13-7309d59ef8b9 | | 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 | 28 Mar 2018 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Apr 2018 | | 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 | LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | LEICESTER | | Post town | Leicester | | Postcode | LE3 8RA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland | | Local authority | Blaby | | Electoral ward | Glenfield Faire | | Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire | | Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 28 Mar 2018 at 11:46 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a99fcba2-08ff-41f3-be13-7309d59ef8b9 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a99fcba2-08ff-41f3-be13-7309d59ef8b9 28th March 2018 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - http://www.eastmidstenders.org E-tendering Portal ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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