--- title: "Child Exploitation and Missing Children & Young People's Service" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-8e5fe510-04a1-4aed-b50c-04d84580934e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8e5fe510-04a1-4aed-b50c-04d84580934e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8e5fe510-04a1-4aed-b50c-04d84580934e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8e5fe510-04a1-4aed-b50c-04d84580934e.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2021-05-27" --- # Child Exploitation and Missing Children & Young People's Service Buyer: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8e5fe510-04a1-4aed-b50c-04d84580934e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-8e5fe510-04a1-4aed-b50c-04d84580934e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-8e5fe510-04a1-4aed-b50c-04d84580934e.json) ## Summary The procurement process involves Staffordshire County Council seeking providers for the "Child Exploitation and Missing Children & Young People's Service" as part of their strategic initiatives in the health and social work services industry. This tender is currently in the planning stage, with an engagement event scheduled to take place on 22nd June 2021 via Microsoft Teams. Interested providers are required to confirm their attendance by 18th June 2021. The service will be aimed at protecting children from exploitation and ensuring proper support for missing children across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, located in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those in the health and social care sectors, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that have expertise in child welfare and protection services. By participating in the engagement event, providers can shape future service delivery and commissioning arrangements, paving the way for potential collaborations and contracts that align with Staffordshire's goals of safeguarding vulnerable children and responding effectively to cases of child exploitation. ## Notice For the avoidance of doubt this is not a Call for Competition, this is to initiate a soft market testing process. Staffordshire's County Council, Stoke on Trent City Council and The Staffordshire's Commissioners Office have a shared vision about the way in which our children should be supported when they are at risk of or experiencing child exploitation. Similarly, we recognise the need for a proactive response to children who go missing from home or care. We therefore wish to invite Providers to an engagement event where we intend to outline the need, scope, principles and aspiration of our future service whilst seeking feedback to refine our thinking prior to tender. The aim for the future service is that it will directly contribute to the three strategic outcomes of our Pan-Staffordshire Child Exploitation Strategy: * Children and young people are not victims of Child Exploitation. * Children and young people are protected from Child Exploitation by parents / carers, communities, professionals and businesses. * Children, young people and adults are not perpetrators and / or groomed to facilitate Child Exploitation. The future service will also be responsible for the delivery of the Return Home Interview (RHI) process across the County and City in line with The Department for Education's, 2014 Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care, Working closely with Staffordshire Police and Local Authority colleagues our intention is that RHIs will be offered to children who have been reported to the Police and accepted as missing. The provision will offer a flexible approach to meeting the needs of children and young people aged between 0-18 years. The Market Development Provider Event will take place from 9.30am - 11.30am on Tuesday 22nd of June via Microsoft Teams. By attending Providers will have the opportunity to be part of: * Shaping the vision for the future service. * Contributing to early thinking of new commissioning arrangements and understanding the procurement timeline and process moving forwards. We hope you will be interested in attending this event. Please could you confirm attendance by the 18th of June to claire.kirk@staffordshire.gov.uk, we will then share the Microsoft teams link with you in readiness for the event on the 22nd of June. We also recommend you register at on the Council's e-tendering system https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f758e742-9f07-492f-8130-e166903fc669 | | 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 | 27 May 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 22 Jun 2021 | | 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 | STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | STAFFORD | | Post town | Stoke-on-Trent | | Postcode | ST16 2DH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire | | ITL 3 | TLG24 Staffordshire CC | | Local authority | Stafford | | Electoral ward | Forebridge | | Westminster constituency | Stafford | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 27 May 2021 at 09:58 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f758e742-9f07-492f-8130-e166903fc669 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f758e742-9f07-492f-8130-e166903fc669 27th May 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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