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title: "Market Engagement Event for potential and current providers of Personal Support in Surrey"
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# Market Engagement Event for potential and current providers of Personal Support in Surrey

Buyer: SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-912982d5-f744-4ff3-b73f-b83cc17559e1

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## Summary

The Surrey County Council is organising a Market Engagement Event for potential and current providers of Personal Support services in Surrey. The event, scheduled for 3rd July 2023, aims to share the council's vision and priorities for the development of Personal Support provision, explore collaboration opportunities, and understand the outcomes for young people. Providers with relevant experience are invited to register for the event by 28th June 2023. The procurement stage is in the Planning phase with a tender opportunity anticipated to be published by late Summer 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses experienced in providing Personal Support services to collaborate with Surrey County Council. Businesses in the health and social work services industry category, especially those focusing on children with disabilities and their families, would be well-suited to compete. With a contract value of £17,000,000, SMEs, VCSEs, and other relevant organisations can participate in this procurement process, aiming to contribute to improved outcomes for children in Surrey.

## Notice

3rd July 2023 at 11am - 12pm LOCATION: Virtual (MS Teams) Surrey County Council (SCC) is looking to commission its Personal Support services and would like to hear from organisations who have experience in this area of provision. This is not an invitation to tender. Following on from previous engagement events, Surrey County Council warmly invites you to take part in our interactive market engagement event for potential and existing providers of Personal Support services. Surrey County Council (SCC) has a statutory duty to support disabled children, young people and their families. Personal Support is part of the short breaks offer but is a specialist service and is only available following assessment. Personal Support is home-based care, primarily used by SCC's Children with Disabilities team to provide families with respite care (short break), in accordance with their assessed needs. Personal support may also be used to provide other types of support such as emergency or crisis support and support outside the home for children and young people to access and be included in social and leisure actives in their local communities. The purpose of this event will be to: Share with you our vision and priorities for the development of Personal Support provision in Surrey. Learn together about what is working well and what we can improve in how we commission and deliver Personal Support Provision in Surrey. Explore the shared values and ways of working that will help us collaborate effectively in the future, as we begin the process of recommissioning the future Personal Support Provision offer; and Develop a joint understanding of the outcomes for young people that we want to enable through the provision of Personal Support in Surrey SCC would like to invite Providers with relevant experience to register for the Market Engagement Event in relation to Personal Support Provision services. The detailed service requirements are still in the final stages of development, and this Market Event will help to explain some of the decisions and plans we have for the service based on feedback from the previous engagement work. It is anticipated that the tender opportunity will be published by late Summer 2023 through Proactis: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login?cid=surreycc# Our context SCC's aim is to provide Personal Support to children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND): to have their needs safely and well met by quality assured services that provide a personalised and child centred approach to the care they provide. to provide parents and carers with support and breaks from their caring responsibilities, so they are better able to look after their own emotional and physical health and provide more sustainable care to their whole family. to respond at short notice where there is an emergency or risk of imminent placement breakdown. Surrey County Council is committed to working collaboratively with providers to develop a high-quality provision that contributes to improved outcomes for our children. We look forward to receiving your response and hearing your thoughts and ideas at the events. Registration Details Potential and existing providers wishing to attend should email Shortbreaks.commissioning@surreycc.gov.uk by 12 Noon on 28th June 2023 quoting 'Personal Support Market Event Registration' and providing the following information: * Name of attendee(s) * Job title of attendee(s) * Organisation address * Contact email address(es) * Is your organisation a: Private Sector Local Authority Social Enterprise Charity Voluntary Community Sector/ Third Sector Other The event will be held on 3rd July 2023 at 11am - 12pm. This event will be delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams Please note that attendance will be limited to 3 attendees per organisation.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9433b4d-024f-43f4-9b50-4e998b7edd0b |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Jun 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2024 - 1 Apr 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £17,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | LEWES |
| Post town | Brighton |
| Postcode | BN7 1UE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ22 East Sussex CC |
| Local authority | Lewes |
| Electoral ward | Lewes Priory |
| Westminster constituency | Lewes |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 14 Jun 2023 at 13:22 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9433b4d-024f-43f4-9b50-4e998b7edd0b

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9433b4d-024f-43f4-9b50-4e998b7edd0b
  14th June 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login?cid=surreycc
  Proactis Supplier Network

## Notice URLs

- https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login?cid=surreycc#

## Provenance

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