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title: "Children's Social Care Assessments Approved Provider Panel"
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# Children's Social Care Assessments Approved Provider Panel

Buyer: CROYDON COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a59529ea-5587-449f-9648-61ad1e44c1a5

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## Summary

The Croydon Council is conducting a procurement process under the title "Children's Social Care Assessments Approved Provider Panel," aimed at establishing a multi-supplier Approved Provider Panel for delivering children's social care assessments. This procurement falls under the health and social work services sector and is based in London, United Kingdom. The current procurement stage is at the Award phase, with a contract value estimated at £20 million over four years, starting from 1 August 2019. The opportunity was published initially on 28 January 2019, and the tender period concluded on 27 February 2019.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the social care sector, particularly those specialising in assessments such as parenting evaluations, psychological assessments, and related services. Both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary and community sector enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, especially those with expertise in child welfare assessments. The eventual creation of a supplier panel allows for the inclusion of new providers throughout the contract period, creating avenues for ongoing business growth and collaboration with Croydon Council.

## Notice

The Council intends to establish a 4 year multi-supplier Approved Provider Panel to deliver Children's SocialCare assessments. Assessments commissioned from the Panel of experts will be within the context of cases being managed under Public Law Outline (PLO) Framework both in pre-proceedings and Court Proceedings. The Approved Provider Panel will be split into ten lots, ,Parenting Assessment Manual Software (PAMS)assessment, Parenting assessment, Residential parenting assessment, Reverse residential assessment,Viability assessment, Together & Apart assessment, and sub lots within the Psychological, Psychiatric,Fostering assessments and Risk assessments lots. The Council has identified that the proposed service provision falls within the scope of "social and other specificservices" set out within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations)). Consequently, theso-called Light Touch Regime will apply to this procurement. The Council is orientating this procurement towards an adapted open procedure as described in Regulation 27 of the Regulations but using a "light touch" approach. The Council does not hold itself bound by theRegulations except to the extent that they apply to the light touch regime as set out in Regulations 74 to 76 ofthe Regulations. The Approved Provider Panel contract shall be for a period of 2 (two) years with an option to extend at the Council's sole discretion for a further 2 (two) years, giving a total maximum contract term of 4 years.The anticipated contract start date witll be the 1st August 2019. During the 4 year period, the Council reserves the right to refresh the Approved Provider Panel and admit new providers onto the panel who meet the initial quality and price evaluation criteria. This is to ensure the Provider Panel continues to contain enough qualified assessors who can meet the breadth of assessment need.The value of the assessment service under the Approved Provider Panel Agreement is estimated to be in the region of PS10m for Croydon and estimated at PS10m for other Local Authorities for the full 4 year term.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6fa2d853-fbd7-4f68-a740-fc9f3e51a304 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Aug 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Feb 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Jul 2019 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2019 - 31 Jul 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £20,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £10,490,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CROYDON COUNCIL |
| Locality | CROYDON |
| Post town | Croydon |
| Postcode | CR0 1EA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South |
| ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon |
| Local authority | Croydon |
| Electoral ward | Fairfield |
| Westminster constituency | Croydon West |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 13 |
| Supplier names | C F SOCIAL WORK; CARTER BROWN - THE EXPERT SERVICE; GAIL MILLER CONSULTANT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST; ISWP ASSESSMENT SERVICES; MARK HATTER ASSOCIATES; PARAMOUNT CARE SOLUTIONS; PM PYSCHOLOGY; RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP; ST MARY'S FAMILY CENTRE; ST MICHAEL'S FELLOWSHIP; SYMBOL FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES; TULLY FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY; WILLISPALMER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 6 Aug 2019 at 15:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6fa2d853-fbd7-4f68-a740-fc9f3e51a304
- 28 Jan 2019 at 13:02 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/02ce4be6-6138-4308-8e64-9ffe4ae63b28

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6fa2d853-fbd7-4f68-a740-fc9f3e51a304
  6th August 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/02ce4be6-6138-4308-8e64-9ffe4ae63b28
  28th January 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.croydon.gov.uk

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