--- title: "Residential and Foster Care Placements for Children in Care Provider Collaboration Event" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-ed759285-0a8d-46d4-8515-e3994cb9ecd4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ed759285-0a8d-46d4-8515-e3994cb9ecd4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ed759285-0a8d-46d4-8515-e3994cb9ecd4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ed759285-0a8d-46d4-8515-e3994cb9ecd4.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2019-07-01" --- # Residential and Foster Care Placements for Children in Care Provider Collaboration Event Buyer: LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ed759285-0a8d-46d4-8515-e3994cb9ecd4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ed759285-0a8d-46d4-8515-e3994cb9ecd4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ed759285-0a8d-46d4-8515-e3994cb9ecd4.json) ## Summary Leicestershire County Council is currently planning a tender titled "Residential and Foster Care Placements for Children in Care Provider Collaboration Event" in the health and social work services industry. This collaboration event aims to inform the development of a local procurement solution following the conclusion of the East Midlands Regional Children's Framework on 31 January 2020. Interested providers are invited to participate in two identical sessions on 19 July 2019, with a deadline for registration by 17 July 2019. The event will take place in the East Midlands. This tender presents significant opportunities for providers specialising in residential and foster care placements for children. Companies that focus on health and social care services, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), would be particularly well-positioned to engage in this process. By attending the collaboration event, businesses can contribute to co-designing the procurement solution, potentially positioning themselves favourably for future contracts in the local area. ## Notice Leicestershire County Council (LCC) Children and Family Services would like to invite interested providers to a Collaboration Event regarding residential and foster care placements for children in care. LCC's current procurement solution (East Midlands Regional Children's Framework) will end as of 31 January 2020 and there will not be a future consortia approach in the East Midlands. Therefore, LCC is progressing with a local procurement solution commencing 1 February 2020. LCC are passionate about working with providers to co-design this solution and understand what a collaborative approach could/should look like and address some of the key barriers and challenges that occur with the current approach. We are committed to developing a systemic approach to providing good quality local provision for local children at the right time. We would like to invite interested providers to the Collaboration Event which is being held on Friday 19th July 2019. There will be 2 identical sessions run on this date for you to choose at your convenience; Session 1: 10.00am - 12.00pm; Session 2: 1.00pm - 3.00pm. Information about the venue will be provided upon confirmation of registration. If your organisation would like to send a delegate to one of these sessions, please respond via email to CFSCommissioningSupport@leics.gov.uk by Wednesday the 17th of July 2019 with the following information: -Delegate Name -Role in organisation -Email address -Contact telephone -Special access requirements (if any) -Session Preference (if any) Places are initially limited to a maximum of one delegate per organisation and will be allocated on a "first come first served" basis. Depending on availability we may able to offer extra spaces. Please note, the Council intends to use the information gathered at the event to inform the development of the procurement solution for residential and foster care placements for children in care. Participating in this exercise will not affect any party positively or negatively during any eventual procurement process and the Council reserve the right not to proceed with any procurement process. Interested parties are further advised that any information given during the market engagement exercise will not form part of an interested party's tender submission and that a failure to respond to this notice will not preclude them from responding to any future contract notice. The Council will not meet any costs incurred by any party in responding to this notice. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a53c8bfe-8109-438b-a44d-944a0b78cc7f | | 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 | 1 Jul 2019 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 19 Jul 2019 | | 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 - 1 Jul 2019 at 15:55 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a53c8bfe-8109-438b-a44d-944a0b78cc7f - 1 Jul 2019 at 15:44 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a53c8bfe-8109-438b-a44d-944a0b78cc7f ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a53c8bfe-8109-438b-a44d-944a0b78cc7f 1st July 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.eastmidstenders.org ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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