--- title: "Children's Residential Care, Fostering and Therapeutic Education Service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02c029" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02c029" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02c029.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02c029.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2021-06-25" --- # Children's Residential Care, Fostering and Therapeutic Education Service Buyer: SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c029 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02c029) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02c029.json) ## Summary Somerset County Council is planning a procurement process for a long-term programme titled "Children’s Residential Care, Fostering and Therapeutic Education Service". This initiative falls under the health and social work services category, focusing on delivering comprehensive care for complex children and young people. The procurement method involves a tender initiation, with a key market engagement event scheduled for 7th July at 11:00 AM, where stakeholders can learn about the service delivery goals and procurement process. Interested parties must register by 5th July to participate in this virtual event, which will take place via Microsoft Teams. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in social care, fostering, and education services, particularly those with expertise in multi-disciplinary approaches to support children with special needs. Companies that form consortia or utilise subcontractors to cover diverse geographical areas would be well-positioned to compete effectively. Engaging with this procurement process could foster long-term partnerships with the Somerset County Council, enhancing service delivery for vulnerable groups and expanding market reach in the public sector. ## Notice This is not a call for competition and is not yet a contract opportunity. ** PLEASE NOTE: By Expressing an Interest in this event via the portal you are not confirming your place at the event. Please follow the instructions below to reserve your place. ** Provision of Children's Residential Care, Fostering and Therapeutic Education Service. Somerset County Council is looking for a Strategic Partner(s) to work innovatively with us to deliver services for complex children and young people. This will be a 10 year programme to deliver homes for children with aligned high needs fostering and multi-disciplinary support and associated therapeutic education. We are open to suppliers forming consortia arrangements to fully cover the areas in scope or using subcontractors for some areas. ### Lot Information Lot 1 We are holding a virtual market engagement exercise on Wednesday 7th July at 11am via Teams. The session will provide more background on what we are trying to achieve to provide the best possible outcomes for our most complex young people. In addition, it will outline the procurement process and how you can participate in this. Organisations that take part will not be advantaged or disadvantaged in any way in any potential future formal procurement. Commercial confidentiality will be respected. This notice does not represent a formal commitment by Somerset County Council to undertake a procurement procedure. Event Details Date: Wednesday 7th July Time: 11:00 to 12:00 Venue: Microsoft Teams meeting (invite to be sent via email following registration) Event Registration: To attend this event please respond to this invitation via the messaging system in ProContract providing the name of your organisation, the name and role of the person(s) wishing to attend and a contact email address for each. Please ensure that those attending from your organisation are the most appropriate to feed into the discussions. If you are unable to attend the event, the presentation, notes and associated documentation will be available through the e-tender system ProContract (www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk). We intend to record this session and can provide a link to the recording after the event - we also need your permission to record this. Deadline for responses to reserve a place: Monday 5th July SCC reserves the right to cancel or re-arrange these events at its own discretion. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014518-2021 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 25 Jun 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 11 Jul 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | TAUNTON | | Post town | Taunton | | Postcode | TA1 4DY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | | ITL 3 | TLK62 Somerset | | Local authority | Somerset | | Electoral ward | Bishop's Hull & Taunton West | | Westminster constituency | Taunton and Wellington | | Delivery location | TLK23 Somerset CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 25 Jun 2021 at 11:37 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014518-2021 ## Notice URLs - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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