--- title: "Strategic Partner for Children's homes" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03f53b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03f53b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03f53b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03f53b.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL" published: "2023-08-18" --- # Strategic Partner for Children's homes Buyer: BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03f53b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03f53b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03f53b.json) ## Summary The Bristol City Council is planning a tender for a Strategic Partner for Children's homes, focused on Health and social work services. This opportunity aims to prevent vulnerable children from being sent across the country by providing trauma-informed therapeutic support. The tender includes projects for various types of homes and accommodation, with key projects to be operational by late 2024. The procurement stage is currently planned, with a future notice date set for 29th September 2023. This tender from Bristol City Council offers opportunities for businesses in the health and social work services sector to become the Strategic Partner for Children's homes. Companies with expertise in providing therapeutic care for vulnerable children, managing complex mental health needs, and developing trauma-focused services will be well-suited to compete. The procurement process involves a single supplier framework for multiple lots, ensuring the selected provider can deliver all services required by the council for the specified projects. ## Notice The is to seek expression of interest from suppliers. This is not a call for competition. We are seeking expressions of interest from providers who would be interested in tendering to become our Strategic Partner for the development and running of children's homes and step down accommodation. We want to prevent our most vulnerable children from being sent across the country, breaking their support networks in the city, experiencing additional trauma, and developing heightened dysregulation through a cycle of placement moves that provide few opportunities to engage in trauma-informed therapeutic work, and to develop resilience. This opportunity will be a single provider framework (only one supplier able to deliver ALL lots will be awarded the contract) with key projects to be called off. ### Lot Information Lot 1 We are looking to award a single supplier framework to provide the below services: Project 1: A Tier 3.5 home to support children with significant trauma and mental health needs, who self-harm, to live in the community through a collaborative model of delivery with Health, Education and Social Care. These children will have experienced acute Health settings and require clinical and social care to enable discharge and/or to prevent hospital admission and re-admission. The property is a three bed house that will be specially adapted. A new three bed home for adolescent boys aged 14-17+ with challenging and aggressive behaviour. This will provide a therapeutic treatment setting for restorative care, for young men with criminal justice involvement and where exploitation is part of their risk profile. The home will also include two self-contained pods in the grounds as preparation for independent living. The properties for the above homes are owned by Bristol City Council and are being re-developed currently and we hope to have them operational by late 2024. The partner will be involved in the design of these services. Project 2: One or two bespoke solo placement children's home for our most complex young people. These homes will be developed around specific young people who have significant mental health needs and challenging behaviours, having been in Tier 4 beds. There is an expectation that this will be a long term home for the young people and providers will be committed to working with us to keep placements stable. Project 3: A same day crisis home. Project 4: Development of step down foster and 16+ accommodation to create a clear move on pathway for our young people in the homes. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024351-2023 | | 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 | 18 Aug 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 28 Sep 2023 | | 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 | BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | BRISTOL | | Post town | Bristol | | Postcode | BS1 5UY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of | | Local authority | Bristol, City of | | Electoral ward | Hotwells and Harbourside | | Westminster constituency | Bristol Central | | Delivery location | TLK11 Bristol, City of | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 18 Aug 2023 at 12:54 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024351-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://www.bristol.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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