CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Cardiff Council Adolescent Resource Centre - Therapies Framework

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

1. Introduction and Overview

The Adolescent Resource Centre (ARC) exists as Cardiff Council’s Edge of Care provision to support young people and families to remain together and prevent young people becoming looked after. As part of the original business case it was identified that therapeutic intervention has been an effective element of an intensive support for young people at risk of becoming accommodated and their families. As such the ARC is seeking to procure various therapeutic interventions to form a suite of interventions to be able to offer families an immediate intervention without delay during a difficult period in their lives.

The Council is seeking to procure up to 750 hours per year, for two years (with a possible extension of a further one year plus one year), of therapeutic intervention in the following disciplines:

Music Therapy

Art Therapy

Family Therapy

Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy

Play Therapy

Generic Counselling (For adults and young people)

Drama Therapy

We are looking to spread annual hours of the contract amongst potentially five providers for each discipline, who will be matched to young people and families according to availability, need, delivery style and suitability.

These therapy sessions could be one-to-one with young people, aged 11 to 17, or with parents/carers. These 750 hours will form a pool of hours which will be drawn upon as and when the need is identified as part of a wider intervention plan for the young person and his/her family. This need will be identified following an assessment and a Multi-Agency Meeting where the young person and parent/carer are present and agree to this intervention. These sessions will be delivered from the ARC centre that is based in the Riverside area of Cardiff.

Clinical supervision for the successful tenderers will not be provided by the ARC but must be sought and funded independently by the successful tenderers.

Please note that this is an electronic tender and tenders must be submitted electronically only.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=90821.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

750 Hours of therapies across a range of therapies paid at a fixed hourly fee. These therapies will include:

1. Music Therapy

2. Art Therapy

3. Family Therapy

4. Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy

5. Play Therapy

6. Generic Counselling (For adults and young people)

7. Drama Therapy

This is an e-tender only.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Please see detail within Service Specification.

Tenders must be submitted electronically

https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

ERFX1005089

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

Welsh

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

This is an e-tender only. Tenders must be submitted electronically https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

The Council reserves the right to amend, add to, pause, halt or abandon all or any part of this tender at any time during the procurement exercise.

The Council reserves the right to award all, part or none of the business forming the subject matter of this procurement and to abandon, halt, postpone this procurement at any time. Under no circumstances will the Council incur any liability (including, but not limited to, liability as to costs) in respect of this procurement exercise, the abandonment of the same, or any documentation issued as part of this procurement exercise.

This tender is being managed through the Council’s e-tendering portal PROACTIS and all communication in respect of this tender will be managed through this system.

If you have any questions or require any clarifications, please refer these through the PROACTIS portal.

Guidance to PROACTIS is attached within the e-tendering portal.

(WA Ref:90821)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice