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Prior Information Notice

Children’s Residential Services - Short term emergency regulated mainstream provision for children under 18 - Essex County Council

  • First published: 25 June 2022
  • Last modified: 25 June 2022

The buyer is not using this website to administer the notice.

To record your interest or obtain additional information or documents please find instructions within the Full Notice Text. (NOTE: Contract Award Notices and Prior Information Notices do not normally require a response)

Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-034aa7
Published by:
Essex County Council
Authority ID:
AA20967
Publication date:
25 June 2022
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Prior Information Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking expressions of interest from providers in the Children’s Residential Home space in Essex, this will be for short term emergency regulated mainstream provision for high level needs children under the age of 18 with Children and Families Support Services.

The purpose of such provision would be to provide a crisis response/short term residential placement where a child or young person can receive high quality care until a longer term registered care setting can be found for the child.

This would be specifically for a block contract with an arrangement for ECC to block beds within a Solo Provision. Such provisions will be available immediately, or within the next three months.

This requirement is for a 24 month period with 6 month break clauses throughout.

This requirement is in conjunction with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”) and accompanying guidance. The Provider must adhere to the quality standards as set out within the Regulations when delivering children’s residential placements under this

provision. These requirements includes but are not limited to the provision of appropriately trained staff.

Where you think your organisation could meet the challenges of delivering the above requirement, please send your expression of interest to the below by 5pm Monday 11th July 2022. Anne-Lise Nicol: Annelise.Nicol@essex.gov.uk

Full notice text

Prior information notice

This notice is for prior information only

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Essex County Council

County Hall, Market Road

Chelmsford

CM1 1QH

UK

Contact person: Anne-Lise Nicol

Telephone: +44 333

E-mail: Annelise.Nicol@essex.gov.uk

NUTS: UKH3

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.essex.gov.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.essex.gov.uk/

I.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Children’s Residential Services - Short term emergency regulated mainstream provision for children under 18 - Essex County Council

Reference number: DN619114

II.1.2) Main CPV code

85300000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking expressions of interest from providers in the Children’s Residential Home space in Essex, this will be for short term emergency regulated mainstream provision for high level needs children under the age of 18 with Children and Families Support Services.

The purpose of such provision would be to provide a crisis response/short term residential placement where a child or young person can receive high quality care until a longer term registered care setting can be found for the child.

This would be specifically for a block contract with an arrangement for ECC to block beds within a Solo Provision. Such provisions will be available immediately, or within the next three months.

This requirement is for a 24 month period with 6 month break clauses throughout.

This requirement is in conjunction with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”) and accompanying guidance. The Provider must adhere to the quality standards as set out within the Regulations when delivering children’s residential placements under this

provision. These requirements includes but are not limited to the provision of appropriately trained staff.

Where you think your organisation could meet the challenges of delivering the above requirement, please send your expression of interest to the below by 5pm Monday 11th July 2022. Anne-Lise Nicol: Annelise.Nicol@essex.gov.uk

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

85300000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKH3

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Essex County Council (ECC) are seeking expressions of interest from providers in the Children’s Residential Home space in Essex, this will be for short term emergency regulated mainstream provision for high level needs children under the age of 18 with Children and Families Support Services.

The purpose of such provision would be to provide a crisis response/short term residential placement where a child or young person can receive high quality care until a longer term registered care setting can be found for the child.

This would be specifically for a block contract with an arrangement for ECC to block beds within a Solo Provision. Such provisions will be available immediately, or within the next three months.

This requirement is for a 24 month period with 6 month break clauses throughout.

This requirement is in conjunction with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”) and accompanying guidance. The Provider must adhere to the quality standards as set out within the Regulations when delivering children’s residential placements under this

provision. These requirements includes but are not limited to the provision of appropriately trained staff.

Where you think your organisation could meet the challenges of delivering the above requirement, please send your expression of interest to the below by 5pm Monday 11th July 2022. Anne-Lise Nicol: Annelise.Nicol@essex.gov.uk

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

01/08/2022

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

24/06/2022

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
85300000 Social work and related services Health and social work services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
Annelise.Nicol@essex.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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