CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Building a profile of children’s residential care in Wales

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Description of the goods or services required

The Task & Finish Group for Residential Care under the Ministerial Advisory Group for Improving Outcomes for Looked After Children wishes to appoint a partner to complete a discreet piece of work central to the Work Programme of the Task & Finish Group. The Project is being Managed via the Children’s Commissioning Consortium Cymru (known as 4C’s) who are hosted by Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council.

The successful partner will be expected to build a profile of children’s residential care in Wales; mapping existing residential care services for children and young people provision in Wales.

The report should include a profile of provider activity, a stock take of care setting capacity by provider, and the profile of that capacity by statement of purpose and by actual use. This will include the range of additional services available by provider profile, for example, onsite education services. This will exclude Secure residential provision, where a piece of specific work is underway.

The final report should include trend data of market growth and profile of services where available. This may include, for example, identifying trends in registration of settings that specialise in services for specific age ranges or more generalised services catering for a broad age range.

Drawing upon what we know about actual placements within the provision the report should analyse how the existing map of capacity matches (or mismatches) these children’s characteristics, needs and outcomes, as placement options.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=73766

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

as per procurement document available at https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

Report finalisation must be completed by 31st March 2018

(WA Ref:73766)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice