Published date: 30 June 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 March 2021, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£5,873,000

Procurement reference

MEDWAY001-DN525912-28326945

Published date

30 June 2021

Closing date

11 March 2021

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

15 June 2021

Contract end date

14 June 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialog

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Medway Council is proposing to procure a Children's Residential Assessment Unit for 14 to 17 year olds. The aim of the Assessment Unit is to ensure that a young person's chances of returning to the care of their family are maximised, or where this is not possible, to undertake holistic assessment of the young person's needs to engage the correct follow-on support. The Unit will be supported by an Outreach Team. The Council is proposing to commission a provider to undertake two projects with us. The procurement will be managed through a Competitive Dialogue process. - Project 1 - Unit 1: to set up and deliver as soon as practicable, a four-bed assessment unit children's home from the site of the Old Vicarage in Upnor previously a children's home. The provider will be experienced in running a children's home, registering and maintaining an Ofsted registration and working with complex young people. The provider will provide short term residential assessment placements underpinned by an evidence-based methodology and supported by an outreach team. - Project 2 - Future Units: the provider will also work with the Council to scope out and establish two other four-bed assessment units to be delivered with a more specific eligibility than Unit 1 and from different sites. The data gathered during Project 1 will inform the specific nature of the two future units to be established.

Prospective providers must initially complete a selection questionnaire (SQ) which can be downloaded from the Kent Business Portal.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Children's Residential Assessment Unit

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 February 2021

Links

Award information

Awarded date

22 June 2021

Contract start date

1 August 2021

Contract end date

31 July 2026

Total value of contract

£55,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Five Rivers Child Care Limited

Address

SP1 3UT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

James Welch

Address

Medway Council
Gun Wharf, Dock Road
Chatham
ME4 4TR
England

Email

james.welch@medway.gov.uk

Website

http://www.medway.gov.uk/