Published date: 4 November 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 29 November 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

  • Social work services - 85310000

Location of contract

LS1 1UR

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

20241104124148-104105

Published date

4 November 2024

Closing date

29 November 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

30 November 2024

Contract end date

1 December 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Leeds City Council along with its partners, is seeking to address significant challenges in the increasing numbers of Children Looked After; increasing challenges on ensuring the correct and appropriate mix of placement types (internal fostering, Independent Fostering Agencies, internal residential accommodation, external residential accommodation etc.); increasing cost of and scarcity of external residential accommodation and at times challenging outcomes for our children. As part of the Leeds Sufficiency Strategy, we are exploring potential procurement options for future contractual arrangements with suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver provision for children looked after, specifically: - Childrens fostering provision - Childrens residential provision - Wraparound placement support To support this, we would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise. You are therefore invited to consider the programme requirements detailed in this document, and complete the attached questionnaire to give us your feedback on the proposed approach.
* Please note the contract start and end dates do not apply as this is a market sounding exercise.

INTERESTED PROVIDER EVENT - VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS
Any information from these events will be published on Yortender for any person who cannot attend the events.

11th November 2024 - 12:30 - 13:00 - see Market Sounding documentation for the Teams link details.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Gwendolyn Wagner-Adair

Address

Civic Hall, 3rd Floor West,
Leeds
LS1 1UR
ENG

Telephone

+44 01133783917

Email

Gwendolyn.WagnerAdair@leeds.gov.uk

Website

https://www.leeds.gov.uk/