Published date: 28 February 2018

Last edited date: 28 February 2018

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


Closing: 18 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administrative social services - 85321000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£300,000

Procurement reference

DORST001-DN314108-63320687

Published date

28 February 2018

Closing date

18 January 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Dorset County Council has recently made the decision to change the way we provide fostering services. We are deeply committed to providing the best possible care for children, close to home and so have ambitious plans to significantly increase the number of foster carers in Dorset. We have redesigned the way our fostering team provides assessment and support services, and are investing in changing our fees and allowances to make them simpler, more competitive and to reward those that are highly skilled.

We are looking for an organisation to work with us to help us deliver on this ambition. An organisation that is able to get our message out, generate enquiries and follow up potential leads including initial home visits/carer evaluations ensuring that when we undertake assessments of potential foster carers that these are focused on those that have the best chance of being approved.

Dorset County Council is therefore seeking tenders from suitably experienced and capable service providers for fostering recruitment services.

The contract will cover the period 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019, and an optional extension for a further 12 months.

(Light Touch Regime) This procurement is considered to be applicable under Chapter 3 section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

More information

Additional text

REF: DN314108 - The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/

Award information

Awarded date

21 February 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Total value of contract

£300,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Whitehead-Ross Education and Consulting Ltd

Address

SA10 6HL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Greg Jackson

Address

Children's Services
County Hall, Colliton Park
Dorchester
DT1 1XJ
England

Telephone

+44 1305221657

Email

g.a.jackson@dorsetcc.gov.uk

Website

http://www.dorsetforyou.com/