Published date: 2 December 2020
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Emergency telephones - 32552120
Location of contract
West Midlands
Procurement reference
PQ0243
Published date
2 December 2020
Closing date
18 December 2020
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Birmingham Children's Trust (BCT) Emergency Duty Team (EDT) service provides out of hours emergency cover for children's social care Monday to Friday between 17:15 and 08:45 (16:15 on Friday), and provides weekend cover for Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays. The service is made up of Professional Support staff who deal with call handling, and a Social Work team.
Monday to Friday the EDT professional support staff work until 00.45, Monday to Thursday and 23.45 Friday and on weekends and bank holidays from 8.45 - 00.45. When the professional support staff, are off duty Social Workers will pick up calls where possible, if at any times during the PSS working hours, or when Social Workers are not available to pick up calls a call handling service is required to manage calls coming into the service.
The purpose of this market sounding exercise is to seek feedback from Providers on the interest in delivering the out of hours service for the Trust.
This survey outlines the general requirements to enable potential providers to explain their capabilities and experience in delivering this service.
Should this exercise lead to a procurement, the potential bidders will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this market consultation or any further consultations on this matter. Potential bidders must also note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an invitation to participate in this or any future procurement that the Trust may conduct, nor that the Trust will procure any such supply and services or accepts any proposals offered
Please click on the link to complete the online survey
https://www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/economy/b34b8383/
Deadline for document return is 1700 hours on 18th December 2020
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BIRMINGHAM
B47WB
England
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