Published date: 17 July 2018

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 30 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

PROJECT - 00006434

Published date

17 July 2018

Closing date

30 July 2018

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Warwickshire County Council would like to engage with providers of children's residential services to canvass their views and opinions before the Council carries out a tender exercise.

Like other local authorities, one of the greatest challenges for Warwickshire is improving the outcomes for the small cohort of the most highly complex children and young people, who often have multiple needs and display highly challenging behaviours which lead to placement instability and escalating needs. Fundamentally rethinking the way in which these young people are placed and cared for in order to achieve stability and improve outcomes is a priority for Warwickshire.

The Council does not currently commission local block residential services for CLA and therefore wants to engage with a variety of organisations, in a confidential setting, to determine the capacity of the local market to provide solutions and to explore innovative ways of delivering the services required.

All the information gathered will be used to decide how the tender is shaped.

Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (CSW-JETS) for the administration of this market testing process. Providers must register with the system (if they haven't previously done so) in order to be able to express an interest in the project and download documents and to correspond with us about this exercise.

The web address for CSW-JETS is www.csw-jets.co.uk

Registration and use of CSW-JETS is free.
If you are having trouble registering with CSW-JETS please email us at procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Warwickshire County Council Strategic Procurement Team

Address

P.O Box 3 Shire Hall, Market Square
Warwick,
CV34 4RL
England

Email

procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk