Published date: 17 March 2022

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


Closing: 22 December 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

    • Social work services without accommodation - 85312000

    • Guidance and counselling services - 85312300

    • Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions - 85312400

    • Social services - 85320000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

B91 3QB

Value of contract

£303,000 to £606,000

Procurement reference

IT-208-12800-SOL - 12800 - AWARD

Published date

17 March 2022

Closing date

22 December 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2025

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?

No

Description

SMBC seeks to commission Advocacy and Independent Visitor Services to support Children within the borough. SMBC Vision is for Solihull to be a place where everyone has equal chance to be healthier, happier, safer and more prosperous; where all children and young people are loved and values by their families and communities and thrive and succeed. Our purpose is to be an organisation that improves lives rather than focuses on services. This includes enabling and supporting people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to take a full and active part in community life. There is a statutory duty to provide an Advocacy Service to looked after children, children who are not looked after but are in need, and to care experienced young people, for both formal and informal complaints under the 1989 Children Act. Additionally, the Act states that children and young people should be able to secure the support of an advocate in putting forward their wishes and feelings with regards to a change to be made in the service they receive, or the establishment they live in, without this having to be framed first as a specific complaint. There is a statutory duty to provide an Independent Visitor service outlined within this specification under the Children Act 1989 - New section (23ZB) and subsequently amended by the Children & Young Persons Act 2008. Local Authorities are required to appoint an Independent person for children and young people looked after whenever an authority considers an appointment to be in the best interests of a child. SMBC want to commission this service to support children and young people within the borough with this service.

Award information

Awarded date

15 February 2022

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

National Youth Advocacy Service

Address

Tower House, Tower Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom, CH41 1FF

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Magali Kerbrat-Pringle

Address

Manor Square
Solihull
Solihull
B91 3QB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 704 6474

Email

magali.kerbrat@solihull.gov.uk