Published date: 2 March 2022

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: 23 March 2022, 9:30am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work services with accommodation - 85311000

  • Welfare services for children and young people - 85311300

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£0 to £1

Procurement reference

20220302093112-103277

Published date

2 March 2022

Closing date

23 March 2022

Closing time

9:30am

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2023

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Bradford council are seeking Providers of semi-independent accommodation and support for 16+ Care leavers and vulnerable young People.

Whilst there is a preference for Bradford children to be placed in the Bradford district there is also a need to have accommodation and support placements across the West Yorkshire region to support Young People who prefer not to live in the Bradford district or young people who have risks and vulnerabilities that require an out of area placement.

Ofsted has announced its intentions to regulated and implement National standards for independent and semi-independent provision for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17.

Ofsted will begin registering providers from April 2023 ahead of the new national standards becoming mandatory for all providers from Autumn 2023 - at which point all providers will need to be registered - and the first full inspections are expected to begin from April 2024.

Bradford council are running a market engagement session on 23/03/2022 10am - 11.30am to share further details on this opportunity with providers.

There will be a presentation which includes:

High level overview of the services to be tendered
Tender timetable
Tendering Tips
Q&A

To register your interest for this market engagement session please email ChildrensCommissioning@bradford.gov.uk and you will be sent a Microsoft Teams invite.

More information

Links

About the buyer

Address

Britannia House, Hall Ings
Bradford
BD1 1HX
ENG

Email

ChildrensCommissioning@bradford.gov.uk

Website

https://www.bradford.gov.uk/