Published date: 13 April 2017

This notice was replaced on 16 June 2017

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 11 January 2018, last edited 11 January 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£825,000

Procurement reference

1440

Published date

13 April 2017

Closing date

11 May 2017

Contract start date

1 July 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2020

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

This tender seeks bids from a single supplier or consortia of suppliers to take on and improve an existing set of national advocacy services, which act as a 'safety net' to ensure that all looked after children and care leavers are able to access advocacy support when they need it. Local authorities have statutory responsibilities for providing advocacy support, and this service will only step in where this proves unsuccessful. The service is intended to signpost looked after children to local advocacy support and to help those who have been denied local advocacy to make representations and pursue complaints. It will be active in referring cases back to local authorities and progressing these until satisfaction. The service will also improve insight and analysis about callers and the issues they raise, and will gather evidence about the quality and coverage of local advocacy services.

More information

Links

Additional text

This procurement will be managed through an e-procurement system named REDIMO2. To participate in this procurement you will need to register on REDIMO2 (If you are not already). Please register at https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login/?cid=DFE Please e-mail our helpdesk commercial.admin@education.gov.uk if you have any queries with registering your details on REDIMO2. All Tender documentation will be made available from REDIMO and bidders should ensure that they have read all documentation prior to submitting a response.

The estimated maximum value of the contract is £825000 over the contract term, with an additional £600000 for an optional two-year extension period (£1.425m in total). Contract period is 01/07/2017 to 31/03/2020 with the option to break or extend the contract, subject to appropriate departmental internal approvals, until 31/03/2022.

Following evaluation, we may invite bidders for interview on 17 and 18 May 2017. Once the contract is awarded, there will be a transition period of one month from 31 May to 30 June 2017 to allow time for set up any TUPE transfer.

About the buyer

Contact name

Hannah Seston

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street,
London,
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

Submissions.CIC@education.gov.uk