Published date: 8 January 2025

Last edited date: 8 January 2025

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: 10 February 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

CR0 1EA

Value of contract

£700,000,000

Procurement reference

IT-618-396-LBC/TN/396

Published date

8 January 2025

Closing date

10 February 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 May 2025

Contract end date

3 May 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

THIS IS A TENDER OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW PROVIDERS TO BID TO JOIN AN EXISTING MULTI-PROVIDER CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT.

The South London Commissioning Programme (SLCP) established a multi-provider agreement known as Approved Provider Panel Agreement (APPA) in June 2020 for the delivery of residential and IFA services for children and young people aged 0 - 18years.

The APPA has been established under the Light Touch Regime (LTR); the procurement rules applicable to the procurement of health, social and other services listed at Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This offers the flexibility to admit additional providers to increase capacity.

This is the first refresh tender opportunity for suitably qualified providers to bid to join the APPA.

The APPA has an initial term of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years (2years +2years +1 year), unless otherwise terminated in line with the conditions of contract.

The services under the APPA have been categorised into Lot 1: Residential Child Care Provision [Sub-Lots: Standard and Specialist] and Lot 2: Independent Fostering Agency Provision [Sub-Lots: Standard, Specialist and Emergency].

Please note:

Lot 2 is open for new applications.

The tender opportunity is open to Providers in England: rated 'Good or 'Outstanding' by Ofsted, Providers in Scotland: rated "good", "very good" or "outstanding" by the Scottish Care Inspectorate, Providers in Wales: registered with the Wales Care Inspectorate and Providers in Northern Ireland registered with the Northern Ireland Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (NIRQIA).

The APPA will be accessed initially by the London Boroughs of Croydon and Lambeth.

More information

Links

Additional text

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/croydontenders/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Melissa Bower

Address

Bernard Weatherill House
8 Mint Walk
Croydon
CR0 1EA
United Kingdom

Telephone

02087266000

Email

Melissa.Bower@Croydon.Gov.uk