Published date: 26 January 2018

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


Closing: 1 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £162,000

Procurement reference

RD1001043

Published date

26 January 2018

Closing date

1 September 2017

Contract start date

1 November 2017

Contract end date

30 April 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Framework Agreement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The intervention policy on response to failure to deliver children's social care services is set out in Putting Children First, published July 2016. There is a presumption in cases of persistent or systemic failure that children's social care services will be removed from local authority control, for a period of time, in order to bring about sustainable improvement, unless there are compelling reasons not to do so. The report of the Commissioner for Children's Services for Sandwell concluded that the council did not have the capability or capacity to improve it's services. The Secretary of State for Education issued a statutory direction to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council requiring the local authority to work with the Department's appointed Commissioner for Children's Services in Sandwell to establish a new, operationally-independent, not-for-profit Trust to deliver effective social care services for children and families. A memorandum of understanding was signed by both parties in February 2017. Legal support for the creation of the Trust has already been undertaken by an existing supplier.

Award information

Awarded date

1 October 2017

Contract start date

1 November 2017

Contract end date

30 April 2018

Total value of contract

£162,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Burges Salmon

Address

One Glass Wharf, Bristol, Bristol, BS2 0ZX, United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Naomi Maguire

Address

2 ST PAULS PLACE
125 NORFOLK STREET
SHEFFIELD
S1 2FJ
England

Email

Naomi.Maguire@education.gov.uk