Published date: 19 April 2021

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


Closing: 15 April 2021, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£950,400

Procurement reference

KIRKC001-DN534142-38855757

Published date

19 April 2021

Closing date

15 April 2021

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

18 April 2021

Contract end date

17 April 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Direct award

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Kirklees Council requires a skilled and experienced delivery partner to drive forward the following objectives:

• To ensure that the High Needs system in Kirklees provides high quality services
• To improve outcomes for young people in Kirklees
• To move towards financial sustainability of the High Needs system in Kirklees
• To deliver savings by reducing the demand coming into the SEND system through behaviour change in workforce, partners, schools and parents.
• Aim to reduce number of Out of Area placements due to shortage of suitable education provision within Kirklees
• Measurable movement towards the achievement of the inclusive ambitions
• Embed a governance approach to track the programme's progress towards achieving both financial and outcome benefits, taking a whole system view of metrics
• To ensure that services become more cost effective as a by-product of improved outcomes and quality improvement
• To ensure the demand and trajectory work informs our future sufficiency work and co-dependant programmes, including SEMH and SEND school place provision.
• To develop and implement an outcome framework and embed a common language to create a consistent, timely and holistic discussion of needs, provision and outcomes.
• To implement an outcome based tool which balances spending against achievement of outcomes and quality of service provision.
• Ensure that the outcomes tool and approach is used across the local SEND system and draws outcomes data from children, young people and families
Ensure that the local SEND system draws on national good practice and learning and uses it to inform our local system.

Award information

Awarded date

16 April 2021

Contract start date

18 April 2021

Contract end date

17 April 2022

Total value of contract

£950,400

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Impower Consulting Ltd

Address

125 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1AR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Lisa Johnson

Address

Civic Centre 1
Huddersfield
HD1 2NF
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1484221000

Email

lisa.johnson@kirklees.gov.uk

Website

http://www.kirklees.gov.uk