Published date: 1 February 2018

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 1 March 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£500,000 to £950,000

Procurement reference

SCHG00170

Published date

1 February 2018

Approach to market date

1 March 2018

Contract start date

1 August 2018

Contract end date

31 July 2022

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

Staffordshire County Council (SCC) wishes to commission a Refugee Integration and Independence Framework to ensure eligible refugees living in Staffordshire are supported to connect with their local communities and have the skills to live independently.
The Framework will consist of three service elements:-
1) Targeted Support Service Support for Syrian Refugees during the second and third year of the Syrian resettlement programme this will include:
- Targeted Practical support to the whole family in order to promote and enable sustainable independent living and integration within the local community
- Targeted Emotional and Behavioural support through the use of mentoring and advocacy for those refugee families with psychological/emotional issues thus impacting on their health, wellbeing and development
2) Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC) Community Integration Support. The service will support community cohesion between eligible UASC and local community assets (guaranteed for 18 months only)
3) Resettlement support. The service will meet and greet new arrival refugees and provide practical support to settle and integrate the refugees in the local communities. This element will only be required if a further tranche of refugees are allocated to Staffordshire.
It is anticipated that tender documentation will be available early March 2018.
Interested bidders are asked to register on the E tendering Proactis system (below) and express an interest in the opportunity.
To participate in this process we would like to invite organisations interested in this opportunity to:
- Register an expression of interest, using the contract reference number SCHG00170 for this procurement process on our E tendering Alito system https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2018/2019 £160,000

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Lynn

Address

2 Staffordshire Place
Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
England

Email

sarah.lynn@staffordshire.gov.uk