Published date: 18 September 2020

Last edited date: 18 September 2020

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: 1 October 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

MEDWAY001-DN500021-19561662

Published date

18 September 2020

Closing date

1 October 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2020

Contract end date

1 April 2021

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

PLEASE APPLY VIA THE KENT BUSINESS PORTAL & REGISTER HERE FOR FURTHER DETAILS:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=10038656-bef9-ea11-8105-005056b64545&p=8691483f-2f3d-e711-80e1-005056b64545 Medway currently faces a significant spend on placements for children in care and this includes parent and child placements for a cohort of women who repeatedly lose their children into care. This is an issue that locally Medway has been struggling with for many years as the demand continuous to slowly increase not only for financial pressures, but due to the poor outcomes for mother and baby when the child is removed.

A proposal to form a multi-agency targeted intervention to address repeat removals using core Public Health services alongside social care and other key agencies has been agreed and the planning for this service and the interventions that would be most effective are being considered. The intervention aims to improve outcomes for this cohort of women and deliver wider savings to the system as a whole in the long term.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

The Provision of Social Research into repeat removals of babies and children in Medway

  • Opportunity
  • Published 18 September 2020

About the buyer

Contact name

Angela Williams

Address

Medway Council
Medway
ME4 4TR
United Kingdom

Email

angela.salem@medway.gov.uk

Website

http://www.medway.gov.uk/