Published date: 24 June 2022

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: 25 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-100-3703-P0819

Published date

24 June 2022

Closing date

25 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2022

Contract end date

14 August 2026

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?

No

Description

Birmingham City Council (BCC) on behalf of the West Midlands Community Safety Partnership is seeking applications to apply to join a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Independent Author/ Chair, combined role to undertake statutory reviews for domestic homicides within the West Midlands region.

The service provides a review of the circumstances in which the death of a person aged 16 years and over that has, or appears to have, resulted from violence, abuse or neglect by a person to whom they were related or with whom they were, or had been in, an intimate personal relationship or were a member of the same household as themselves.

The purpose of the review is to:
o Identify any lessons to be learnt from the death;
o State the lessons to be learnt, the changes required, actions to achieve those changes and associated timescales;
o Apply those lessons to relevant policies and procedures;
o Prevent future domestic abuse and homicide.

The West Midlands Community Safety Partnership is seeking for Independent Author / Chair to conduct Domestic Homicide Reviews based in the 7 Local Authorities in the West Midlands Region; as listed below:

o Birmingham City Council;
o Coventry City Council;
o Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council;
o Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council;
o Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council;
o Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council;
o City of Wolverhampton Council;

The service required is for an Independent Author / Chair to provide Domestic Homicide Reviews.

The DPS will be awarded for a period of 4 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years subject to performance.

BCC will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of In-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with In-tend please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Councils tender Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the selection questionnaire.

The initial request to join the DPS providers are required to complete and return of the selection questionnaire no later than 12:00 on 25th July 2022 using the Supplier Portal.

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Marie Kennedy

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 3273

Email

Marie.Kennedy@birmingham.gov.uk