Published date: 13 February 2020

Last edited date: 13 February 2020

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 5 February 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Procurement reference

SOSBC001-DN457666-57172356

Published date

13 February 2020

Closing date

5 February 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Children's Centres form a key element in the Council's offer of early help and preventative services and contribute to a number of strategic priorities for the Borough. They provide a focal point for the delivery of locally integrated services and enable access to a range of support from pre-birth to five years and their families.

In Southend-on-Sea there are currently nine Children's Centres in locations across the borough; the Children's Centre Provider has entered into partnership agreements with the hosting schools and is working in partnership with parents, the local community and the Council to ensure an integrated offer of early help services for local communities.

The annual value of the current contract is around £1,000,000, including premises, insurance, staffing and overhead costs. The current contract has been extended until October 2020 therefore the Council is considering options for the future service model and provision of Early Years services from our Children's Centres. The Council is interested to understand the level of market interest in the provision of Early Years services from our Children's Centres.

This is not a call for competition. As such any future procurement process will be compliant with the Public Contract Regulations (2015 (updated 2016)). This includes but is not limited to advertising and fair treatment of economic operators regardless of their involvement in this Market Engagement.
To respond to the Market Engagement please view on ProContract https://procurement.southend.gov.uk/?ReadForm&login

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Early Market Engagement for Children's Centres

  • Early engagement
  • Published 14 January 2020

About the buyer

Address

Civic Centre
Victoria Avenue
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6lr
England

Telephone

+44 1702215083

Email

procurementops@southend.gov.uk

Website

http://www.southend.gov.uk/