Published date: 16 May 2023

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


Closing: 27 January 2023, 11:59am

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

B7 4BL

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-100-3840-P1115 - AWARD

Published date

16 May 2023

Closing date

27 January 2023

Closing time

11:59am

Contract start date

19 April 2023

Contract end date

18 April 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The West Midland Placement Portal is used by all fourteen West Midlands authorities and Children's Trusts (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire) to broker and secure residential, fostering and supported accommodation placements. Currently, almost 1,000 providers are registered on the system and in 2020/21 over 8,000 referrals were made by Placement Teams across the region. Birmingham Children's Trust (BCT) in this instance will act as the lead organisation and will maintain the ongoing relationships with each local authority in the region.

Birmingham City Council (BCC) IT&D on behalf of Birmingham Children's Trust (BCT) are undertaking a procurement exercise to engage with a new development partner to design and implement the new solution. BCT have been given financial approval to proceed with the selection of a delivery partner to develop a suitable solution.

Award information

Awarded date

6 March 2023

Contract start date

19 April 2023

Contract end date

18 April 2024

Total value of contract

£999,350

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

NEC Software Solutions UK Limited

Address

BizSpace, 1st Floor, iMex Centre, 575-599 Maxted Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, HP2 7DX

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Jake Smith

Address

Woodcock Street
Aston
Birmingham
B7 4BL
United Kingdom

Email

Jake.Smith@birmingham.gov.uk