Published date: 30 September 2024

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: 4 November 2024, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

  • Social work services - 85310000

    • Social services - 85320000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

CV1 5RR

Value of contract

£0 to £2,270,187

Procurement reference

IT-208-18931-CSW - 18931

Published date

30 September 2024

Closing date

4 November 2024

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council are jointly contracting for a service providing independent visitors, and independent advocacy, information, advice and support to children and young people in order to meet our statutory obligations.

The service will be provided for children and young people who are receiving a service from WCC or CCC and wish to have the support of an advocate.  This includes children and young people who are; 

aged 4 to 18 and looked after under the Children Act 1989, s.20 or s. or 25 if they have special educational needs and/or disability 
care leavers, aged 16 - 25 under the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and Children & Social Work Act 2017 
subject to a family group conference or child protection conference 
aged 16/17 and presenting as homeless to WCC or CCC 
considering or wishing to make a complaint about the service they receive from WCC or CCC 
young carers who may need support in adulthood (Care Act 2014) 
young people defined as a 'Child In Need' (Children's Act 1989) within private fostering arrangements 


More information

Links

  • Additional information on how to apply for this contract

Additional text

Please register via the Council`s e-procurement system - CSW-JETS https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets

CSW-JETS is a sub-regional e-tendering portal run by In-tend. Since February 2010, Coventry; Solihull; Warwickshire; Nuneaton and Bedworth; Rugby alongside other local district Councils have been working together as a shared procurement service. In conjunction with Solihull Community Housing, we have joined together to bring you a collaborative E-Tendering portal.

CSW-JETS enables us to advertise our opportunities across all authorities through the same system. This means that there is a single point of contact for procurement in the sub-region so you only have to register once to receive notifications for all authorities. Registering on the portal will make it easier for local suppliers to find, respond to and be alerted to tender opportunities.

Registration is free, and takes just a few minutes. When complete, you will be able to express interest in any of the Councils'/Authorities' opportunities when they are made available including this tender. In addition, we will be able to access your details whenever we have a requirement, and you may then be invited to tender or quote for work.

Once you are registered and log in to the system you will be able to locate the tender opportunity, express interest and access the documentation.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No


About the buyer

Contact name

Manjit Nagra

Address

Coventry, Solihull, Warwickshire
North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby
Stratford, Warwick Councils and Solihull Community Housing
CV1 5RR
United Kingdom

Telephone

01926 412026

Email

manjitnagra@warwickshire.gov.uk