Published date: 24 July 2015

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: 24 August 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work services - 85310000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£900,000

Procurement reference

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Published date

24 July 2015

Closing date

24 August 2015

Contract start date

1 October 2015

Contract end date

30 September 2019

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

London Borough of Newham would like to invite tenders from individual providers to join a framework which will be used to commission reviews. The framework is limited to the provision of LAC reviews only. Independent providers are required to act like limited companies and must have the appropriate registrations, insurances and tax arrangements to ensure appropriate accountability. A detailed best value service review in 2015 concluded that a model of service delivery which utilises a number of externally commissioned providers offers a good quality, flexible service. As such, it is the local authority's intention to continue to procure external providers to deliver the statutory independent reviews to looked after children. To improve accountability and quality, the service specification has been revised and it is the aim of the local authority to commission LAC reviews from independent providers who meet a number of quality standards. This is the way the department will fulfil our statutory duty to independently scrutinise services to looked after children.


This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system "capitalESourcing" (url: www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate, and registration is free.

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About the buyer

Address

1000 Dockside Road
London
E16 2QU
England

Email

Eprocurement@onesource.co.uk