Published date: 28 June 2017

Last edited date: 28 June 2017

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: 23 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pre-school education services - 80110000

  • Social work services without accommodation - 85312000

  • Child daycare services - 85312110

    • Guidance and counselling services - 85312300

Location of contract

WS1 1TP

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

WP3294

Published date

28 June 2017

Closing date

23 July 2017

Contract start date

1 January 2018

Contract end date

31 December 2021

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

The Council is challenged to improve outcomes for children, reducing the numbers of vulnerable children coming into care, and referrals and re-referrals coming into the social care system by strengthening its early intervention and prevention work with families within a context of reducing resources.

The Council looks to seek views on plans to review current arrangements for Children's Centres to align and integrate services as part of the development of a Children's Services 0- 19 'Early Help Partnership' locality model. The proposals consulted upon aim to:
o redefine current reach areas of Children's Centres to better align with 0-19 partnership locality areas and school cluster arrangements so that professionals can work better together to offer a whole family approach;
o reduce the number of buildings that provide Children's Centre services in the newly defined Central and South area from three (Palfrey, Birchills and Alumwell) to one and to use the entire building at Birchills for childcare to help meet the shortage of early learning places and childcare in the surrounding area;
o provide the delivery of a range of services in the east of the Borough through 'Outreach Services' using community based buildings, virtual hubs and interventions in the home. This will save building costs and give greater flexibility and access to services across a large geographical patch: the majority of current delivery is being accessed via outreach and home visits;
o reduce management costs by bringing Children's Centres into 'Early Help Locality' arrangements; and
o maintain a mixed provision model as informed by the 'Best Value' review of Children's Centre services, and, as a result, decommission the newly aligned Central and South locality as a 'whole family' 0 -19 Early Help locality servicethat incorporates the Children's Centre core offer.

More information

Links

Additional text

Please note that Walsall Council have a new Contract opportunity.

For further details of the requirement, please see the following link to the Councils` e-Procurement web portal;

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncil

You will be required to register your organisation (if already not done so) and express your interest in the relevant project/opportunity.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

David Sheldon

Address

Darwall Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1TP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01922 658399

Email

sheldond@walsall.gov.uk

Website

https://www.walsall.gov.uk/