Published date: 13 March 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: 15 April 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Social work services with accommodation - 85311000

  • Welfare services for children and young people - 85311300

    • Community health services - 85323000

Location of contract

SG13 8DE

Value of contract

£2,444,585 to £2,850,755

Procurement reference

IT-285-8361-HCC2415534

Published date

13 March 2024

Closing date

15 April 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

27 December 2024

Contract end date

26 December 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Hertfordshire County Council (the 'Council') wish to procure a 'Block Contract' arrangement with a single Provider to provide an O F S T E D registered One (1) bed emergency residential home utilising the Council's existing property for children and young people aged 7 to 18 with high levels of challenging behaviour and complex needs. Needs may include trauma, attachment, mental health including hospital step down, neurodevelopment (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder- A D H D and or Autism Spectrum Disorder A S D), substance use and child criminal or sexual exploitation presenting high levels of risk.

The Council is looking to commission the following:
- One independent residential provider who will O F S T E D register, manage and run an emergency residential children's home for one (1) Child or Young Person to be located at Hertford Hub, Hertford, Hertfordshire. Hertford is situated in East Hertfordshire.

- To offer bespoke, excellent quality care and support for Children or Young People with highly complex needs, on an emergency short-term basis in line with the Young Person's care plan including eventual step down. The Service must be able to respond to urgent referrals, supporting Children and Young People in immediate crisis, creating stability in the short-term allowing for a swift move-on to a longer-term placement. The home will offer provision which always has a minimum of two (2) Staff during the day and one (1) waking night and one (1) sleep in during the night.

- The duration of the stay at the provision will be led by the needs of the Child or Young Person and part of their care planning into other services. It is not intended as a long-term home but will be used flexibly to support Children and Young People in immediate crisis in order to return home or to come back into Hertfordshire so a longer-term solution can be found.

- Placements will be block purchased for the exclusive use of the Council and the Council will have the final decision on who will be placed, in collaboration with the Registered Manager and in line with their regulatory responsibilities.

- The Council may at times offer any potential voids on a spot purchase basis to other local authorities. In this instance a set process will be managed by the Council to facilitate this.

The duration for this Contract will be for an initial period of two (2) years from the agreed Service Commencement Date which is the date of the first Individual Placement Agreement (I P A) with the option to extend subject to review for a further period or periods of up to a total of a further three (3) years. Therefore, the maximum duration of this Contract could be five (5) years.
The estimated minimum annual value of this contract is G B P 488,917.00 per annum.
Therefore the estimated total minimum value of the Contract could be up to G B P 2,444,585.00.

The Council will be offering the opportunity to ...

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Additional text

Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to "express interest" which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. Please see VI.3) Additional information for further information.

Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the e-Tendering system, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.




Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Veronica Ruddle (HCC)

Address

Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01438 843334

Email

veronica.ruddle@hertfordshire.gov.uk