Published date: 9 January 2020

Last edited date: 9 January 2020

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: 10 February 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Welfare services for children and young people - 85311300

Location of contract

IP1 2BX

Value of contract

£35,000,000

Procurement reference

CD1259b

Published date

9 January 2020

Closing date

10 February 2020

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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?

Yes

Description

Suffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of Foster Care Rolling Select List. This is the second annual review point. The contract period is 1st July 2018 to 30th June 2022 with the option to extend for up to 21 months until 31st March 2024.

Please note that the advertised contract value is the potential total value of all placements made via the Foster Care Rolling Select List for the period of the contract and the extension period. For contractors on the Foster Care Rolling Select List there is no guarantee of placements.

This opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of the portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.

The deadline date for submissions of the tender is Monday 10th February . Please note late returns will NOT be permitted.

The deadline for clarification questions is Monday 27th January which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website.

The Foster Care Rolling Select List will be reviewed annually. New entrants will have the opportunity to join the Rolling Select List at these review points when the Rolling Select List will be re advertised and the provider tiers will also be re evaluated.

More information

Links

Additional text

This opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of www.suffolksourcing.uk.

Interested parties are invited to express their interest in order to gain full access to the tender documentation

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Katrina Browning

Address

Russell Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 2BX
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1473264490

Email

katrina.browning@suffolk.gov.uk

Website

https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/business-jobs-and-careers/tenders-and-supplying-us/