Published date: 11 October 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 3 September 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£80,000

Procurement reference

GMCA001-DN561833-17906289

Published date

11 October 2021

Closing date

3 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

27 September 2021

Contract end date

26 September 2022

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

We are looking for an organisation/ individual with fostering experience and expertise deliver specific pieces of work as part of the GM Returning Internal Fostering to Growth programme. This will involve working as part of a broader project team to facilitate the engagement of fostering leads from across the GM local authorities and to deliver against key milestones and project timeline.

Background
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) covers the Greater Manchester city-region, an area with a population of over 2.8m. GMCA is made up of the Mayor of Greater Manchester and the ten Greater Manchester councils (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Trafford, Tameside and Wigan), who work with other local public services, businesses, communities and a range of other partners to improve the city-region.
The GM Children and Young People's Plan (2019-22) sets out an ambitious programme of reform across multiple challenges facing children, young people and their families. Further to this, the GM Sufficiency Strategy has brought together, for the first time, an understanding and analysis of the numbers, needs, and placement types for children and young people. Through this analysis GM senior leaders have identified internal fostering as a key priority in improving local sufficiency and improved outcomes.
The focus of this work sits within the priorities of Looked after Children, this includes;
• Children coming into care are provided with a quality placement which meets their needs, ensuring permanence is achieved at the earliest stage.
• There will be an integrated approach to placement types and availability, including the recruitment of foster carers, to deliver a robust and sustainable sufficiency strategy.
This work is underpinned by an established fostering community of practice, bringing together the fostering leads from all ten Local Authorities. A programme of fostering proposals has been presented to the 10 Directors of Children's Services with agreement to progress to the next phase of business case development and/or implementation.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

GM Looked After Children Programme. Returning Internal Fostering to Growth

  • Opportunity
  • Published 6 August 2021

Award information

Awarded date

7 October 2021

Contract start date

19 October 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2022

Total value of contract

£75,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

CORAM

Address

wc1n 1az

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Bushra Dawood

Address

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters
146 Bolton Road, Swinton
Salford
M27 8US
England

Telephone

+44 1616084120

Email

dawoodb@manchesterfire.gov.uk

Website

http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/