Published date: 21 January 2022

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: 4 February 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social research services - 79315000

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

    • Social work services - 85310000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

B4 7DJ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-100-3579-QU552

Published date

21 January 2022

Closing date

4 February 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 March 2022

Contract end date

31 October 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP) replacing the Local Safeguarding Children Board was launched on the 1st April 2019 and is a statutory body which sits within the Birmingham Children's Trust (Trust). The Children and Social Work Act 2017 defines three 'Safeguarding Partners' to oversee and lead the arrangement to safeguarding and promote the welfare of children. In Birmingham, the Local Authority, Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group and West Midlands Police shares equal responsibility for developing and leading the new partnership arrangements.

Birmingham Children's Safeguarding Children Partnership requires a provider for the provision of the Evaluation of the Neglect Family Foundations project as detailed below under requirements / specifications.

The Provider is expected to evaluate the overall implementation of GCP2 across the two-Family Foundation areas. The evaluation will consider the impact of: -

• The use of the tool by practitioners - considering areas such as whether it is providing better quality and more consistent approach to the assessment of neglect both within and across agencies.
• The learning from the pilots and how we can apply this in multi-agency locality setting (considering any barriers, gaps in skills or knowledge and good practice).
• The impact of GCP2 training on practitioners' intervention with families at risk of neglect.
• The impact of the GCP2 training on practitioners' understanding, knowledge, skills, and confidence in responding to neglect.
• The use of GCP2 with families (including children), their views of the tool and how they have found the assessment process.

This contract will be for a period of up to 7 months commencing 1st March 2022 until 31st October 2022, (unless terminated under the terms and conditions of contract).

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant quotation documentation.

If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk

Your completed quotation submission should be returned by noon on 4th February 2022 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Carol Woodfield

Address

1 Lancaster Circus
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7DJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 2913

Email

Carol.Woodfield@birmingham.gov.uk