Published date: 23 December 2020

Last edited date: 22 January 2021

This notice was replaced on 27 April 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 27 April 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work services - 85310000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£445,200

Procurement reference

LBBRENT001-DN487949-74547330

Published date

23 December 2020

Closing date

25 January 2021

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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 London Borough of Brent invites relevant providers to tender for the provision of Specialist assessments for LAC and Children under Kinship arrangements. This is a social and specific service in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU Article 74. The service is expected to facilitate the provision through a Hub and Spoke model. The network consisting of a single provider (hub), which offers a full array of services, complemented by subcontracted providers/individual assessors (spokes) which offer limited services. The service is to drive market competition (where appropriate), innovation, efficiencies, thereby delivering best value for the council.
The range of specialist assessments required include:
• Psychological assessments
• Domestic Violence risk assessments
• Psychiatric assessments
• Parenting Assessment Manual Software (PAMS) assessments
• Parenting assessments
• Together and Apart assessments
• Special Guardianship Order (SGO) assessments
• Kinship/Connected Persons' Assessments
• Form F assessments
The Contract is for 24 months with an optional extension clause of 12months subject to performance.
The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at its sole discretion. The contracting authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with the contracting authority shall be incurred entirely at the applicants/tenderers risk.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Specialist Assessments for LAC and Children under Kinship arrangements (CYP - 2021 - 003)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 23 December 2020

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Phyllis Addo

Address

Brent Civic Centre
Engineers Way
Wembley
HA9 0FJ
England

Telephone

+44 2089372729

Email

Phyllis.Addo@brent.gov.uk

Website

http://www.brent.gov.uk/