Published date: 20 September 2023

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 30 July 2026, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Training services - 80500000

  • Specialist training services - 80510000

    • Training facilities - 80520000

    • Training programme services - 80521000

    • Technical training services - 80531200

    • Safety training services - 80550000

    • Health and social work services - 85000000

    • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

B4 7DJ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-100-4057-P1214/1

Published date

20 September 2023

Closing date

30 July 2026

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

31 July 2026

Contract end date

1 August 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Birmingham's Safeguarding Children's Partnership (BSCP) is seeking to establish a high quality and cost-effective Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) under the Light Touch Regime, consisting of qualified Individuals / Organisations to offer learning and development services, providing locally delivered, flexible skills training and Sector specific training.

The DPS will be established for the following categories of training:

- Attachment Theory and Brain Development
- Child Sexual Exploitation: Tackling CSE in Birmingham
- Child Sexual Exploitation: Advanced Level
- Drugs and Alcohol--Delivering Brief Intervention
- Understanding and Responding to Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control (Module 1)
- Working with those who are, or may be Experiencing Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control (Module 2)
- Understanding and responding to perpetrators of Domestic Abuse (Module 3)
- Modern Slavery
- Neglect and the Graded Care Profile
- Raising Awareness of Female Genital Mutilation
- Safeguarding Children and Young People with Disabilities
- Safeguarding for Senior, Designated and Operational Managers
- Understanding the Impact of Parents with Mental Health Conditions on Parenting and Children
- Understanding the Strengthening Families Framework & Working in Core Groups
- Working with Families who have disengaged
- Working with Those Who Are, Or May Be Experiencing Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control
- Working with Substance Misusing Parents
- Working with people at risk of knife crime
- Trauma Impact on young people
- Learning from serious case reviews
- Professional curiosity
- Keeping children safe online
- Contextual Safeguarding
- Cultural Competence / Awareness

Potential Suppliers may apply for admission for one or more of the categories and shall be invited to submit a tender for each specific contract at the time of tendering (call-off).

The DPS will be for a period of up to 3 years commencing 1st August 2023 until 31st July 2026, (unless terminated under the terms and conditions of contract) with the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.

The DPS is a two-stage process:

o Stage 1 - Selection Stage - all Potential Suppliers must pass the criteria to be appointed to the DPS.
o Stage 2 - Award Stage - There are two ways of making a call off from this arrangement as detailed below:-
o Direct Award
o Mini Competition

BCT will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of In-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with In-tend please either email us at: cps@birmingham...

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

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

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@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk