Children's Social Care managed services

Concepts

• health and social work
• children's social care managed services
• west malling
• children & families branch
• permanent social workers
• social care cast teams
• children
• children's social care
• the children & families branch
• importance of childrens

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

This is a voluntary ex-ante transparency (VEAT) notice to indicate that in light of the recently increased volume of work and the challenges to the recruitment of agency and permanent social workers, the Council now needs to award an interim contract for managed service provider to supply up to three Childrens social care CAST teams for The Children & Families branch, without prior publication of a call for competition. This will be for a maximum of six months due to the urgent nature of this requirement and the importance of Childrens safeguarding.

Total Quantity or Scope

Due to increased volume of work and the challenges to the recruitment of agency and permanent social workers, the Council now needs to award an interim contract for managed service provider to supply up to three Childrens social care CAST teams for The Children & Families branch, without prior publication of a call for competition. This will be for a maximum of six months due to the urgent nature of this requirement and the importance of Childrens safeguarding. This interim contract will urgently provide additional capacity to keep the service safe and continue delivering effective interventions whilst a full procurement is undertaken for a longer-term contract. The interim contract will have a maximum value of £1,523,000 (assuming three full teams in place for the full six-month period) Full details of the planned procurement can be found at www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk under ‘buying organisation’ Commercial Services.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Legal Justification

This is a voluntary ex-ante transparency (VEAT) notice to indicate that in light of the recently increased volume of work and the challenges to the recruitment of agency and permanent social workers, the Council now needs to award an interim contract for managed service provider to supply up to three Childrens social care CAST teams for The Children & Families branch, without prior publication of a call for competition. This will be for a maximum of six months due to the urgent nature of this requirement and the importance of Childrens safeguarding. This notice is being published to inform the market of our intentions to commence a 10 day stand still period prior to the contract being awarded to Innovate (H & S C) Services Ltd (12230864) whose registered office is at 15 Friars Street, Ipswich, IP1 1TD. The authority shall not enter into a contract before 11th February 2022. This interim contract will urgently provide additional capacity to keep the service safe and continue delivering effective interventions whilst a full procurement is undertaken for a longer-term contract. The interim contract will have a maximum value of £1,523,000 (assuming three full teams in place for the full six-month period) Full details of the planned procurement can be found at www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk under ‘buying organisation’ Commercial Services.

Other Information

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