SC19017 VPRS Framework
A Contract Award Notice
by KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £318K
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 11 Feb 2025
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Kent:
1 buyer
- Kent County Council Maidstone
3 suppliers
- Clarion Housing Group London
- Rethink Mental Illness London
- Migrant Help Dover
Description
The opportunity concerns the delivery of the official Government refugee resettlement schemes in Kent. Currently these are the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (VPRS) and the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme (VCRS) but from Spring 2020 these (and the Government Gateway programme) are due to merge into the new UK Resettlement scheme. The service being commissioned is the resettlement and integration support for refugees relocating to Kent under these and any similar future scheme yet to be announced, both for existing families and new families from April 2020. The service will be expected to provide the above support for initially the first 3-years of each refugee’s stay in the UK, with the potential for an extension of up to a further 2-years, depending on individual need and available funding.
Lot Division
1 | West Kent This lot covers delivery of all requirements of the UK Resettlement Scheme in the following Districts: Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge & Malling, Sevenoaks and Maidstone. The services required will be described in the tender documentation. |
2 | North Kent This lot covers delivery of all requirements of the UK Resettlement Scheme in the following Districts: Dartford and Gravesham. The services required will be described in the tender documentation. |
3 | East Kent This lot covers delivery of all requirements of the UK Resettlement Scheme in the following Districts: Thanet, Dover and Folkestone & Hythe. The services required will be described in the tender documentation. |
4 | Swale This lot covers delivery of all requirements of the UK Resettlement Scheme in the following Districts: Isle of Sheppey and Sittingbourne. The services required will be described in the tender documentation. |
Award Detail
1 | Clarion Housing Group (London)
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2 | Rethink Mental Illness (London)
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3 | Migrant Help (Dover)
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4 | Migrant Help (Dover)
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CPV Codes
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
Legal Justification
Short term contracts have been awarded to the incumbent suppliers for a period of 4 months. The short term contracts are to enable KCC to complete the re-procurement which is already out for tender. By awarding the short term contracts, it mitigates any loss in the provision of service while the re-procurement is underway. In addition it will also enable ample mobilisation time for the winning bidder. The estimated total value of the proposed contract extension is £317,699. The short term contract runs up to 31st May 2025. The recommissioned service will commence 01 June 2025.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ddca
- FTS 004583-2025