Children’ Rights Advocacy Service – London Borough of Tower Hamlets
To offer advice and support for all of our Looked After Children and Care Leavers.
United Kingdom-London: Health and social work services
2019/S 011-021608
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Mulberry Place
London
E14 2BG
United Kingdom
Contact person: Procurement
Telephone: +44 2073644099
E-mail: procurement@towerhamlets.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKI4
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
CS5385 Children’ Rights Advocacy Service
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Tower Hamlets) is seeking to commission organisation(s) with the specialist skills and resources to provide a person-centred independent Children’s Rights Advocacy Service (CRAS) offering advice and support for all of our Looked After Children and Care Leavers (including those with a disability) to help empower them to reach their potential and uphold their human rights.
The service consists out of two service lots, Advocacy and return home interviews, for which organisations are encouraged to bid, either for one or both of the service lots.
A supplier briefing will take place on Friday 25.1.2019 at 2:00 p.m and is expected to last approximately one hour.
Location:
Room AJH204
2nd Floor
Albert Jacobs House
62 Roman Road
London
E2 0PG
Please contact Karlijn.Tummers@towerhamlets.gov.uk for further information and to register for the event by Monday 21.1.2019
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.1)Title:
CS5385 Lot 1 Advocacy
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The advocacy service lot will offer Children and Young People (CYP) independent and confidential advice, information and representation, while ensuring CYP have their wishes and feelings heard and views responded to appropriately.
The service will:
— ensure up to 90 Looked After Children (LAC) and Care Leavers (including Children with Disabilities (CWD)) per year will have access to an independent advocacy worker to support their needs and empower them to help reach their full potential, including making complaints,
— conduct up to 25 exit interviews with Care Leavers annually resulting in a report that will be submitted to Tower Hamlets’ Through Care Service.
Commencement date and duration of the contract:
The successful bidder(s) will commence the new service contract(s) on the 1.7.2019. The service is to be delivered for 36 months.
The estimated annual value for the service lot 1: advocacy = 128 252 GBP
Please note that this reflects the maximum available budget for the service, therefore tenders which exceed this figure will not be considered.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
CS5385 Lot 2 The Return Home Interview (RHI)
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The Return Home Interview (RHI) service lot will offer independent Return Interviews for Looked After Children who go missing from their placement. Independent return interviews provide an opportunity to speak to the child in confidence to ascertain the factors that led to the child going missing and any risks they may have been exposed to while missing. This will enable Tower Hamlets to implement measures to prevent reoccurrence and to safeguard the child and young person from harm.
The service will:
— ensure all Looked After Children who go missing will be offered an independent return interview,
— ensure interviews are carried out as soon as possible once the missing child or young person has been located, aiming to meet with the child or young person within 72 hours of receiving a referral,
— be available 7 days a week,
— ensure to offer 4 x half day training and awareness raising sessions with Tower Hamlets’ staff per annum.
Commencement date and duration of the contract:
The successful bidder(s) will commence the new service contract(s) on the 1.7.2019. The service is to be delivered for 36 months.
Budget:
The estimated annual value for the service lot 2: Return Home Interviews (RHI) = 50 000 GBP
Please note that this reflects the maximum available budget for the service, therefore tenders which exceed this figure will not be considered.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.4.1)Review body
Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent
London
E14 2BG
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2073644099
E-mail: procurement@towerhamlets.gov.ukInternet address: www.towerhamlets.gov
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
