Tender for Child Sexual Abuse Support Service – Birmingham
Provide therapeutic services to children and young people, up to 18 years of age.
United Kingdom-Birmingham: Social work and related services
2020/S 035-083930
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: Lancaster Circus
Town: Birmingham
NUTS code: UKG31
Postal code: B4 7DJ
Country: United Kingdom
Contact person: Corporate Procurement Services
E-mail: etendering@birmingham.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 1214648000
Fax: +44 1213037322
Address of the buyer profile: www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Child Sexual Abuse Support Service
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The aims of the service are to: provide therapeutic services to children and young people, up to 18 years of age (this may be extended up to 21 years of age for care leavers), who are the victims/survivors of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse and to their parent(s) or carer(s) in order to minimise the impact of the abuse on their mental health/emotional wellbeing; promote resilience for the child or young person to enhance their prospects of positive outcomes, in particular to reduce the child/young person’s vulnerability to further abuse and to enable them to promote their own safety and wellbeing; direct service users to specialist services if continuing or other needs are identified and to facilitate access through established processes; this service is not intended as an ongoing service.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Provide therapeutic services to children and young people, up to 18 years of age (this may be extended up to 21 years of age for care leavers), who are the victims/survivors of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse and to their parent(s) or carer(s) in order to minimise the impact of the abuse on their mental health/emotional wellbeing; promote resilience for the child or young person to enhance their prospects of positive outcomes, in particular to reduce the child/young person’s vulnerability to further abuse and to enable them to promote their own safety and wellbeing; direct service users to specialist services if continuing or other needs are identified and to facilitate access through established processes; this service is not intended as an ongoing service.
II.2.5)Award criteria
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
With the option to extend a further 12 months and a further 1 year subject to satisfactory performance.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.14)Additional information
The Trust will be contributing 150 000 GBP per annum towards the delivery of the services but requires its financial support to be matched (as a minimum) by support from the successful provider. Any financial contribution will be factored into the pricing element of the tender evaluations.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Details will be provided in the tender documentation.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
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.3)Additional information:
The Council is conducting the procurement exercise on behalf of the Birmingham Children’s Trust (The Trust) using the open procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2016 and in accordance with the light touch regime as set out in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Annex A) (PCR 2015) in relation to social, health and education services. The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register which will enable you to download all relevant Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation. If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call CPS Helpdesk on 0121 464 8000. Your completed tender submission should be returned by 12.00 noon on 16.3.2020 via the ‘In-tend’ system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc
VI.4.1)Review body
Postal address: Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
Town: London
Postal code: WC2A 2LL
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 2079477882
VI.4.3)Review procedure
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: