Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Staffordshire County Council
Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
Contact
Helen Fry
commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx
one.1) Name and addresses
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Stoke-on-Trent
commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.stoke.gov.uk/site/
one.1) Name and addresses
Staffordshire Commissioners
Stafford
commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://staffordshire-pfcc.gov.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Child Exploitation and Missing Children and Young People's Service
Reference number
IA2457
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
For the avoidance of doubt this is not a Call for Competition, this is to initiate a soft market testing process.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
- 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
For the avoidance of doubt this is not a Call for Competition, this is to initiate a soft market testing process.
Staffordshire's County Council, Stoke on Trent City Council and The Staffordshire's Commissioners Office have a shared vision about the way in which our children should be supported when they are at risk of or experiencing child exploitation. Similarly, we recognise the need for a proactive response to children who go missing from home or care. We therefore wish to invite Providers to an engagement event where we intend to outline the need, scope, principles and aspiration of our future service whilst seeking feedback to refine our thinking prior to tender.
The aim for the future service is that it will directly contribute to the three strategic outcomes of our Pan-Staffordshire Child Exploitation Strategy:
• Children and young people are not victims of Child Exploitation.
• Children and young people are protected from Child Exploitation by parents / carers, communities, professionals and businesses.
• Children, young people and adults are not perpetrators and / or groomed to facilitate Child Exploitation.
The future service will also be responsible for the delivery of the Return Home Interview (RHI) process across the County and City in line with The Department for Education's, 2014 Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care, Working closely with Staffordshire Police and Local Authority colleagues our intention is that RHIs will be offered to children who have been reported to the Police and accepted as missing.
The provision will offer a flexible approach to meeting the needs of children and young people aged between 0-18 years.
The Market Development Provider Event will take place from
9.30am - 11.30am on Tuesday 22nd of June via Microsoft Teams.
By attending Providers will have the opportunity to be part of:
• Shaping the vision for the future service.
• Contributing to early thinking of new commissioning arrangements and understanding the procurement timeline and process moving forwards.
We hope you will be interested in attending this event. Please could you confirm attendance by the 18th of June to claire.kirk@staffordshire.gov.uk, we will then share the Microsoft teams link with you in readiness for the event on the 22nd of June.
We also recommend you register at on the Council's e-tendering system https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
23 August 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes