A Framework Agreement for the Provision of Independent Fostering Agencies (IFA) Services

  • SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL
  • Portsmouth City Council
  • Bristol City Council
  • Oxfordshire County Council
  • Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole Council
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  • Dorset Council (incorporating the former Dorset County Council, except the former Christchurch Borough Council )
  • Isle of Wight Council
  • Surrey County Council
  • Brighter Futures for Children for Reading Borough Council
  • Slough Children's Services Trust (Slough Borough Council)
  • Swindon Borough Council
  • Wokingham Borough Council
  • Bracknell Forest Council
  • Achieving for Children for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
  • West Berkshire Council
  • Wiltshire Council

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-013304

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0357bd

Published 24 April 2024, 1:49pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL

Civic Centre,Civic Centre Road

SOUTHAMPTON

SO147LY

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2380833000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ32 - Southampton

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.southampton.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ31 - Portsmouth

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.portsmouth.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Bristol City Council

Bristol

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.bristol.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Oxfordshire County Council

Oxford

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ14 - Oxfordshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole Council

Bournemouth

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK24 - Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Dorset Council (incorporating the former Dorset County Council, except the former Christchurch Borough Council )

Dorset

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK2 - Dorset and Somerset

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Isle of Wight Council

Isle of Wight

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ34 - Isle of Wight

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.iow.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Surrey County Council

Letterhead

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.surreycc.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Brighter Futures for Children for Reading Borough Council

Reading

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://brighterfuturesforchildren.org/

one.1) Name and addresses

Slough Children's Services Trust (Slough Borough Council)

Slough

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Swindon Borough Council

Swindon

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK14 - Swindon

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.swindon.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Wokingham Borough Council

Wokingham

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.wokingham.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Bracknell Forest Council

Bracknell

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ11 - Berkshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Achieving for Children for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Twickenham

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ11 - Berkshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.achievingforchildren.org.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

West Berkshire Council

Newbury

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ11 - Berkshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.westberks.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Wiltshire Council

Trowbridge

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK15 - Wiltshire CC

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

A Framework Agreement for the Provision of Independent Fostering Agencies (IFA) Services

Reference number

EC09/01/3096 (Proactis Reference: REQ/1000050)

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This procurement invites tenders from both new applicants to The Councils' Framework for the Provision of Independent Fostering Agencies (IFA) Services, or from existing providers on this framework who wish to improve their original price offers or to apply for a place on additional lots.

The notice for the original establishment of the Framework Agreement was published on the 28th July 2021 (reference 2021/S 000-017949) and the amended publication dated 7th September 2021, reference 2021/S 000-022124) which read as follows:

"This procurement is for the establishment of a framework agreement for the provision of independent fostering agency services across sixteen (16) local authorities that comprise the South-Central IFA Framework consortium. This ITT is to establish a Framework Agreement between Southampton City Council (on behalf of the South-Central IFA Framework consortium) and those tenderers successful in their applications to be accepted on to the framework to enable the provision of foster care placements in accordance with the terms of the framework agreement. The sixteen local authorities which comprise the South-Central IFA Framework consortium (thereby referred to as "The Councils") are:

Bracknell Forest Council, Bristol City Council, Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council, Dorset Council, Isle of Wight Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Portsmouth City Council, Reading Borough Council, Slough Children's Services Trust, Southampton City Council, Surrey County Council, Swindon Borough Council, West Berkshire Council, Wiltshire County Council, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham Borough Council


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2022/S 000-020919


Section seven. Changes

seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice

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IV.2.2

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Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

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25th April 2024

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15th August 2024

Section number

II.2.7

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Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

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21

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18

Section number

II.2.14

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Additional information

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Duration of the framework agreement as originally published was for 48 months (four years) Framework duration, of which 21 months will remain

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Duration of the framework agreement as originally published was for 48 months (four years) Framework duration, of which 18 months will remain