Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Buckinghamshire Council
Walton Street Offices
Aylesbury
HP20 1UA
Contact
Mr Simon Blackett
simon.blackett@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1494421481
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ13 - Buckinghamshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Buckinghamshire Missing Children and Independent Return Home Interview Service
Reference number
DN552339
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is a key duty on local authorities and
requires effective joint working between agencies and professionals. Children running away
and going missing from home or care is a safeguarding issue. Local authorities are
responsible for protecting children whether they go missing from their family home or from
local authority care and are required to work with partners on planning to prevent children
from going missing and to protect them when they do
Buckinghamshire Council is seeking tenders for the coordination and delivery of an
Independent Return Home Interview service for Buckinghamshire children who go missing
from home or care The service will support Buckinghamshire children and young people
between the ages 10-18 years who have been reported missing.
o and who live in Buckinghamshire,
o or who are looked after by Buckinghamshire Council.
The overarching outcome for the Return Home Interview (RHI) service is to help safeguard
vulnerable children and young people that have gone missing or run away from home or care.
The service will use a trauma informed approach to deliver high quality and timely
independent RHIs to understand the reasons why a child has gone missing, give children and
young people information and advice and help them develop strategies to keep them safe
This statutory service will be commissioned in adherence with DfE Statutory Guidance titled:
Guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care, January 2014:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment
_data/file/307867/Statutory_Guidance_-_Missing_from_care__3_.pdf
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) may apply
to this opportunity.
The contract start date will be 01/04/2022 for 3 years with the option to extend for a further
2 x 12 month. The annual budget is capped at £290,000. Any bids that exceed the cap will be
disqualified from the procurement process.
If your organisation wishes to participate in this process, you need to register with the
Buckinghamshire Business Portal. You will be unable to take part if you do not register.
Please use the link below and follow the instructions on the website:
www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk
Tenders must be returned via the Buckinghamshire Business Portal.
The tender return date is midday on Friday 24th September 2021. Tenders received after this
time and date will not be accepted.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-017596
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.2.2
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