Planning

Under 18's Emergency Solo care provision

  • Essex County Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (prior information notice without call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-023815

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0362fc

Published 25 August 2022, 3:22pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Essex County Council

County Hall, Market Road

Chelmsford

CM1 1QH

Contact

Ms Clare Perrett

Email

clare.perrett@essex.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3330320613

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH3 - Essex

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.essex.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

https://procontract.due-north.com/

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

Under 18's Emergency Solo care provision

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85300000 - Social work and related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

To avoid placing children in unregistered provision, ECC has a programme to acquire and refurbish 4 properties in Essex for use as solo registered children’s homes. This tender is for the care provider for the first of these provisions, and will be a block contract.

The purpose of this particular solo property will be to create a safe place where a child can be fully supported with high quality trauma informed care whilst a more permanent and longer-term placement is sought,.

This is a short term, solo bed placement to be used in an emergency basis. It will be a registered children’s home bed for any child with SEMH during a period of crisis.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH3 - Essex

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

To avoid placing children in unregistered provision, ECC has a programme to acquire and refurbish 4 properties in Essex for use as solo registered children’s homes. This tender is for the care provider for the first of these provisions, and will be a block contract.

The purpose of this particular solo property will be to create a safe place where a child can be fully supported with high quality trauma informed care whilst a more permanent and longer-term placement is sought,.

This is a short term, solo bed placement to be used in an emergency basis. It will be a registered children’s home bed for any child with SEMH during a period of crisis.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

25 August 2022


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

Date

10 October 2022

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English