Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Thurrock Council
Grays
RM17 6SL
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH32 - Thurrock
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/thurrockcouncil/aspx/Home
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
Market Engagement - SEND Placements
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85310000 - Social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Thurrock Council is seeking to develop a framework of providers to deliver day and residential educational support placements to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) up to the age of 25 years old. Our vision is in securing SEND day and residential placements provision in and outside of Thurrock, ideally as close to the homes of Thurrock’s children and young people as possible to allow them to remain within their local communities. Our aim is to support positive family relationships, reduce family travel costs to provision often located a long distance away from a child or young person’s home and family in Thurrock and reduce expensive out of borough care.Providers should be able to offer day and/or residential educational placements with a range of specialist support and service responses.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £30,800,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80340000 - Special education services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH32 - Thurrock
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Thurrock Council is seeking to develop a framework of providers to deliver day and residential educational support placements to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) up to the age of 25 years old.Our vision is in securing SEND day and residential placements provision in and outside of Thurrock, ideally as close to the homes of Thurrock’s children and young people as possible to allow them to remain within their local communities.Our aim is to support positive family relationships, reduce family travel costs to provision often located a long distance away from a child or young person’s home and family in Thurrock and reduce expensive out of borough care.Providers should be able to offer day and/or residential educational placements with a range of specialist support and service responses. Appointed providers will deliver innovative person-centred approaches and models of care to suit the individual needs of each child and young person and often, their complex needs and disabilities. We are also interested in the social value that providers may offer Thurrock, our children, young people and their families.Two market engagement events are being hosted to enable providers to gain an understanding of the borough, the requirements for this service and to have a dialogue with commissioners about service development.Further information on the events, including how to register attendance, is available on Eventbrite, linked below.1. Virtual Event on Monday 31st October 2022 at 10.30am. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-market-engagement-send-placements-tickets-438948596067?aff=ebdsoporgprofile2. In-Person Event on Monday 14th November 2022 at 10.00am.https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/market-engagement-send-placements-tickets-438918465947?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
10 October 2022
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: No