Planning

Provision of a Foster Panel Chairperson

  • Caerphilly County Borough Council

UK3: Planned procurement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-034162

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05512a (view related notices)

Published 20 June 2025, 4:05pm

Scope

Description

Caerphilly County Borough Council, Social Services Department (The Council) wishes to engage with a suitably qualified individual (the Service Provider) to act as the Independent Chair of the Council's Foster Panel in line with the requirements set out in PART 5 of The Regulated Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2019.

The overall aims of this provision are:

To Chair the Council's Fostering Panel.

To ensure that the Panel remains in line with regulations, policy and legislation.

To ensure the Panel members are aware of their roles and to facilitate the involvement of all Panel members.

To make clear, evidenced recommendations.

To ensure the Panel is efficient and professional, and to provide clarity where required.

Full details will be issued as part of the tender process when the Tender notice is issued.

This notice is to inform the market of a potential contract to be issued early July 2025.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2035
  • 10 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Contract locations

  • UKL15 - Central Valleys

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

1 July 2025

Enquiry deadline

30 June 2025, 12:00am

Tender submission deadline

19 July 2025, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Award criteria

This table displays the award criteria of the lot
Name Type
Quality Quality
Price Price

Weighting description

Quality 80

Price 20

to be confirmed in the tender documents

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition

Special regime

Light touch

Contracting authority

Caerphilly County Borough Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWHP-2369-JPYL

Penallta House, Tredomen Park

Hengoed

CF82 7PG

United Kingdom

Contact name: Thomas Young

Telephone: +441443863282

Email: youngt@caerphilly.gov.uk

Website: http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk

Region: UKL16 - Gwent Valleys

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Wales