Welfare services for children and young people

Tender description

Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (‘PPME’) in relation to the provision of independent residential services for young people. The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council's options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council. For the purposes of this project Hertfordshire County Council is the Lead Commissioner and will conduct any potential future procurement process on behalf of both Hertfordshire County Council and Luton Borough Council. Project Background This project is being developed in order to address the key commissioning priorities within both Hertfordshire County Council and Luton Borough Council's Sufficiency Statements and Children Looked After (CLA) Strategies. This project covers Independent Residential Provision for Children Looked After. The key drivers for this project are geography, specialism and flexibility to move placements up or down the care continuum where appropriate.