Health and social work services

Tender description

Nottinghamshire County Council, Derby City Council and Nottingham City Council ("collectively the DN2 Partnership") are jointly seeking to conduct a collaborative procurement exercise using a process similar to competitive dialogue conducted in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) ("PCR 2015"). This procurement exercise seeks to award a contract for evidence-based services that support children on the edge of care and, in care to achieve better social outcomes to the DN2 Partnership. The services required by the DN2 Partnership are to be delivered throughout the geographical areas covered by the DN2 Partnership (please see procurement documents for further details). The DN2 Partnership have successfully secured funding to develop a Social Impact Bond and is seeking to jointly commission evidence-based services that support children on the edge of care and, in care to achieve better social outcomes. DN2 is seeking a consortium to deliver the specialist interventions to support young people with challenging behaviours and complex needs: — In Care, who are currently in residential care to step down to foster care, who are in foster care and at a high risk of placement breakdown, or of entering residential care, to remain in stable foster care, who currently are LAC but whom we are seeking to re-unify with their birth family or primary carers. — Edge of Care - an intensive family intervention to support children and young people on the edge of care remain safely with their families / primary carers. The project aims to help up to 400 children and young people over 4 years. Further detail is provided in the procurement documents.