Guidance and counselling services

Tender description

The Council wishes to appoint provider(s) for the provision of Return Home Interviews for missing children and associated support services. The contract will be for a period of 3 years, plus 2 optional extensions of 12 months each, for a maximum contract term not to exceed 5 years. The contract has a fixed budget of 75 700 GBP per annum — bidders will be required to demonstrate how they can deliver value for money within this budget. A bidders’ briefing will be held at City Hall in Bristol between 14:00 — 16:00 on the 26.4.2019. Please contact Alistair Little via the portal if you wish to attend. The service will offer and undertake statutory return home interviews to children who have been reported missing from home or care to the Police. Some of the children and their families will also require specialist on-going support to address the identified reasons for going missing, to enable them to make safe choices about not running away from home, and coping with difficulties. The service will be closely linked in with Police, First Response, Families in Focus, Targeted Youth Services, and other targeted and specialist services to ensure that missing person reports are triaged and responded to in a timely way, that children who have received a return interview go on to receive further on-going support, and to aid effective information sharing about contextual safeguarding.