P0462 - For the Delivery of School Health Support Services - WITHDRAWN

Tender description

Birmingham City Council wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of School Health Support Services. In Birmingham we want to maximise the health and wellbeing of children and young people. In order to do this we want to enable children and young people to attend and engage with school. If they engage with school they will be more likely to achieve their potential - attend, engage, achieve. In order to enable attendance and engagement by the pupils with school the Service will: a) Support schools to adapt to pupils with medical needs including SEND, schools' health planning and Education Health and Care Plans b) Enable the health components of plans for Child Protection, Children in Need, Children in Care, and those on the edge of exclusion to be enacted in the school setting. c) Deliver the National Child Measurement Programme. d) Deliver a universal audiology screening of children in the Reception Year. e) Broker the interaction between NHS health services, local voluntary sector, and education so that the child or young person can attain their full potential, using Right Help, Right Time Framework, Early Help and Think Family systems. f) Develop effective partnerships with schools and other agencies in a locality, resulting in a joined -up approach to support improvements in health and wellbeing of school aged children. g) Support emotional wellbeing through the school-aged years by referring to the Early Emotional Help arrangements and Forward Thinking Birmingham. The Contract will last for 2 years (unless terminated under the terms and conditions of contract) with the provision to extend for up to an additional 2 years subject to requirements and satisfactory performance. Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access the Council's tender Portal:-. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the tender documentation. Your completed tender documentation should be returned by noon on 13th July 2018 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc