Health and social work services

Tender description

4 year multi-supplier approved provider panel to deliver Children’s SocialCare assessments. Assessments commissioned from the panel of experts will be within the context of cases being managed under Public law outline (PLO) framework both in pre-proceedings and Court Proceedings. The approved provider panel will be split into 10 lots: Parenting assessment manual software (PAMS) assessment, parenting assessment, residential parenting assessment, reverse residential assessment, viability assessment, together and apart assessment and sub-lots within the psychological, psychiatric, fostering assessments and risk assessments lots. During the 4 year period, the Council reserves the right to refresh the approved provider panel and admit new providers onto the panel who meet the initial quality and price evaluation criteria. This is to ensure the provider panel continues to contain enough qualified assessors who can meet the breadth of assessment need. Tenderers can apply for 1 or more lots. The approved provider panel contract shall be for a period of 2 (two) years with an option to extend at the Council’s sole discretion for a further 2 (two) years, giving a total maximum contract term of 4 years. The anticipated contract start date will be the 1.8.2019. The requirements of the Services may vary and quantities shall not be specified, guaranteed or warranted by the Council.