Health and social work services

Tender description

The Council intends to establish a 4 year multi-supplier approved provider panel to deliver Children’s Social Care 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 ten 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. Tenderers can apply for 1 or more lots. The Council has identified that the proposed service provision falls within the scope of “social and other specific services” set out within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations)). Consequently, the so-called Light Touch Regime will apply to this procurement. The Council is orientating this procurement towards an adapted open procedure as described in Regulation 27 of the Regulations but using a “light touch” approach. The Council does not hold itself bound by the Regulations except to the extent that they apply to the light touch regime as set out in Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. 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. 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 requirements of the services may vary and quantities shall not be specified, guaranteed or warranted by the Council. The value of the assessment service under the approved provider panel agreement is estimated to be in the region of 10 000 000 GBP for Croydon and estimated at 10 000 000 for other Local Authorities for the full 4 year term.