Expired contract

West Midlands Children's Placement Portal Replacement - AWARD

Details

Value
£999,350
Duration
1 year
Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
16 May 2023

Tender description

The West Midland Placement Portal is used by all fourteen West Midlands authorities and Children's Trusts (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire) to broker and secure residential, fostering and supported accommodation placements. Currently, almost 1,000 providers are registered on the system and in 2020/21 over 8,000 referrals were made by Placement Teams across the region. Birmingham Children's Trust (BCT) in this instance will act as the lead organisation and will maintain the ongoing relationships with each local authority in the region. Birmingham City Council (BCC) IT&D on behalf of Birmingham Children's Trust (BCT) are undertaking a procurement exercise to engage with a new development partner to design and implement the new solution. BCT have been given financial approval to proceed with the selection of a delivery partner to develop a suitable solution.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date19 April 2023
  2. Completed: Award published16 May 2023
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date18 April 2024

About the buyer

Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Birmingham, and buys through Corporate Procurement, a central team that commissions services to deliver the council's priorities for residents. Suppliers with questions about the process can contact the corporate procurement team directly by email.

Over the past 5 years, most of Birmingham City Council's contract awards have been in transport equipment, transport services and architectural and engineering services.

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