Expired contract

West Midlands Children's Placement Portal Replacement - AWARD

Details

Buyer: Birmingham City Council
Supplier(s): NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd
Value: £999,350
Duration: 1 year
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 16 May 2023
Source: uk:contracts_finder

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

Completed: Award date19 April 2023
Completed: Award published16 May 2023
Current notice
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. Contract opportunities for goods and services above a set threshold are advertised on Find it in Birmingham, the council's own portal. The same opportunities also appear nationally on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Every advertised contract is then processed through the council's own eTendering portal. Suppliers with questions about the process can contact the corporate procurement team directly by email.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

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.

Relevant CPV codes

72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov