Closed tender

Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care - Round 3

Details

Topic
Health and social work services
Published
26 January 2024
Submission
26 February 2024

Tender description

This is the 3rd application round for the Council's requirement to procure a Pseudo Open Framework for Professional Services in Children's Social Care under which it shall procure the following services under the following lots (which corresponds with the council’s main areas of spend); - Lot 1 - Independent Specialist Assessments (including Drug and Alcohol Testing) - Lot 2 - Therapeutic Support - Lot 3 - Support to families (contact, welfare visits) Within the Public Contracts Regulations (2015) (PCR 2015), there is a Light Touch Regime (LTR) for certain education, health and social care contracts. This is where we have more flexibility to modify the procurement process to meet service needs. In order to be clear where we are using a modified process, rather than the procedure defined in PCR 2015 the use term “pseudo” is used. Lot 1: - Lot 1 - Independent Specialist Assessments (including Drug and Alcohol Testing) Lot 2: - Lot 2 - Therapeutic Support Lot 3: - Lot 3 - Support to families (contact, welfare visits)

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published26 January 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date26 February 2024

About the buyer

Gloucestershire County Council is the county's local authority and buys goods, services and works under its own Contract Procedure Rules and the Procurement Act 2023. SAP Ariba replaced ProContract as the council's online portal for quotation and tender opportunities. Suppliers register free on the SAP Business Network to receive invitations and submit responses electronically. Higher-value open tenders are published on Find a Tender, with each notice linking back to SAP Ariba Discovery. Lower-value quotations go to selected suppliers invited directly through the portal. Frameworks are used where the rules permit, including national, collaborative and locally established agreements.

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 Gloucestershire County Council's contract awards have been in transport services, health and social work and IT services.

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  • 85000000 · Health and social work services

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