Awarded contract

Support Services to Kinship Carers

Details

Supplier(s)
kinship
Value
£238,243.4
Duration
5 years
Topic
Health and social work services
Published
27 February 2024

Tender description

The Provider will deliver a comprehensive offer for special guardians and other kinship carers, including:\r Access to community-based peer support groups (online and face-to-face)\r Access to a telephone/online advice service\r In depth, 1:1 support for 40 Special Guardians or other Kinship carers\r A dedicated local project worker 2 days per week:\r To build relationships between kinship carers and the Local Authority\r To undertake needs assessments and to identify lower-level support (e.g. grant or charity applications)\r To put in place support to meet the identified needs, following discussions with the Local Authority\r To identify local Kinship carers who might need support and to make the Local Authority aware of the need for support\r Facilitating and providing access to training for kinship carers both in conjunction with Bromley and as a service provider\r Organising informal social events for kinship carers both in conjunction with Bromley and as a service provider\r Membership for Kinship carers and Bromley staff to a Professionals Network experienced in Kinship Care\r Workforce development services

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date25 June 2023
  2. Completed: Award published27 February 2024
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date4 June 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

London Borough of Bromley buys as a local authority, with its own procurement team based at the Civic Centre. Contract opportunities are advertised through ProContract, accessed via the London Tenders Portal used by councils across London. Suppliers register free on the portal to receive notifications and access tender documents for advertised opportunities. Larger contracts also appear on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the national procurement portals. The council's contract procedure rules set out how procurement is carried out for different types of contract. Procurement decisions aim for value for money through competition between suppliers.

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 London Borough of Bromley's contract awards have been in construction work, software and information systems and health and social work.

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  • 85000000 · Health and social work services

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