P0834 - Mentoring and Positive Activity Services - DPS

The Trust wishes to establish a Dynamic Purchasing system (DPS) for the Provision of Mentoring Services in accordance with Regulation 34 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2016 and in accordance with the Light Touch Regime as set out in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Annex A) (PCR 2015) in relation to Social, Health and Education services. The publication of this document in no way commits Birmingham City Council or THE TRUST to award any contract pursuant to any procurement process.

The DPS will be for the delivery of mentoring and positive activity services for Young Offenders and those at risk of offending, and will be established using the following category basis:

• oSEN Specialist support / provision eg. for young people with SEMH, ASC needs
• oGang Specialist Mentoring
• oPreventing Serious Youth Violence
• oAnti-knife crime programmes
• oAnger Management
• oTherapeutic Interventions (PTSD, trauma informed interventions, CBT, Green space initiatives, Art Based therapies)
• oMotivational, Resilience and Stamina building interventions / workshops
• oPositive Diversionary activities
• oRaising Aspirations initiatives
• oRouteway into employment initiatives
• oSupported Work experience / Experience of the workplace Tasters
• oCareer Sector training and Accreditation offer
• oEntrepreneurial initiatives
• oSupporting engagement into Education, Training and Employment
• oJourney support offer to support access to Education, Training and Employment
• oLife skills and developmental skills activity
• oAddressing disproportionality issues
• oPreventing Violent Extremism initiatives
• oVictim support initiatives
• oRestorative Justice Interventions
• oMentoring support for Eastern European Romany cohort

The DPS will last for an initial period of 5 years, commencing on 1st December 2021, with the option to extend for up to 3 additional years subject to satisfactory performance and funding.

The DPS is a two-stage process:

Stage 1 - Providers wishing to join the DPS shall complete a set of Specific Questions (SQ) that are standard for all Providers. Provider's SQ submissions are evaluated on a pass / fail basis to establish the Providers general capability to undertake the work tendered for.

Stage 2 - The Youth Offending Service shall utilise this DPS for any call off procedures, this includes the option for the Service to specify their individual requirements and to vary the award criteria.

There are two ways of making a call off from this arrangement as detailed immediately below:-

• oDirect Award
• oMini Competition

Birmingham Children's Trust will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address i...

Additional information:

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No