P0518 - Child Sexual Abuse Support Service

The Council is conducting the procurement exercise on behalf of the Birmingham Children's Trust (The Trust) using the Open Procedure in accordance with the requirements 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.

There is a requirement to provide therapeutic services to children and young people, up to 18 years of age (this may be extended up to 21 years of age for care leavers), who are the victims / survivors of sexual exploitation or sexual abuse and to their parent(s) or carer(s) in order to minimise the impact of the abuse on their mental health / emotional wellbeing;

Promote resilience for the child or young person to enhance their prospects of positive outcomes, in particular to reduce the child / young person's vulnerability to further abuse and to enable them to promote their own safety and wellbeing;

Direct service users to specialist services if continuing or other needs are identified and to facilitate access through established processes; this service is not intended as an ongoing service.

Please note TUPE will apply to this contract. The TUPE information will be released to you upon receipt of a signed copy of Appendix 4- P0457 TUPE Confidentiality Agreement. You are advised to fill this in as soon as possible on receipt and return via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest.

If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register which will enable you to download all relevant Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.

If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call CPS Helpdesk on 0121 464 8000.

Your completed tender submission should be returned by 12:00 noon on 16th March 2020 via the 'In-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

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