CAF229-19 - Improving Child and Family Arrangements Service (ICFA)

Cafcass (the Buyer), working on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, are required to deliver a range of child contact services and court ordered activities for use in private law family court proceedings in support of children and families experiencing divorce and separation. The Improving Child and Family Arrangements (ICFA) service is to replace current Child Contact Intervention Services (CCI) and contributes to that duty.

The SSQ stage will take place between 21st September 2020 and 26th October 2020. Only suppliers wishing to be considered for lead regional provider status should respond to the SSQ.

This procurement is split in to lots. These being:- Lot 1 North region covering Cafcass areas

A1 - Tyneside, Northumbria

A2 - Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York, Cumbria and Blackburn A4 - South Yorkshire & Hull

A5 - West Yorkshire

Lot 2 East Region, covering Cafcass Areas:

A10 - Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire.

A11 - Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

A14 - Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk.

Lot 3 West Region covering Cafcass areas

A3 - Greater Manchester

A9 - Cheshire and Merseyside

A12 - Birmingham and the Black Country, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire,

Lot 4 South East Region covering Cafcass Areas:

A17 - Kent

A16 - Surrey & Sussex

A15a & b - Greater London

Lot 5 South West Region covering Cafcass Areas:

A7 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Avon and Thames Valley.

A8 - Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.

A6 - Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset.

A13 - Coventry and Northamptonshire

A18 - Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire