Fostering Partnership for Children and Young People with Additional Needs

Hampshire County Council invites tenders from experienced, quality independent fostering agencies to provide foster care placements for children and young people who present with additional needs and challenging behaviours. These children and young people will be between 0-18 years with disabilities and complex healthcare needs. It is possible they may have experienced placement breakdowns as well as abuse, neglect and loss. These children and young people may also demonstrate offending and/or challenging behaviours or be emotionally vulnerable.

The Contract will commence on 1st July 2017 and will be for a period of two years, with the option to extend for a further two years.

Interested parties should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire, and complete and submit the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire together with any supporting information requested by 11.00hrs on Tuesday 17th January 2017.

How to obtain the Tender Documents

The tender documents can be accessed when logged into In-Tend by selecting 'View Details' on the relevant tender advert and clicking the 'Express Interest' tab. Once in the tender there are five tabs - 'Tender', 'ITT documents', 'Correspondence', 'Clarifications' and 'History'. Select the 2nd tab (ITT - documents) where you will find useful information under 'Tender Details' continue to scroll down to the heading 'Tender Documents Received' where you will be able to view / download the documents.

Opting In and Out

Please note you are required to 'Opt In' before you can access the 'My tender Return' to start populating your response.

The 'Opt Out' functionality will also be available throughout the duration of the tender process. Opting out will give you the option of declaring you no longer want to receive any further communication in relation to this tender along with the opportunity of providing comments and feedback for this decision.

You can choose to 'Opt In' at any time during the tender process if you initially decided to 'Opt Out'.

Please note you are required to 'Opt In' to view and complete the Questionnaire for this project.

Further Guidance

In addition, guidance on how to participate in a tender - download & upload documents / returns and if required, register your company (free of charge), can be found on the In-tend site under the 'Help' or 'Information for Suppliers' buttons.

Dialogue stage 1 will take place between mid-February and mid-March 2017. The deadline for submission of final tender responses will be early May 2017.

Receiving Notification Emails

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Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No