Advocacy & Independent Visitors for Children Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council are jointly contracting for a service providing independent visitors, and independent advocacy, information, advice and support to children and young people in order to meet our statutory obligations. The service will be provided for children ... Warwickshire County Council; Coventry City Council Advocacy & Independent Visitors for Children - Opportunity Advocacy & Independent Visitors for Children Warwickshire County Council Coventry City Council F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice) Notice reference: 2024/S 000-031246 Published 30 September 2024, 5:06pm Watch this notice Contents Open all one. Contracting authority (2)I. Contracting authority (2)Press escape key to exit 1. Warwickshire County Council 2. Coventry City Council two. Object II. Object three. Legal, economic, financial and technical informationIII. Legal, economic, financial and technical information four. ProcedureIV. Procedure six. Complementary informationVI. Complementary information Download PDF version Share this notice Twitter LinkedIn Email Copy link Print this notice Report concerns about this procurement Section one: Contracting authoritySection I: Contracting authority one.1) Name and addressesI.1) Name and addresses Warwickshire County Council Shire Hall,Market Square WARWICK CV344RL Contact Manjit Nagra Email manjitnagra@warwickshire.gov.uk Telephone +44 1926412026 Country United Kingdom NUTS code UKG13 - Warwickshire Justification for not providing organisation identifier Not on any register Internet address(es) Main address www.warwickshire.gov.uk Buyer's address www.warwickshire.gov.uk/procurement one.1) Name and addressesI.1) Name and addresses Coventry City Council City Council House, Earl St, Coventry CV1 5RR Contact Emma Franklin Email emma.franklin@coventry.gov.uk Country United Kingdom NUTS code UKG33 - Coventry Justification for not providing organisation identifier Not on any register Internet address(es) Main address www.coventry.gov.uk one.2) Information about joint procurementI.2) Information about joint procurement The contract involves joint procurement one.3) CommunicationI.3) Communication The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at www.csw-jets.co.uk Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address one.4) Type of the contracting authorityI.4) Type of the contracting authority Regional or local authority one.5) Main activityI.5) Main activity General public services Section two: ObjectSection II: Object two.1) Scope of the procurementII.1) Scope of the procurement two.1.1) TitleII.1.1) Title Advocacy & Independent Visitors for Children Reference number CSW - 18931 two.1.2) Main CPV codeII.1.2) Main CPV code 85000000 - Health and social work services two.1.3) Type of contractII.1.3) Type of contract Services two.1.4) Short descriptionII.1.4) Short description Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council are jointly contracting for a service providing independent visitors, and independent advocacy, information, advice and support to children and young people in order to meet our statutory obligations. The service will be provided for children and young people who are receiving a service from WCC or CCC and wish to have the support of an advocate. This includes children and young people who are; • aged 4 to 18 and looked after under the Children Act 1989, s.20 or s. or 25 if they have special educational needs and/or disability • care leavers, aged 16 - 25 under the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and Children & Social Work Act 2017 • subject to a family group conference or child protection conference • aged 16/17 and presenting as homeless to WCC or CCC • considering or wishing to make a complaint about the service they receive from WCC or CCC • young carers who may need support in adulthood (Care Act 2014) • young people defined as a 'Child In Need' (Children's Act 1989) within private fostering arrangements two.1.5) Estimated total valueII.1.5) Estimated total value Value excluding VAT: £810,561 two.1.6) Information about lotsII.1.6) Information about lots This contract is divided into lots: No two.2) DescriptionII.2) Description two.2.3) Place of performanceII.2.3) Place of performance NUTS codes UKG13 - Warwickshire Main site or place of performance Generally within the boundaries of Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council but also may be outside the boundaries two.2.4) Description of the procurementII.2.4) Description of the procurement The service is to provide independent visitors, and independent advocacy, information, advice and support to children and young people. The outcomes of the service are: Be Healthy Be Safe Be Happy Be Skilled Be Heard The Advocacy service will be delivered in line with the National Standards for the Provision of Children's Advocacy Services 2023 - National Standards for the Provision of Children and Young People Advocacy Services September 2023.pdf The Independent Visitors Service will be delivered in line with the National Standards for the Provision of Independent Visitor Services 2016. National Independent Visitor Services 2016 two.2.6) Estimated valueII.2.6) Estimated value Value excluding VAT: £2,701,870 two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreementII.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement Duration in months 120 two.2.14) Additional informationII.2.14) Additional information The contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend for a minimum of 3 years up to a maximum of 84 months at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant. The maximum end date with extensions will be 31st March 2035. Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical informationSection III. Legal, economic, financial and technical information three.1) Conditions for participationIII.1) Conditions for participation three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participationIII.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation List and brief description of rules and criteria All as detailed in the tender documentation. The Council will undertake its financial assessment of the tendering organisation (and if considered necessary by the Council, any partners within a consortium bid) based on its own evaluation of the Tenderers most recent 2 years accounts (or if 2 years accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The assessment of accounts will be supported by an independent credit reference report from Creditsafe where this is available. The Council may also impose a Bond or Performance Guarantee on the successful Tenderer Section four. ProcedureSection IV. Procedure four.1) DescriptionIV.1) Description four.1.1) Form of procedureIV.1.1) Form of procedure Open procedure four.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedureIV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure Information about national procedures is available at: www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made four.1.11) Main features of the award procedureIV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure All as detailed in the tender documentation four.2) Administrative informationIV.2) Administrative information four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateIV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate Date 10 November 2024 Local time 10:00am four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submittedIV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted English Section six. Complementary informationSection VI. Complementary information six.2) Information about electronic workflowsVI.2) Information about electronic workflows Electronic ordering will be used Electronic invoicing will be accepted Electronic payment will be used six.3) Additional informationVI.3) Additional information During the course of the contract period the range and scope of these services may be subject to modification and variation to meet the changing needs and requirements of the Council and partners, potential changes in legislation and the changing demands placed on the Council by its customers. These changes may include (but are not limited to): - • Increases or decreases in funding - this will usually be due to reductions or additions in budget allocations as part of the Council and partners' budget setting processes, It may also be as a consequence of additional funding streams which were unknown at the time of awarding the contract but which are provided to increase the volume of services delivered. • • Changes in legislation that may for example require the inclusion of new customer groups • The identification of additional service recipients, not originally captured by the scope of the contract . Opportunities offered by emerging/ new technologies • Ongoing performance monitoring indicating a change required in allocations made for each service element from the overall funding amount Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (CSW-JETS) for the administration of this procurement process. 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We do this to keep your information secure. 5 minutes remaining until you will be signed out. Continue session Sign out warning you will not be able to undo this action Advocacy & Independent Visitors for ChildrenWarwickshire County Council; Coventry City Council  Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council are jointly contracting for a service providing independent visitors, and independent advocacy, information, advice and support to children and young people in order to meet our statutory obligations. The service will be provided for children ...  Notice typeF21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (Contract notice)Closing10 November 2024, 10:00amContract locationUKG13 - WarwickshireTotal value £810,561 Publication date30 September 2024, 5:06pm