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Children's Rights Service

Swindon Borough Council

Estimated Value

Up to £300,000

Deadline

26 February 2018

Published

26 January 2018

Type

services

SME SuitableVCSE SuitableSouth WestGBOpen procedureCPV: 85310000CPV: 85312310CPV: 85312400
CategoryHealth & social care

Overview

Children's Rights Service Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Children's Rights Service Project Description Swindon Borough Council is looking to commission a Children's Rights Service to enable children and young people to have a say in decisions that are made about them. The Children's Rights Service will be independent of the statutory services provided in Swindon and will champion the voice of children in care, children at Child Protection Conferences and disabled children who are in the care of Swindon Borough Council or living in Swindon.

The contract will include the following elements: • An Advocacy Service • An Independent Visitors Service Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents. To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents.

Total potential term is 6 years. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically via Messaging in ProContract tender portal. All tender documents are available in the attachments section on the tender advert on the South West Portal available using the link below: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk DN318865 No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.

Key dates

Commences
1st June 2018
Duration
2 years

Submission

Tender Responses Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 26th February 2018, 1200 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk Tender Clarifications If you require any clarifications on the tender documents, please submit these in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal, including the project reference and title clearly in the Subject title, by 12th February 2018, 1200 hrs UK Local time.

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In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Contract Period The contract will be initially for a period of 2 years commencing 1st June 2018 with the option to extend for a further 2 years plus 2 years subject to satisfactory performance, meeting KPIs and budget availability.

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Swindon Borough Council
Typepublic body
Total tenders191
Total spend£1,040,910,957
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Key Dates

Published

26 January 2018

Submission deadline

26 February 2018

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