Children's Services Alternative Delivery Models External Support 2018/19
Worcestershire County CouncilEstimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
23 April 2018
Published
22 March 2018
Type
services
Overview
Worcestershire County Council's Children's Services is working to improve the quality and effectiveness of its services including social work practice. As part of this improvement journey, and in response to both the Ofsted inspection (judgement published 24 January 2017) and the Department of Education (DfE) Commissioner's report (published 19 September 2017), the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Children and Families has recommended that the Council voluntarily considers Alternative Delivery Models (ADM) for children's services in order to both accelerate and sustain improvement.
Worcestershire County Council has initiated a programme to appraise, design and implement an alternative delivery model for Children's Social Care. Phase 1 was the completion of an Options Analysis to decide the highest scoring ADM Option(s) (completed in December 17).
Phase 2 was the completion of a Detailed Business Case on the final option chosen (to be completed by 31 March 2018). Subject to Cabinet Approval on the 29 March 2018 (papers available publically from 21 March 2018) and sign off by the Secretary of State, implementation will begin from April 2018, with an aim to go live in April 2019.
Additional details
The purpose of the Tender is to identify a suitable organisation to support the Council in the next stage of our journey towards implementation of an Alternative Delivery Model (ADM) for Children's Services in Worcestershire. If you wish to view the documents for this opportunity please click 'Express Interest'.
Following this, if you wish to apply for this opportunity please click 'Opt in' which will then enable you to view and complete the Standard Questionnaire and upload the relevant documents. After uploading all required documents and completing the questionnaire(s) please remember to press the 'Submit your Return' button at the bottom of the page.
Suppliers will receive a system generated email to confirm successful submission of their return. Any questions or clarification should be conducted via 'Correspondence' through this portal. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No
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Worcestershire County CouncilKey Dates
Published
22 March 2018
Submission deadline
23 April 2018
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