CP2216-22 Peninsula Residential Children's Homes Flexible Purchasing System - FPS - NEW PROVIDERS ONLY
Estimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
31 January 2028
478 days remaining
Published
1 January 2023
Type
Flexible Purchasing System
Overview
To put in place a Flexible Purchasing System, with multiple partners across the Peninsula of Devon, Somerset, Torbay and Plymouth, to deliver residential children's services. The aim of this service is to increase sufficiency of high quality placements to enable children and young people to remain as close to their home community as possible.
This is based on the principle of accessing the right placement at the right time. Placements offer an asset-based model of service, where the child or young person is supported to achieve positive outcomes, with a focus on supporting placement stability and Permanence.
The Flexible Purchasing System aims to achieve improved value for money for placing authorities through greater transparency of pricing and competition through call-off. The proposal is for this to be a continually open framework, the aim to speed up the process for new homes to become available for placements by the authorities. If these requirements are not met, any application will be unsuccessful.
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Please note that for Lot 1, any provisions submitted as part of a providers application must be Ofsted registered and have been inspected by Ofsted, achieving a rating of 'requires improvement' or above.
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The Crown Commercial Service is setting up a Flexible Purchasing System (FPS) for residential children’s homes across Devon, Somerset, Torbay and Plymouth. It is looking for new providers to supply high‑quality, stable placements that keep children close to their home community, with pricing that is transparent and competitive.
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Key Dates
Published
1 January 2023
Submission deadline
31 January 2028
Notice type
Contract
Source
council:supplying-the-south-west
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