Estimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
6 March 2018
Published
2 February 2018
Type
services
Overview
The London Borough of Sutton wish to commission a marketing and foster care recruitment service for the recruitment of foster carers for the in-house fostering service. The aim of this contract is to increase the awareness of fostering in the borough and to recruit high quality carers for Sutton Council's in-house fostering service.
To achieve this, the contract will be made up of two service areas: 1) Awareness campaign - The aim is to increase the awareness in the borough of fostering for Sutton. 2) Targeted engagement and assessment - To continue to raise the profile and provide information on on fostering to residents and to lead on the assessments of applicants, inline with all legislation. Additional information: Organisations may tender for one, two or all three lots.
The highest scores from Lot 1 and Lot 2 will be added together to create a total score (100%). Lot 3 total score will count for 100%.
Additional details
However, the Council will only be appointing to Lot 1 and Lot 2 or Lot 3. The decision to appoint to Lot 1 and 2 or Lot 3, will be based on the highest score.
For example, if the combined score of tenderers for Lot 1 and 2 equate to a higher score than that of the highest tenderer for Lot 3, then Lot 1 and Lot 2 will be successful. If the highest tender for Lot 3 exceeds the combined highest score for Lot 1 and Lot 2, then the highest scoring tenderer for Lot 3 will be successful.
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London Borough of SuttonKey Dates
Published
2 February 2018
Submission deadline
6 March 2018
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