Official UK procurement notice
Independent Fostering · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Hertfordshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
Hertfordshire County Council along with Central Bedfordshire Council, Bedford Borough Council and Luton Council as strategic partners, will be opening up an opportunity for IFAs to join their Approved Provider List (APL) when this is recommissioned in 2045/25 and be part of a committed and trusted suite of providers that offer homes to our looked after children. We are looking to invite applications in Autumn of 2024 and are currently in the process of consulting internal stakeholders, agencies and children on a remodelled specification.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIndependent Fostering Agency - Approved Provider List Opportunity
Hertfordshire County Council along with Central Bedfordshire Council, Bedford Borough Council and Luton Council as strategic partners, will be opening up an opportunity for IFAs to join their Approved Provider List (APL) when this is recommissioned in 2045/25 and be part of a committed and trusted suite of providers that offer homes to our looked after children.
We are looking to invite applications in Autumn of 2024 and are currently in the process of consulting internal stakeholders, agencies and children on a remodelled specification.
We would like to invite interested providers to a virtual Provider Engagement Event on Tuesday 19th March at 2pm - 3pm.
Agenda
- Needs across the area
- Sharing of the draft specification for comment or feedback
- Opportunity for providers to give their views, feedback and to ask questions around joining an Approved Provider List
Please contact Shelley Cummings at shelley.cummings@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk to confirm your attendance or with any queries. An MS Teams link will be forwarded to all those who confirm attendance.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Feb 2024, 16:09 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Feb 2024, 16:09 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006298- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043d3fFind a Tender
Publisher note: The Council's will consider the feedback received to help inform options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council's are not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in this event will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this market engagement will be reimbursed by the Councils.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Feb 2024 → 1 Sept 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published27 Feb 2024, 16:09 GMT
- Tender notice expected1 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
4 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Bedford Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Central Bedfordshire CouncilContracting authority
- Luton CouncilContracting authority
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.