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Published 21 Apr 2023, 15:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Therapeutic interventions for children adopted from care and their adoptive families and for children on special guardianship orders where they have previously been looked after - DPS

Official notice

Authority: Birmingham Children's Trust

Dynamic market25 lotsServicesRestricted procedure
Dynamic market estimate£1,500,000total for 25 lots · market-wide estimate, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 26 May 2023
Lots 25see the lot list below

What is being bought25 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Birmingham Childrens Trust (BCT), ("the Trust") is responsible for discharging the statutory Social Care duties of Birmingham City Council towards its Children, Young People and Families, among them the duty to provide an Adoption Service. In 2015 the Department for Education introduced the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) for eligible Adopters and Special Guardianship (SGOs) families across England. This fund is designed to offer families specialist therapeutic support following adoption. The purpose of this specification is to ensure quality provision for eligible Adopters and Special Guardianship (SGOs) families across England. This service provision is designed to offer families specialist therapeutic support following adoption in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and their families in line with statutory legislation and guidance.

CPV: Social work and related services

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market

Lots and requirements (25)Procurement structure

25 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Therapeutic/Attachment Focused Parenting Support UK
  • Examples of this includes but is not limited to: - Secure Base / SafeBase Parenting Programme - adOpt Course - parenting programme
  • Providers will need to specify which standardise programme is being used
Delivery: UK
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Video Interaction Guidance West Midlands

Providers must have attended training provided by the Association for Video Interaction Guidance UK or equivalent.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Dialectical therapy (branch of CBT) West Midlands

Providers must hold a qualification in Dialectical Therapy, accredited by the Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Reducing Anxiety Management Plan (RAMP) West Midlands

Providers will have attended training in Reducing Anxiety Management Planning.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #5Neuro Integration System Therapy (NIS) West Midlands

Providers will have attended training in Neuro Integration System Therapy.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #6Lego Therapy West Midlands

Providers will be able to evidence training in Lego-Therapy.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #7Dance Movement Therapy West Midlands

Providers must hold a postgraduate qualification in dance movement therapy, accredited by the Association for Dance Movement Therapy (ADMT) UK.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #8Group Programmes West Midlands

Providers must have attended training relevant to Group delivery or to a particular group programme.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #9Educational Psychotherapy West Midlands

Providers must hold a qualification in Educational Psychology, accredited by the Association of Educational Psychologists.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #10Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) West Midlands

Providers must have attended training provided by MBCT.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #11Creative Therapy West Midlands
  • Music Therapy
  • Drama Therapy
  • Art Therapy
  • MIM – Marschak Interaction Method (common theraplay)
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #12Therapeutic Life Story Work West Midlands
  • Providers will have a Diploma in Therapeutic Life Story Work or equivalent
  • Life story work with a therapy is used to help the young person understand and cope with the trauma and difficulties that their life story work might revisit.
  • Story stem
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #13Theraplay West Midlands

Providers will be either fully qualified (completed Level 2 and the practicum) or have completed level 1 plus 8 supervised sessions and be operating under clinical supervision.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #14Mindful Yoga West Midlands

Providers will be able to evidence training in Mindful Yoga.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #15Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) West Midlands

Providers will have undertaken training in providing the NVR programme.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #16Training for Adoptive Parents (eg. Secure Base / SafeBase Parenting Programme) West Midlands

Providers will have undertaken training in providing Secure Base or SafeBase parenting programmes

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly incrementsVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #17Play Therapy West Midlands

Providers must hold a qualification in Play Therapy and Therapeutic play, accredited by PTUK

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly incrementsVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #18Therapeutic support for sexualised behaviour/ sexually harmful behaviour West Midlands

Providers will have undertaken training in providing support for children demonstrating sexualised and sexually harmful behaviour.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #19Psychotherapy West Midlands

Psychotherapy

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #20Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) West Midlands

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #21Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy West Midlands

Providers will be qualified in DDP to at least Level 2 and receive clinical supervision and to have completed, or be working towards the Practicum.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #22Solution Focussed BRIEF Therapy West Midlands

Providers will hold a minimum of a BRIEF Certificate in Solution Focussed Practice.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: Providers will hold a minimum of a BRIEF Certificate in Solution Focussed Practice.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #23Sensory Integration Processing Therapy/Therapeutic Listening Programme/ Sensory Integration Attachment Therapy West Midlands

Specialist sensory interventions such as Building Underdeveloped Sensori-Motor Systems (BUSS) alongside Sensory Attachment Intervention and Sensory Integration Therapy.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #24Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for the Child West Midlands

Provider must be qualified to level 2 with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #25Systemic / Multi Systemic Family Therapy West Midlands

Providers will be qualified in Systemic Therapy to at least level 3 and receive clinical supervision and / or attended training on Multi-Systemic Therapy.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.Variant bids: not allowed

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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
Conditions of participation1
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    Further details will be provided in the tender documentation.

What this means for your bid
  • “Therapeutic interventions for children adopted from care and their…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Apr 2023, 15:08 BST
Last source update
21 Apr 2023, 15:08 BST
Authority reference
P0704
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011535
Classification (CPV)
Social work and related services
Delivery area
UKWest Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID
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Publisher note: The DPS will be for a period of up to a maximum of 3 years, commencing 1st July 2023 until 30th June 2026, (unless terminated under the terms and conditions of contract) with the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments. Call-off contracts awarded under the DPS may be in place for up to two years. Contract extension to be reviewed on an annual basis, subject to requirements, availability of funding and satisfactory compliance and performance. The DPS will be established on the following categories of therapeutic services: • Category 1 - Therapeutic/Attachment Focused Parenting Support • Category 2 - Therapeutic Life Story Work • Category 3 - Psychotherapy • Category 4 - Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) • Category 5 - Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy • Category 6 - Solution Focussed BRIEF Therapy • Category 7 - Sensory Integration Processing Therapy/Therapeutic Listening Programme/ Sensory Integration Attachment Therapy• Category 8 - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for the Child • Category 9 - Systemic / Multi Systemic Family Therapy • Category 10 - Video Interaction Guidance • Category 11 - Dialectical therapy (branch of CBT) • Category 12 - Reducing Anxiety Management Plan (RAMP) • Category 13 - Neuro Integration System Therapy (NIS) • Category 14 - Lego Therapy • Category 15 - Dance Movement Therapy • Category 16 – Group Programmes • Category 17 - Educational Psychotherapy • Category 18 - Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) • Category 19 – Creative Therapy • Category 20 - Theraplay • Category 21 - Mindful Yoga• Category 22 - Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) • Category 23 - Training for Adoptive Parents (eg. Secure Base / SafeBase Parenting Programme)• Category 24 - Play Therapy• Category 25 - Therapeutic support for sexualised behaviour/ sexually harmful behaviour • Category 26 - Specialist Assessment • Category 27 - Filial Therapy • Category 28 - Further or more complex assessment • Category 29 Therapeutic Respite ServicesPotential Suppliers may apply for admission for one or more of the categories and shall be invited to submit a tender for each specific contract at the time of tendering (call-off).The DPS will be open to new suppliers to enter throughout the duration. This enables suppliers who miss the initial advertising of the opportunity or who may not initially meet the selection criteria, another opportunity. Suppliers have the opportunity to review their processes, capability or financial situation and apply or re-apply, as the case may be, for acceptance onto the DPS. In addition, to support small and medium enterprises, there is the opportunity for suppliers on the DPS to revise their submission as circumstances change. This will allow suppliers to enter the DPS for further categories beyond the one originally accepted for.The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation. If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk Your completed tender submission should be returned by noon on 26th May 2023 via the ‘in-tend’ system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

How it was run

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Admission period ends
26 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Apr 2023 → 26 May 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    21 Apr 2023, 15:08 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    26 May 2023, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Birmingham Children's Trust

Contracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 10 Woodcock Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7 7WBContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria