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# delivery Managed Service Provider (MSP) to supply Children’s Social Care CAST teams the Children’s Services department of Hampshire County Council

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/delivery-managed-service-provider-msp-to-supply-children-s-social-care-cast-teams-the-chil-ocds-h6vhtk-03111f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Connect2Hampshire: "delivery Managed Service Provider (MSP) to supply Children’s Social Care CAST teams the Children’s Services department of Hampshire County Council". Published status: complete. Published Value: £7,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Connect2Hampshire](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/connect2hampshire-GB-FTS-125909)
- **Published Value:** £7,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 June 2022 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKJ3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03111f`

## Before you bid
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## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3De591058f-c5e0-ec11-8115-005056b64545)
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## Description
Managed Service Provider (MSP) to supply five Children’s Social Care CAST teams for the Children’s Services department to use in five districts across the county. The number of teams could be increased or reduced over the term of the contract, subject to separate agreement with the supplier.
You will be required to have Five teams consisting for 45 workers in the following districts,
these will be available, fully compliant and ready to be deployed from the start date of the
contract (1st August 2022), without the need of additional recruitment campaigns.
Team 1 East Hants – Team of 8 Required
Team 2 Hart and Rushmoor – Team of 10 required
Team 3 New Forest – Team of 9 Required
Team 4 Basingstoke - Team of 9 Required
Team 5 Eastleigh Winchester - Team of 9 Required
Each team will consist of:
TEAM 1: 1 Team Manager, 1 Assistant Team Manager, 5 Social Workers, and 1 Project Support
TEAM 2: 1 Team Manager, 1 Assistant Team Manager, 7 Social Workers, 1 project support
TEAM 3: 1 Team Manager, 1 Assistant Team Manager, 6 Social Workers, 1 project support
TEAM 4: 1 Team Manager, 1 Assistant Team Manager, 6 Social Workers, 1 project support
TEAM 5: 1 Team Manager, 1 Assistant Team Manager, 6 Social Workers, 1 project support
These teams would be responsible for a total of 600 children (based on five teams) in any
given six-month period regardless of Covid impacts.
MSP will provide senior management, that will be responsible for audit all the children’s files
and will record management oversight including SMART actions. The purpose of this is to
ensure management grip for when the Social Workers start and to ensure they have
guidance and direction.
MSP will have responsibility for the Quality Assurance Framework and will provide Head of
Quality Assurance who undertakes regular audit activity via both desktop audit and live audit
to ensure we close the loop, complete all remedial actions, and hold reflective learning
discussions. The focus of our audit process is to ensure we look at the impact of intervention
and the quality of our work to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people.
The teams are expected to be integrated into Children’s Services working within Hampshire
policies, procedures and thresholds. HCC will undertake its own quality assurance in
addition to that provided by MSP

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £7,500,000
- **Description:** Managed Service Provider (MSP) to supply five Children’s Social Care CAST teams for the Children’s Services department to use in five districts across the county. The number of teams could be increased or reduced over the term of the contract, subjec...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 021858-2022-Y22029-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Innovate (H&S C) Services Limited,**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-166473`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 021858-2022-Y22029-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 31/07/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021858-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-09T11:31:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:03:46.519Z
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