Official UK procurement notice
Early Help (Family Hubs) Partnership with Plymouth City Council
Authority: Plymouth City Council (Local council)
Plymouth City Council (PCC) is committed to working with partners to transform the way we deliver Early Help and Targeted Support for families with children aged 0-19, over the next ten years. We want to commission a Partner or Partners to work with us to develop and drive a 10 year Early Help (Family Hubs) Programme. All resource in scope of the Partnership would be considered in the future design of services to develop Family Hubs, with flexibility to co-locate staff and pilot new approaches including considering which services would benefit from being sub-contracted to other partners, or delivered directly by the Partnership, following Council Contract Standing Orders as required. For the procurement process the successful Partner(s) will need to demonstrate that they understand the needs of families locally and have a track record of successfully working with other organisations locally and/or nationally.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlymouth City Council (PCC) is committed to working with partners to transform the way we deliver Early Help and Targeted Support for families with children aged 0-19, over the next ten years.
We want to commission a Partner or Partners to work with us to develop and drive a 10 year Early Help (Family Hubs) Programme. This approach was approved by PCC’s Cabinet in March 2021 and it aligns with Plymouth’s new Bright Future vision for children and young people 2021-2026, due to be considered at PCC Cabinet on 13th July.
The commissioned partners(s) and PCC would form an Early Help Partnership, agreeing key principles, deliverables and outcomes, directly linked to feedback from families and practitioners. The Partnership agreement would include detail on how potential conflicts of interest would be managed, and whether the partner(s) would have the right of pre-emption or exclusivity over future services.
All resource in scope of the Partnership would be considered in the future design of services to develop Family Hubs, with flexibility to co-locate staff and pilot new approaches including considering which services would benefit from being sub-contracted to other partners, or delivered directly by the Partnership, following Council Contract Standing Orders as required.
There is no specific funding allocated to the partnership contract with PCC and part of the tender will explore consideration of the joint resources and commitments which will be needed to successfully implement and run the partnership.
We will continue to engage with existing and potential providers and wider system partners, together with the Family Hubs Network, Department for Education and the new National Centre for Family Hubs and Integrated Services for Families, as we progress with our commissioning and transformation approach.
The tender opportunity and ITT pack will be published in summer 2021 via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗. Prior to this there will be a pre-engagement virtual information event for potential providers taking place on:
Date: Monday July 19th 2021
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Venue: MS Teams
Booking: Please email [email protected] with your name and email address to receive the invite details for the meeting.
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single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Partnership would be expected toPlanned
The Partnership would be expected to
- Put in place effective mechanisms for hearing from children, young people, families and practitioners;
- Seek out and lead joint external funding bids to enhance the Family Hub offer;
- Drive Early Help system Workforce Development Framework implementation;
- Drive forward effective use of data to avoid repetition;
- Evaluate what is most effective in supporting families;
- Work closely with the Education and Health system;
- Develop joined up IT solutions and a digital offer;
- Effectively communicate the Family Hubs offer to all families and at all levels of the system
For the procurement process the successful Partner(s) will need to demonstrate that they understand the needs of families locally and have a track record of successfully working with other organisations locally and/or nationally. We would encourage consortia approaches.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 7 Jul 2021, 11:27 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Jul 2021, 11:27 BST
- Authority reference
DN554758- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-015663- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Timeline
7 Jul 2021 → 30 Jul 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published7 Jul 2021, 11:27 BST
- Tender notice expected30 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST
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