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title: "IA2457 Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service"
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# IA2457 Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ia2457-child-exploitation-and-missing-children-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b582). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Staffordshire County Council: "IA2457 Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service". Published status: unsuccessful. Published Value: £5,069,025. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** UNSUCCESSFUL (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Staffordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/staffordshire-county-council-ons-e10000028)
- **Published Value:** £5,069,025 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 April 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Guidance and counselling services, Health and social work services, Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
- **Delivery Location:** UKG23, UKG24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b582`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ia2457-child-exploitation-and-missing-children-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b582#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ia2457-child-exploitation-and-missing-children-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b582#participate

## Description
Staffordshire County Council, Stoke on Trent City Council and the Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime wish to jointly commission a Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service.
The Service will directly contribute to the three strategic outcomes of our Pan-Staffordshire Child Exploitation Strategy:
• Children and young people are not victims of Child Exploitation.
• Children and young people are protected from Child Exploitation by parents/carers, communities, professionals and businesses.
• Children, young people and adults are not perpetrators and/or groomed to facilitate Child Exploitation.
The Service will also be responsible for the delivery of the Return Home Interview (RHI) process across the County and City in line with The Department for Education’s, 2014 Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care.
The provision will offer a flexible approach to meeting the needs of children between 0-17 years and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities beyond their 18th birthday if they have an education health and care plan. The provision will also offer a flexible approach to care leavers beyond their 18th birthday.
The Provider will offer the Service, and/or refer to other agencies where appropriate. The Service must be provided and accessible in each of the eight (8) districts/ boroughs in Staffordshire and in the city of Stoke-on-Trent.
The current contracts, which are in place for the delivery of some of these Services come to an end on 31st August 2022.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 85312300, 85312400
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £5,069,025
- **Description:** Staffordshire County Council, Stoke on Trent City Council and the Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime wish to jointly commission a Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service.
The Service will directly contribute to t...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2022 to 31/08/2027

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 013745-2022-IA2457 Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013745-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-23T10:15:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:08:30.017Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b582