Kinship Support Service for Kinship Carers in England

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is for information only, and the Authority reserves the right not to enter a formal procurement process and not award contract(s). The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the Authority requirements, the service classification of this requirement of the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of the authority’s current thinking and is neither exhaustive nor binding. The Authority reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time. This PIN is not a binding statement of intent; it outlines the Authority’s intention to engage with the supply market on an open and formal basis to develop potential options for this scheme if that is what is decided. If you wish to submit answers to the questionnaire and are interested in attending an online market engagement event please register on the below link for our e-procurement system. Any questions must be asked through this portal. https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html The Department for Education is conducting a pre-procurement market engagement exercise to inform the future commissioning of kinship support services. Interested suppliers, including SMEs and VCSE organisations, are invited to participate. Engagement activities will include completion of a questionnaire, written submissions and/or market engagement events. Further details, including timings and instructions for participation of an online event, will be published through the Department's Jaggaer eSourcing portal after we have receieved back and analysed all questionaires from interested parties. The questionnaire will be accessible through SSQ_828 on the Jaggaer system.