Therapeutic Support for Children and Young People (CYP) who are at risk of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), and Consultation & Training

The Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) wish to inform the market that they are planning to procure the provision of Therapeutic Support for Children and Young People (CYP) who are at risk of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), and Consultation and Training.

This service will:

• Provide therapeutic support to young people, their parents, families and carers where the young person is assessed as being at risk of CSE;
• Provide advice to health and social care staff, their parents and carers where there are concerns in relation to CSE; and
• Increase the skills and knowledge of a range of Health and Social Care sector staff in relation to the issue of CSE through the delivery of training.

The purpose of this market engagement is to raise awareness of an upcoming procurement and gauge the level of interest in the provision of such services in advance of any formal tender process.

To make an expression of interest please email [email protected] providing the following information:

— organisation name;

— brief description of services you provide; and

— web address if applicable.

Full tender details will be included in the suite of tender documents which will be available for download when the tender is advertised.

This Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been published in the Find a Tender Service (FTS) via the Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) eTendersNI procurement portal: etendersni.gov.uk ↗. Any tender opportunity will also be advertised using this same procurement portal - eTendersNI. Tenderers must be registered on eTendersNI and have selected the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) Code 85000000 (Health and social work services).

The tender is likely to be advertised in the coming month(s). It is your responsibility to find this or any tender opportunity when it is advertised, please check the portal regularly for tender opportunities.

Note: This is not a call for tender. Market engagement is for information purposes only. Any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in a procurement exercise. Failure to show interest does not restrict providers from participating in any procurement exercise. There is no guarantee a procurement process will run.

Note: The Public Contract Regulations (PCR 2015) have changed the way HSC are required to procure social and other specific services ‘to the person’ with the introduction of the light touch regime (LTR) — (Regulation 74– 77 applies).

A decision with regards to lots has not been finalised.