Children Centres Services Tender (DCE352)

Descriptions

TENDER ADVERT FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - FOR THE PROVISION OF CHILDREN?S CENTRE SERVICES. Wiltshire Council invites expressions of interest from suitably experienced and qualified service providers capable of providing high quality Children?s Centre services for Wiltshire?s families and children throughout Wiltshire (excluding Swindon). This is a Light Touch Regime procurement and the procedure being used is described in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack. The Council is not following one of the standard procedures. Variant tenders will not be accepted. Tenders must be submitted in English. The successful bidders will be those submitting the Most Economically Advantageous Tenders (MEAT) for each cluster area as detailed in the ITT pack. Only bidders who pass the selection criteria will be eligible to be awarded a contract and that may be checked at any stage during the evaluation process i.e. we may evaluate the service proposals at the same time. The service provider shall be required to work as part of a cohesive early help offer for Wiltshire in ensuring: ?Open access services for all families with young children through use of dedicated children?s centre buildings, a range of accessible community buildings and increased partnership working with Community Child Health professionals including Midwives and Health Visitors. ?Focused and targeted delivery of services within areas of identified need including 1-1 outreach and provision of services/groups in places within the community that are most accessible for vulnerable families with young children. Designated children?s centre buildings will act as hubs for delivery of children?s centre services. However, within each cluster, some children?s centre services will be delivered from other buildings in local communities. The service provider in each cluster will work with all other providers in the area to avoid any duplication and ensure a consistent Wiltshire wide service is delivered, whilst continuing to respond to local need. There will be a single point of access and information for families in each cluster. Bidders are able to apply for individual cluster areas: North; South, East, West. The contract will be for a period of 5 year period with services commencing on 1st July 2016. The requirement includes an option to extend for up to two years with any contract(s) expiring no later than 30 June 2023.