Coming up· published 10 Feb 2025
EOI - Children's Residential Provision - Strategic Operating Partner (CSC252)
Torbay Council · Torbay, South West
Torbay Council is planning EOI - Children's Residential Provision - Strategic Operating Partner (CSC252). It is a contract for other health and social care in Torbay.
Source: Contracts Finder, published 10 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
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Market Engagement Notice · 15:48
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Market Engagement Notice · 08:31
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Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
Torbay Council is planning EOI - Children's Residential Provision - Strategic Operating Partner (CSC252). It is a contract for other health and social care in Torbay. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Contracts Finder published it on 10 February 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-b5fd17-7885c0ae-f4e0-4cac-8d1c-61e731a5d7e0.
Summary of the contracting process
Torbay Council is in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "EOI - Children's Residential Provision - Strategic Operating Partner (CSC252)" in the welfare services industry category, specifically focused on welfare services for children and young people. The project aims to develop a new registered residential provision in Torbay, England, for young people with complex mental health needs and challenging behaviour.
The engagement end date for this process is set for 18 February 2025. The council seeks to establish a partnership with an external operating partner/provider through a competitive tender process. The expression of interest also serves to gauge market interest and inform the council’s capital funding application and future procurement activities.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are particularly encouraged to participate, given the council’s focus on collaborative partnerships. Engaging with this tender can strengthen a company’s market presence and contribute to their growth by being part of a forward-looking initiative to support vulnerable young people in Torbay.
The notice in full
Torbay are applying for a capital investment bid opportunity to develop a new registered residential provision in Torbay, to provide placements for four young people with complex mental health needs and/or challenging behaviour. Torbay's ambition would be to jointly commission a delivery model with the ICB, creating a partnership Torbay children's home to be managed and staffed externally via a competitive tender and seeking a strategic operating partner/provider.
The purpose of the expression of interest is to identify:
- there is interest in the market for delivery of this type of model;
- there are sufficient providers with the capacity and capability to participate in any future tender process;
- to obtain information to inform Torbay's capital funding application and any future procurement activity Please note that any contract start and end dates provided within this expression of interest are not to be relied upon, as no decisions have been in that respect.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Not stated in the notice: category.
Procedure
- Notice type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Contracts Finder
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: lots, awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7885c0ae-f4e0-4cac-8d1c-61e731a5d7e0
- CPV code
- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Torbay
- Town
- Torquay
- Postcode
- TQ1 3DR
- Electoral ward
- Tormohun
- Constituency
- Torbay
- Delivery area
- North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Torbay
- Area
- Devon
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Torbay Council
- Contact
- Tracey Field
- Phone
- +44 1803208391
- Address
- Torquay, TQ1 3DR · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: category.
Documents and links
- Early engagement notice on Contracts Findercontractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8d5833d4-8bb7-475b-b7e5…
- Early engagement notice on Contracts Findercontractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5c2b1adb-cbc0-44da-bbf5…
- Link to opportunity on supplyingthesouthwest.org.ukprocontract.due-north.com/Advert
- OCDS record ocds-b5fd17-7885c0ae-f4e0-4cac-8d1c-61e731a5d7e0 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-b…
Questions about EOI - Children's Residential Provision - Strategic Operating Partner (CSC252)
When will the EOI - Children's Residential Provision - Strategic Operating Partner (CSC252) tender open?
Torbay Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
Who is the buyer for EOI - Children's Residential Provision - Strategic Operating Partner (CSC252)?
Torbay Council, based in Torbay, South West. The named contact is Tracey Field, on +44 1803208391.
How do I bid for EOI - Children's Residential Provision - Strategic Operating Partner (CSC252)?
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