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CPU6176 - Provision of Mentoring (Education) Services

Nottingham City Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Nottingham City Council

Buyer Address: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG, England

Contact Email: procurement@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 0

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
179166.0 GBP
Published
26 Feb 2025, 07:53
Deadline
04 Nov 2024, 10:00
Contract Start
01 Jan 2025, 00:00
Contract End
31 Jul 2026, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
The Children's Society
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

The Authority is seeking to commission a service to provide high quality, mentoring support to 15-25 children in care per year, as identified by the Nottingham City Virtual School. The role of the Mentors will be to work directly with Service Users, as directed by the Virtual School, to improve their wellbeing and level of engagement in education, by planning and delivering activities appropriate and agreeable to the Service User's needs, aspirations and wishes. This service will be provided by one Provider.\r \r Nottingham City Virtual School is a statutory service that supports and monitors the education of children in care and previously looked-after children (Service Users), to champion the educational needs of these children and help them to achieve the best possible outcomes. The Virtual School provides advice and support to professionals working with Nottingham City children in care and children who reside in the Nottingham local authority area who have previously been looked-after. The Virtual School work closely with teachers, school governors, social workers, independent reviewing officers (IROs), parents and carers, and plays a strategic role in ensuring the corporate parenting responsibilities of the local authority are met, with regard to the education of children in care.\r \r The contract duration will from 1st January 2025 to the 31st July 2026, with a possible extension period/s of up to a further two years at the Authority's discretion. \r \r The contract value is estimated to be £179,166 over the total length of the contract (including any extensions). This will be split as below: \r \r 1st January 2025 to the 31st July 2026 = £79,166, split by \r • 1st January 2025 to the 31st July 2025 = £29,166\r • 1st August 2025 to the 31st July 2026 = £50,000\r \r 1st August 2026 to the 31st July 2027 = £50,000 (if contract extended)\r 1st August 2027 to the 31st July 2028 = £50,000 (if contract extended).\r \r The current provider has stated they believe TUPE applies. Tenderers wishing to access the TUPE information provided to the Council will need to download and sign the agreement and return it to the Council via the messaging function on the e-procurement system\r \r NOTE: All Bidders should access the 'Messages' section of the e-procurement system on a regular basis to check for any clarifications issued on this project and/or any public exchange of information between interested parties, before final submission of their bid. It is the sole responsibility of bidders to do so. This is also the only method the Authority will receive to and respond to any clarifications.\r \r Please visit the Council's e-tendering system https://www.eastmidstenders.org where you can express interest and obtain the documents, (please note we will only accept expressions of interest through the e-tendering system). Please search for CPU6176.

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Opportunity Context

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