Social Care Community Support Rolling Select List
Suffolk County Council (Directorates)
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What the buyer wants
Suffolk County Council invites tenders for a Rolling Select List of approved providers to deliver various social care community support services for children, including support for disabled children, social care support, crisis support, and supervised family time support.
Tenders are invited for inclusion on a Rolling Select List of approved, quality assured providers of Social Care Community Support intended to facilitate the provision of:
o Support for Children open to Social Care's Disabled Children and Young People's Team (DCYP) (Lot 1)
o Social Care Support for children (Lot 2)
o Crisis Support for children (Lot 3)
o Supervised Family Time Support (Lot 4)
Lot 1 is expected to provide support within a family or residential setting, by staff trained to provide personal care and administer medication. The children may be physically disabled, be neurodivergent, have specific sensory/communication needs, have learning disabilities and/or life limiting illnesses.
Lot 2 is expected to proactively support children within their family home, enabling reunification and preventing admission into care.
Lot 3 is expected to support children in care at short notice (e.g., to prevent emergency or admissions into care) following placement breakdowns. The children may have a history of criminal exploitation, behavioural and emotional dysregulation, mental health issues and/or neurodivergence. The support will take place in a residential setting and may exceed 28 days duration.
Lot 4 is expected to provide suitably trained staff to carry out Family Time sessions following Suffolk County Council's Family Time protocols.
Providers can apply to join the Rolling Select List or amend which lots they have bid for at any time, however their applications once the Rolling Select List is live will only be considered on an annual basis. An overview of the process and the anticipated timescales can be found at Appendix A to the Invitation to Participate document. Bidders will be notified no later than the end of the calendar month following submission of their Request to Participate. E.g., if the submission is received in January, then bidders should be notified by the end of February. This Rolling Select List complies with the Light Touch Regime under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Additional information:
This opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of www.suffolksourcing.uk.
Interested parties are invited to express their interest in order to gain full access to the tender documentation.
Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No
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Services required
- Health and social work services
- Social work and related services
What you will need to show
- Trained staff for personal care and medication administration (Lot 1) — Suppliers must have staff trained to provide personal care and administer medication for children with disabilities and complex needs in family or residential settings.
- Trained staff for family home support to enable reunification (Lot 2) — Suppliers must provide proactive support to children within their family homes to enable reunification and prevent care admission.
- Support for children in care at short notice in residential settings (Lot 3) — Suppliers must be able to provide crisis support for children in care at short notice, including those with complex behavioural and mental health needs, in residential settings.
- Staff trained to carry out Family Time sessions per Council protocols (Lot 4) — Suppliers must provide suitably trained staff to conduct Family Time sessions following Suffolk County Council's protocols.
Documents to submit
- Request to Participate form
Key facts
- Buyer: Suffolk County Council (Directorates)
- Deadline: 31 March 2027
- Contract period: 1 April 2027 to 2 April 2027
- Published on: Contracts Finder
- First seen by Tenderoo: 2 October 2026
- CPV: 85000000, 85300000
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