Edinburgh Fostering and Continuing Care Framework
A Contract Award Notice (Social)
by THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
- Source
- OJEU
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 4 year (est.)
- Value
- £36M
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 10 May 2021
- Delivery
- To 10 May 2025 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Edinburgh
3 buyers
- City of Edinburgh Council Edinburgh
17 suppliers
- National Fostering Agency Scotland Grangemouth
- Fostering People Nottingham
- Core Assets Scotland Glasgow
- Carolina House Trust Dundee
- Barnardos Edinburgh
- Swiis Foster Care Dunfermline
- Fosterplus Scotland Bromsgrove
- Tact London
- Fostering Relations Grangemouth
- Care Visions Stirling
- Foster Care Connect Galashiels
- JMT Fostering Services Livingston
- Action for Children Services Hertfordshire
- Aberlour Child Care Trust Glasgow
- Dean & Cauvin Young Peoples Trust Edinburgh
- Quarriers Bridge of Weir
- St Andrews Childrens Society Edinburgh
Description
The Council is aware that to maintain the highest quality and meet the needs of the children and young people, it is in the children’s best interest to be looked after by foster carers linked to the City of Edinburgh Council. However, there are times that in-house resources do not fully meet the needs and the Council needs to look for alternate quality foster placements from independent providers. This framework is an opportunity for independent providers to work with the Council.
Lot Division
| 1 | Mainstream Children requiring foster placements are aged 0 to 17 and come into care for a wide variety of reasons. The service should provide high quality placements for children and young people who require Foster Care and who may have a range of complex and challenging support needs. The provider will work with the Council to ensure children and young people are matched to a service that has been assessed as suitable for them and shall provide a healthy, secure, warm, safe and supportive environment in which the Child or Young Person can develop. Children requiring placement will have a range of background experience, environmental adversity, and attachment patterns, such as childhood abuse and trauma, neglect, young carers, additional needs and challenging behaviour. |
| 2 | Specialist/Disability When placing a child or young person with disabilities, the provider is responsible for ensuring the Foster Carer has the level of skill and understanding necessary to meet the child’s or young person’s special care needs. Any provider offering a placement to a child or young person with a disability must show a clear understanding of their developmental and emotional needs with their needs as a child as the primary focus. Children who are assessed as needing specialist foster care have usually experienced varying degrees of neglect, abuse and disruption. Some of the children may have lived in residential care. They can present a higher level of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, but, with the right family, the children can grow, develop and thrive. Carers must demonstrate a clear knowledge of trauma informed practice. |
| 3 | Short Breaks The children need carer families who can care for them for short periods of time. This can allow them to have a break from their parents or carers, to enable them to continue to care for children by giving them some time and space for themselves. These breaks can vary in length and frequency. |
| 4 | Continuing Care Foster Carers can provide continuing care services if they have already been providing fostering services and their suitability to provide continuing care has been assessed and approved following procedures as required by the care inspectorate and The Council. This will be underpinned by The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and good practice guidance and recommendations. The process to be followed to make arrangements for the change from Foster Care to Continuing Care will be agreed for each placement. |
| 5 | Permanent Placements Children who need permanent fostering or adoption will have been looked after by the Communities and Families Department and are unable to return to their own homes for a range of reasons. |
Award Detail
| 1 | National Fostering Agency Scotland (Grangemouth)
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| 2 | Fostering People (Nottingham)
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| 3 | Core Assets Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 4 | Carolina House Trust (Dundee)
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| 5 | Barnardos (Edinburgh)
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| 6 | Swiis Foster Care (Dunfermline)
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| 7 | Fosterplus Scotland (Bromsgrove)
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| 8 | Tact (London)
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| 9 | Fostering Relations (Grangemouth)
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| 10 | Care Visions (Stirling)
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| 11 | Foster Care Connect (Galashiels)
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| 12 | JMT Fostering Services (Livingston)
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| 13 | Barnardos (Edinburgh)
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| 14 | Action for Children Services (Hertfordshire)
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| 15 | Core Assets Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 16 | Carolina House Trust (Dundee)
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| 17 | Swiis Foster Care (Dunfermline)
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| 18 | Fosterplus Scotland (Bromsgrove)
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| 19 | Tact (London)
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| 20 | Fostering Relations (Grangemouth)
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| 21 | Care Visions (Stirling)
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| 22 | Foster Care Connect (Galashiels)
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| 23 | JMT Fostering Services (Livingston)
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| 24 | Aberlour Child Care Trust (Glasgow)
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| 25 | Fostering People (Nottingham)
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| 26 | National Fostering Agency Scotland (Grangemouth)
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| 27 | Dean & Cauvin Young Peoples Trust (Edinburgh)
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| 28 | Quarriers (Bridge of Weir)
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| 29 | Fostering People (Nottingham)
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| 30 | Barnardos (Edinburgh)
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| 31 | Core Assets Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 32 | Carolina House Trust (Dundee)
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| 33 | Swiis Foster Care (Dunfermline)
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| 34 | Fosterplus Scotland (Bromsgrove)
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| 35 | Tact (London)
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| 36 | Fostering Relations (Grangemouth)
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| 37 | Care Visions (Stirling)
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| 38 | Foster Care Connect (Galashiels)
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| 39 | JMT Fostering Services (Livingston)
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| 40 | National Fostering Agency Scotland (Grangemouth)
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| 41 | National Fostering Agency Scotland (Grangemouth)
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| 42 | Fostering Relations (Grangemouth)
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| 43 | Core Assets Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 44 | Carolina House Trust (Dundee)
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| 45 | Barnardos (Edinburgh)
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| 46 | Swiis Foster Care (Dunfermline)
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| 47 | Fosterplus Scotland (Bromsgrove)
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| 48 | Tact (London)
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| 49 | Care Visions (Stirling)
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| 50 | Foster Care Connect (Galashiels)
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| 51 | JMT Fostering Services (Livingston)
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| 52 | Dean & Cauvin Young Peoples Trust (Edinburgh)
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| 53 | Quarriers (Bridge of Weir)
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| 54 | Action for Children Services (Hertfordshire)
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| 55 | Foster Care Connect (Galashiels)
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| 56 | National Fostering Agency Scotland (Grangemouth)
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| 57 | Core Assets Scotland (Glasgow)
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| 58 | Carolina House Trust (Dundee)
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| 59 | Barnardos (Edinburgh)
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| 60 | Swiis Foster Care (Dunfermline)
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| 61 | Fosterplus Scotland (Bromsgrove)
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| 62 | Tact (London)
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| 63 | Fostering Relations (Grangemouth)
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| 64 | Care Visions (Stirling)
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| 65 | JMT Fostering Services (Livingston)
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| 66 | Dean & Cauvin Young Peoples Trust (Edinburgh)
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| 67 | St Andrews Childrens Society (Edinburgh)
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CPV Codes
- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
- 85311200 - Welfare services for the handicapped
Indicators
Other Information
This Contract Award Notice relates to: Lot 1 — Mainstream; Lot 2 — Specialist; Lot 3A — Short Breaks (Mainstream); Lot 4 — Continuing Care; Lot 5A — Permanency (Mainstream); Lot 3B — Short Breaks (Specialist) and Lot 5B — Permanency (Specialist) will be contained within alterative Contract Award Notices. This framework value is estimated to be a maximum of GBP 36 409 000 over the 4 year term. All other additional information is contained with documents uploaded. (SC Ref:650310)
Reference
- OJEU 234539-2021