Provision of a Family Support Worker Service

Concepts

• provision of a family support worker service
• family support worker service
• family support worker
• social work
• greenock
• families
• welfare services
• secondary schools
• groups of children
• health and social work

Location

Description

The Family Support Worker will work with families and groups of children identified as our target groups to provide early help and support. They will work with families in primary and secondary schools who are experiencing a range of adversity that impacts on children and young people’s educational attainment. This will also involve working to improve relationships between families, partners and schools.

Renewal Options

Inverclyde Council reserve the right to extend this contract for a further 12 months from 1st July 2024 until 30th June 2025

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85300000 - Social work and related services
• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 80100000 - Primary education services
• 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. *** SPD 4B INSURANCE : It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance as indicated below: Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5M GBP Public Liability = 5M GBP including an indemnity against abuse claims with no inner limit *** SPD 4C SUBCONTRACTORS Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract. *** SPD 4D QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES The bidder must hold a UKAs (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) OR hold the information contained in the buyer attachment area in PCS-T (file name "Contract Notice Additional Information") *** HEALTH & SAFETY The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum OR hold the information contained in the buyer attachment area in PCS-T (file name "Contract Notice Additional Information") SPD Health & Safety. *** TECHNICAL ENVELOPE 2.4 PART A: CHILD PROTECTION POLICY The bidder must have a documented Child Protection Policy that fully meets the Protection of The Children (Scotland) Act 1995, the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 and Children and Young People (S) Act 2014 and the guidance in Protecting Children and Young People: The Charter (Scottish Executive, 2004). *** TECHNICAL ENVELOPE 2.5 PART A: COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE The bidder must comply with Inverclyde Council`s Complaints Handling Procedure. *** TECHNICAL ENVELOPE 2.6 PART A: DATA PROTECTION, DATA RETENTION AND SECURE DESTRUCTION The bidder must demonstrate appropriate compliance with the Data Protection Laws for Data Protection, Data Retention and Secure Destruction by providing a copy of their Policy/Policies *** It will also be a condition of contract that Tenderers comply with Inverclyde Council`s General Conditions of Contract, Special Conditions of Contract, Specification, Contract Information for Tenderers and enter into a Data Sharing Agreement with Inverclyde Council. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 43057. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:686983)