Independent Child Trafficking Guardians

Concepts

• independent child trafficking guardians
• social work
• glasgow
• independent child
• provision of independent child trafficking guardians
• human trafficking
• trafficking guardians
• management of an independent child
• development of an independent child
• guardians

Location

Scotland:

Description

The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of Independent Child Trafficking Guardians. The contract will be for a period of 36 months with the option to extend for an additional 2 x 12 month periods. There will be a 3 month implementation period between 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023 after which the contract will commence on 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2026. The optional extension periods will extend the contract to 31 March 2027 or 2028.

Total Quantity or Scope

The requirement is for the operation and management of an Independent Child Trafficking Guardian (ICTG) service. Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (also known as ‘Guardians’) will be appointed by the Service Provider to provide support to unaccompanied children and young people arriving in Scotland and who may have been a victim of, or may be vulnerable to becoming a victim of, human trafficking. Implementation of the ICTG service will fulfil the duty set out under Section 11 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015, through the development of an Independent Child Trafficking Guardian service, with a focus on prevention of re-trafficking.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85300000 - Social work and related services
• 85312310 - Guidance services
• 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
• 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
• 85321000 - Administrative social services
• 85320000 - Social services
• 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions

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. Single Procurement Document will be scored on a pass/fail basis. Award Criteria Questions can be found in the ITT together with the weightings. Question scoring methodology for award criteria outlined in Invitation to Tender.Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the exclusion and selection criteria for this procurement. (SC Ref:729865)