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Dear Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead,
1. How do you currently accommodate care leavers/young people (16-24
years old) within your borough?
2. Can you explain your commissioning process for private residential care providers/private supported living providers? Do you spot purchase, have framework contacts/agreement or block contracts? Or how can l get spot work asap?
3. Do organisations need to go through the tendering process to accommodate care leavers/young people (16-24 years old) on a spot purchase basis? If information regarding the website to access will be valuable.
4. Do you operate an approved providers list of private residential care providers/private supported living providers? If so, how do I register?
5. How many care leavers/young people (16&17 years old) are currently in private residential care/private supported accommodation? Do you require more providers?
6. How many care leavers/young people (18 years old and above) are currently in private residential care/private supported accommodation? Do you require more providers?
7. How many care leavers or eligible young people (16&17 years old) are living in private residential care/private supported accommodation with support of 10 hours or more?
8. How many care leavers or eligible young people (18 years old and above) are living in private residential care/private supported accommodation with support of 10 hours or more?
9. What is the average weekly cost of placing a child (16&17 years old) in a private residential care/private supported accommodation?
10. What is the average weekly cost of placing an adult (18-24 years old) in a private residential care/private supported accommodation?
11. How can a private residential care/private supported accommodation approach the council when wishing to introduce their service?
12. Who should be approached within the council to discuss commissioning, service provision, rates and referrals?
13. Can you please provided me with the contact details who l can contact and discuss and forward my document to the relevant person in the council with telephone and email numbers?
14. Do you have any events/when are they held? Or how often?
15. when are the next tender dates?
16. How can we get frame work asap and can you provide me with the contact details ?

Yours faithfully,

Muhammad Ahsan

foi, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Dear Muhammed,

Children’s Services for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) are delivered by Achieving for Children (AfC) our partner organisation providing children services on behalf of the council.

Please contact AfC directly at: [email address] as we do not hold the information you are requesting.

Kind regards,

Eisha Jangda
Senior Information Governance Officer
Governance Service
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Town Hall, St. Ives Road
Maidenhead SL6 1RF

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Dear foi,

Hope this email finds you well? I'm the director of up support supported living and Semi-Independent Accommodation, based in Reading, Berkshire. please can you let me know where can I register my organization to work with Windsor and Maidenhead Council for tenders? do you have a supplier e portal webpage?
l look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

muhmmmad ahsan

foi, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Dear Muhammad,

Children’s and Adult’s services for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) are delivered by Achieving for Children (AfC) and Optalis our partner organisations providing children & adult social care on behalf of the council.

We do not hold the information you require you will therefore need to resubmit your request to them directly: [email address] or [email address]

RBWM will not contact you again regarding this request.

Kind regards,

Eisha Jangda
Senior Information Governance Officer
Governance Service
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Town Hall, St. Ives Road
Maidenhead SL6 1RF

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foi, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Dear Muhammad,

 

I am writing to respond to your Freedom of Information request dated 11
March, reference FOI75905.

 

Your question and our answer are as follows:

 

Request

 

I'm the director of up support supported living and Semi-Independent
Accommodation, based in Reading, Berkshire. please can you let me know
where can I register my organization to work with Windsor and Maidenhead
Council for tenders? do you have a supplier e portal webpage?

 

Response

 

The Royal Borough Procurement Team advertise tenders using  “Find A
Tender” (the new post Brexit OJEU equivalent), and “Contracts Finder”
which is UK specific.

 

The Portal that the Borough uses is the  Bravo Solutions portal.

 

 

This concludes our response to your request.

 

If you would like to request a review of the information we have provided
in response to your request please contact us within 40 working days of
the date of this letter using the contact details below:

 

Suzanne Martin

Electoral & Information Governance Services Manager

Acting Data Protection Officer

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St Ives Road

Maidenhead

SL6 1RF

or send an e-mail to [1][RBWM request email]

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

 

The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,

Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Website: [2]http://www.ico.org.uk/complaints/handlin...

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Angelica Popa, PC.foi.

Information Governance and Elections Officer

Governance Service

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St. Ives Road

Maidenhead SL6 1RF

 

Website: [3]http://www.rbwm.gov.uk

Follow us on Twitter: [4]@RBWM

Like us on [5]Facebook

 

 

 

This message is personal to and intended for the exclusive use of the
named addressee only. It may contain material protected by legal or other
privilege (laws restricting its use). If this message reaches you in error
we apologise – in which case we request that you do not save it, print it,
forward it, act on it, or tell anyone anything about it. All emails
received and sent by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead are
subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and other legislation, and
may therefore be disclosed to a third party. Any views or opinions in this
email are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent
those of the Royal Borough. We also have partnerships with third parties
(including Optalis and Achieving for Children who provide social care on
behalf of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead). The content of any
emails sent by employees of these partners remain their responsibility,
and are not the Royal Borough’s responsibility. All emails sent by the
Royal Borough are checked for viruses, but this does not constitute a
guarantee that they are virus-free. Thank you http://www.rbwm.gov.uk

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foi, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Dear Muhammad,

 

Further to my response dated 7 April the service department has provided
some additional information, please see below:

 

 

RBWM commission large Supported Living Contracts that are advertised on
Contracts Finder ([1]https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder), those over the
EU Procurement threshold are also advertised on Find a Tender Service
([2]https://www.gov.uk/find-tender).

 

Individual commissioning requirements are managed by the relevant partner
organisation. RBWM Adults Service is commissioned through Optalis who
would commission an individual placement. To contact adult services please
email [3][email address]. 

 

 

 

Your Sincerely,

 

Angelica Popa, PC.foi.

Information Governance and Elections Officer

Information Governance Team

Governance Service

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St. Ives Road

Maidenhead SL6 1RF

T: 01628-685806

 

Website: [4]http://www.rbwm.gov.uk

Follow us on Twitter: [5]@RBWM

Like us on [6]Facebook

 

From: foi
Sent: 07 April 2021 13:11
To: muhmmmad ahsan <[FOI #717411 email]>
Subject: RE: FOI75905 Internal review of Freedom of Information request -
Semi-Independent Accommodation

 

Dear Muhammad,

 

I am writing to respond to your Freedom of Information request dated 11
March, reference FOI75905.

 

Your question and our answer are as follows:

 

Request

 

I'm the director of up support supported living and Semi-Independent
Accommodation, based in Reading, Berkshire. please can you let me know
where can I register my organization to work with Windsor and Maidenhead
Council for tenders? do you have a supplier e portal webpage?

 

Response

 

The Royal Borough Procurement Team advertise tenders using  “Find A
Tender” (the new post Brexit OJEU equivalent), and “Contracts Finder”
which is UK specific.

 

The Portal that the Borough uses is the  Bravo Solutions portal.

 

 

This concludes our response to your request.

 

If you would like to request a review of the information we have provided
in response to your request please contact us within 40 working days of
the date of this letter using the contact details below:

 

Suzanne Martin

Electoral & Information Governance Services Manager

Acting Data Protection Officer

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St Ives Road

Maidenhead

SL6 1RF

or send an e-mail to [7][RBWM request email]

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

 

The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,

Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Website: [8]http://www.ico.org.uk/complaints/handlin...

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Angelica Popa, PC.foi.

Information Governance and Elections Officer

Governance Service

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St. Ives Road

Maidenhead SL6 1RF

 

Website: [9]http://www.rbwm.gov.uk

Follow us on Twitter: [10]@RBWM

Like us on [11]Facebook

 

 

 

This message is personal to and intended for the exclusive use of the
named addressee only. It may contain material protected by legal or other
privilege (laws restricting its use). If this message reaches you in error
we apologise – in which case we request that you do not save it, print it,
forward it, act on it, or tell anyone anything about it. All emails
received and sent by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead are
subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and other legislation, and
may therefore be disclosed to a third party. Any views or opinions in this
email are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent
those of the Royal Borough. We also have partnerships with third parties
(including Optalis and Achieving for Children who provide social care on
behalf of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead). The content of any
emails sent by employees of these partners remain their responsibility,
and are not the Royal Borough’s responsibility. All emails sent by the
Royal Borough are checked for viruses, but this does not constitute a
guarantee that they are virus-free. Thank you http://www.rbwm.gov.uk

References

Visible links
1. https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
2. https://www.gov.uk/find-tender
3. mailto:[email address]
4. http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/
5. http://twitter.com/rbwm
6. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yYr7w9vXM...
7. mailto:[RBWM request email]
8. http://www.ico.org.uk/complaints/handlin...
9. http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/
10. http://twitter.com/rbwm
11. http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001yYr7w9vXM...

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