Supervised Contact Enquiry

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Dear Milton Keynes Council,

1. Do you currently have your own "In House" Service, preferred
suppliers list or master vendor contract in place for your Supervised Contact Service for children in care?

2. If you have a contract in place, when will this be due for
renewal and what is your process for announcing, advertising and
applying for this opportunity?

3. If you have your own "In House" Service, do you ever spot
purchase to support this service and would the service ever be put
out for tender?

4. Do you have any intention to review the existing provisions in place for your Supervised Contact Service?

5. What is the council's annual spend on outsourced agencies for
supervised contact for 2015 - 2016 and 2016 - 2017?

6. What is the name and contact details for the procurement and
placement officer who is responsible for this service?

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Allen

Milton Keynes Council

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Dear Jessica Allen

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is as follows:

 

1. Do you currently have your own "In House" Service, preferred suppliers
list or master vendor contract in place for your Supervised Contact
Service for children in care? Yes

 

2. If you have a contract in place, when will this be due for renewal and
what is your process for announcing, advertising and applying for this
opportunity? N/A

 

3. If you have your own "In House" Service, do you ever spot purchase to
support this service and would the service ever be put out for tender? Yes
but very rarely.  We may put this out for tender. We are reviewing.

 

4. Do you have any intention to review the existing provisions in place
for your Supervised Contact Service? These are constantly reviewed as part
of our accreditation.

 

5. What is the council's annual spend on outsourced agencies for
supervised contact for 2015 - 2016 and 2016 - 2017? 2015/16 - £95 and
2016/17 -  £9028

 

6. What is the name and contact details for the procurement and placement
officer who is responsible for this service? Garry Lake – 01908 252921 or
Lorraine Carter – 01908 254713

 

If you have any informal queries in regards to the information then please
let me know, any new requests should go to [1][email address].

 

If you have a complaint about the handling of your request then please
contact me.  I will arrange for an internal review which will be
considered as part of Stage 2 of the Council’s complaints procedure.

 

You also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow 

Cheshire 

SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Fax: 01625 524510

[2]www.ico.org.uk

 

Yours sincerely

 

Mark Adams

Performance Analyst | Corporate Core

T: 01908 253746

E: [3][email address]

Visit us online at [4]www.milton-keynes.gov.uk

 

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Keynes l MK9 3HS

 

 

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