Supervised Contact Enquiry

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Dear Luton Borough 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?

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

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Allen

Dear Luton Borough Council,

Please do you have an update on the information requests below?

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Allen

LBC Feedback, Luton Borough Council

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Luton Borough Council
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Dear LBC Feedback,
Dear Luton Borough 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?

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

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Allen

Yours sincerely,

Jessica Allen

Bogie, Frances (GCSx),

 

Dear Ms Allen

 

Further to your request for information, we do hold this information and
provide it below.

 

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? We have an In house provision only

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 we do spot purchase, out of borough , no plans at present to go out to
tender.

4. Do you have any intention to review the existing provisions in place
for your Supervised Contact Service? No

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

  SC2217/4332      £100,820.68        2015-16

  SC2217/4332      £47,407.82           2016-17

6. What is the name and contact details for the procurement and placement
officer who is responsible for this service? Lisa Hooper –LBC HCL
Brokerage Team [1][email address]

 

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Luton Borough Council

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