Supervised Contact Enquiry
Dear Barking and Dagenham Borough Council,
We would like to enquire if you currently have a preferred supplier list or Master Vendor contract in place for the provision of supervised or supported contacts for
children in care?
If so please can you advise when does the contract come up for renewal? And what is the process for announcing/advertising and applying?
Do you have an in house service for supervised contact and if so do you spot purchase? Would the in-house service ever be put out to tender?
What is the average hourly rate paid for supervised contact from these agencies?
What is the councils annual spend on outsourced agencies for supervised contact for 2010/2011 and 2011/2012?
What is the name of the procurement and placement officer responsible for this service?
Thank you in advance for your cooperation
Yours faithfully,
clare sanderson
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Dear Ms Sanderson,
Your request for information below has now been considered and I can confirm the following:
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham do not have a preferred provider list/master vendor contract in place for contact. We have an in-house contact service and it is not expected that this would be externalised.
If you need any more information, or if I can be of any further help, please contact me.
If you are not satisfied with the way that I have dealt with your request you can make a complaint by writing to the Corporate Complaints & FOI Team, Room 104, Town Hall, 1 Town Square, Barking IG11 7LU. Alternatively you can make your complaint on-line at www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk or you can e-mail your complaint to [Barking and Dagenham Borough Council request email].
If you are still not satisfied, after following our Corporate Complaints procedure, you can take your complaint to the Information Commissioner. Full details of how to do this will be made available on request.
Veronica Finn | Complaints and Information Officer. Children, Adults and Community Services | Phone: 020 8227 2405
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Dear Veronica,
Many thanks for your reply and the information provided
Please can you advise how we could be considered as a supplier to you?
Many thanks in advance for your help
Yours sincerely,
clare sanderson
Dear Ms Sanderson,
I have been advised that you could send your details to Chris Martin (Divisional Director, Complex Needs and Social Care - [email address]) as direct advertising. However you would still be expected to respond to a tender notice if we decided to let the service at some point in the future as all potential bidders would need to be treated equally. In addition, as previous advised there are no plans to externalise this service at present.
Kind Regards
Veronica
Veronica Finn | Complaints and Information Officer. Children, Adults and Community Services | Phone: 020 8227 2405
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