Supervised Contact Service

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clare sanderson

Dear Argyll and Bute 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 and forecasted spend on outsourced agencies for
supervised contact for 2018 - 2019 and 2019 - 2020?

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

Thank you so much in advance for your co-operation

Yours faithfully,

clare sanderson

Administrator, Argyll and Bute Council


Dear Clare Sanderson

Request for information: Freedom of Information request - Supervised
Contact Service

Thank you for your information request which we have logged as reference
argyllbuteir:10350.

It has been passed to the relevant service(s) for attention and you should
receive a response under either the Freedom of Information (Scot) Act 2002
or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 by 2019-07-30
00:00:00.

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Dear Ms Sanderson

 

Request for information: Freedom of Information request - Supervised
Contact Service

Reference: argyllbuteir:10350.

 

I refer to your request for information which was dealt with in terms of
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).

 

I have provided the following information in fulfilment of your request:

 

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?

 

We currently have our own In House service.

 

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?

 

Not applicable.

 

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?

 

We do spot purchase but no plans currently to put out to tender.

 

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

 

No plans currently to review existing provisions.

 

5. What is the council's annual spend and forecasted spend on outsourced
agencies for supervised contact for 2018 - 2019 and 2019 - 2020?

 

2018/19 - £8490.90

2019/20 - £4320.00

 

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

 

The overall person responsible for the Children & Families service is:

 

Alex Taylor, Head of Service for Children & Families and Criminal Justice

 

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