Supervised Contact Service

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clare sanderson

Dear Barnet 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 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

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Dear Ms Sanderson
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 2 July 2019.
 
Thank you for your request received on 2 July 2019, for the following
information:
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?

6. What is the name and contact details for the procurement and placement
officer who is responsible for this service?
 
We have processed this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
 
Response
 
I can confirm that London Borough of Barnetholds the information you
requested.

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?

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?

N/A no contract in place.

Any tenders would be advertised on the Curtis Fitch procurement portal.
Organisations would be required to register and complete this process
whereby they will receive alerts through for when tenders go live. The
link is: [1]www.barnetsourcing.co.uk

 

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 have spot purchased in the past.

Unable to comment if the service will ever go out to tender, however if
this was to ever take place organisations will be alerted via the above
route in question 2.

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

We continuously review all our services as a matter of best practice.

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

The current spend for 2018-19 for outsourced agencies has been £28,172.80.

The forecasted spend for 2019-20 would be £35,000.

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

For any procurement queries you may contact Tas Anjary, Senior
Commissioner on [email address]

For service queries you can contact Dermot Kelly, Manager for Corporate
Parenting  [2][email address]

 

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