Please note this information is correct at the time of uploading.”The London Borough of Sutton have developed a commissioning strategy to build and strengthen the Authority’s successful accommodation and support offer for children and young people in our care and care-experienced young people.

A priority is to ensure good quality, local provision of placements, accommodation and support, informed by our children and young people, which offers choice and makes best use of available resources.

The Authority is seeking to develop key trusted partner relationships to address market challenges. We will introduce a differentiated provider relationship model to enable and incentivise targeted investment of resources and partnership working with key trusted providers to support continued improvement of placement quality and sufficiency.

The Authority is setting up a flexible DPS for the delivery of Children in Care and Care Leavers services which will be commissioned in accordance with Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime for Health and Social Care). It is intended that the DPS will be open for an initial period of 7 years.

The DPS is Lot based and will provide successful suppliers with opportunities for individual placement referrals throughout the term of the DPS. There will also be opportunities to tender for contracts for Directly Commissioned Services by way of mini competitions inviting successful Suppliers within the Lots to which the opportunity applies.
Fostering Services
– Lot 1 – Nationwide Independent Fostering Agencies
– Lot 2 – IFA Fostering Placement within Sutton and 20 miles radius of Sutton Civic Centre 0-2 years of age
– Lot 3 – IFA – Fostering Placement within Sutton and 20 miles radius of Sutton Civic Centre 3 – 9 years of age
– Lot 4 – IFA – Fostering Placement within Sutton and 20 miles radius of Sutton Civic Centre 10-17 years of age
– Lot 5 – Parent and Baby Foster Placement within Sutton and 20 mile radius of Sutton Civic Centre Children Homes
– Lot 6 – Standard Children Home placement
– Lot 7 – Standard Children Home placement within Sutton and 20 miles radius of Sutton Civic Centre Residential Family Centres
– Lot 8 – Residential Family Centres (Parent and Baby Residential) Semi-Independent Accommodation
– Lot 9 – Semi-Independent Accommodation (Age 18 plus)
– Lot 10 – Registered Semi-Independent Accommodation (Age 16-17) Supported Lodgings (currently suspended)
– Lot 11 – Semi-Independent Accommodation
Tenderers are invited to bid for all or any number of Lots if appropriate.

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