P1214/1 - Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP)

Birmingham’s Safeguarding Children’s Partnership (BSCP) is seeking to establish a high quality and cost-effective Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) under the Light Touch Regime, consisting of qualified Individuals / Organisations to offer learning and development services, providing locally delivered, flexible skills training and Sector specific training.

The DPS will be established for the following categories of training:

• Attachment Theory and Brain Development
• Child Sexual Exploitation: Tackling CSE in Birmingham
• Child Sexual Exploitation: Advanced Level
• Drugs and Alcohol—Delivering Brief Intervention
• Understanding and Responding to Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control (Module 1)
• Working with those who are, or may be Experiencing Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control (Module 2)
• Understanding and responding to perpetrators of Domestic Abuse (Module 3)
• Modern Slavery
• Neglect and the Graded Care Profile
• Raising Awareness of Female Genital Mutilation
• Safeguarding Children and Young People with Disabilities
• Safeguarding for Senior, Designated and Operational Managers
• Understanding the Impact of Parents with Mental Health Conditions on Parenting and Children
• Understanding the Strengthening Families Framework & Working in Core Groups
• Working with Families who have disengaged
• Working with Those Who Are, Or May Be Experiencing Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control
• Working with Substance Misusing Parents
• Working with people at risk of knife crime
• Trauma Impact on young people
• Learning from serious case reviews
• Professional curiosity
• Keeping children safe online
• Contextual Safeguarding
• Cultural Competence / Awareness

Potential Suppliers may apply for admission for one or more of the categories and shall be invited to submit a tender for each specific contract at the time of tendering (call-off).

The DPS will be for a period of up to 3 years commencing 1st August 2023 until 31st July 2026, (unless terminated under the terms and conditions of contract) with the option to extend for a further two years in yearly increments.

The DPS is a two-stage process:

• Stage 1 – Selection Stage – all Potential Suppliers must pass the criteria to be appointed to the DPS.
• Stage 2 – Award Stage – There are two ways of making a call off from this arrangement as detailed below:-
  • Direct Award
  • Mini Competition

BCT will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of In-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with In-tend please either email us at: [email protected]

The DPS is open to providers until 31st July 2026 to join and are required to complete and return of the documentation using the Supplier Portal.