Children and Families Support Services (CAFSS) West Midlands DPS

Children and Families Support Services will provide non-accommodation services to children, young people and families. The following West Midlands Local Authorities and Trusts are also intending to use this DPS. These include the following - Staffordshire County Council, Birmingham Children’s Trust Community Interest Company, Coventry City Council, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, The County of Herefordshire District Council, Sandwell Children’s Trust, Shropshire Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, The Council of the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Borough of Telford & Wrekin, Walsall Council, Warwickshire County Council, City of Wolverhampton Council, Worcestershire County Council, Worcestershire Children First, Birmingham City Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, and Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group.

The DPS is a 2-stage process:

Stage 1 - All providers who meet the selection criteria within the online Questionnaire and are not excluded will be admitted to the DPS. New providers can also apply to join the DPS at any point during its lifetime.

Stage 2 - Contracts are awarded during the second stage. A Call-Off competition will be put out inviting each approved provider on the DPS Approved Provider list relating to the particular Lot.

There will be no limit on the number of providers that may join the DPS for each Lot. New providers can also apply to join the DPS at any point during its lifetime. However providers should note that admission onto the DPS is not a guarantee of being awarded any contracts and there is also no guarantee of volume or value of spend to be let via this DPS.