Pre Tender Market Engagement – Tender for the provision of Short Stay Breaks for children and young people aged between 7-17 years old in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area

Provision of supervised short stay breaks, sourced by the provider, to children and young people aged 7 – 17years old who are experiencing difficulties which might put them at risk of family and/or placement breakdown. The geographical area covers the Western Trust area. The Target audience are children/young people who are at risk, identified and referred by the existing Social Worker to the Family Response Service Social Work manager. It is envisaged, the provider will be working closely with the Trust Social Work teams.

The Western Health and Social Care Trust wishes to inform the market that they are planning to procure the Provision of Short Stay Breaks for children and young people aged between 7-17 years old in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area, who are experiencing difficulties, which may be putting them at risk of family and/or placement breakdown.

SERVICE - It is envisaged, these short stay breaks will be a peaceful and secure place of sanctuary for the children and young people and will have clear objective(s), which should be discussed and agreed with the child / young person and Social Worker at the outset.

The Geographical Area covered by the Western Trust Area – Northern Sector (Limavady, Derry to Strabane) Southern Sector (Sion Mills to Enniskillen).

Note – Place of Performance has been completed in this notice as Derry City & Strabane and Fermanagh & Omagh however the Trust has not made a final decision in this regard. The tender documents when advertised will detail where the service is to be delivered.

Beneficiaries will be identified and referred by the existing SW to the Social Work Manager for Family Response Service using an agreed referral process. It is envisaged, the provider will be working closely with the Trust Social Work Teams. Services will be available 52 weeks of the year including Christmas, New Year and during all other traditional holiday periods such as bank holiday weekends throughout the year.

Pre-tender Market Engagement paper – see CFT 4740589

The Western Trust wishes to carry out pre-tender market engagement with interested providers using a Pre-tender Market Engagement paper.

The purpose of this PIN (Prior Information Notice) and the paper is to raise awareness of an upcoming procurement; gauge the level of interest in the provision of such services; engage/receive feedback from the market by outlining the Western Trusts proposals for the delivery of this service, its procurement plans and requirements, in advance of any formal tender process. It is in the interests of transparency and equal treatment that a paper-based approach is being taken which is being conducted in writing.