Market Engagement for Counselling and Support Services

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          "description": "Transparency notice on Find a Tender",
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        "description": "Contract will have the option to extend by 12 months plus 12 months.  The contract is only likely to be extended if no other providers are able to deliver a similar service. The Trust may undertake soft market testing prior to the end of the initial contract end date to ascertain if any other providers have entered the marketplace and if a competitive tendering can is an option."
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          "name": "Rape \u0026 Sexual Violence Project Birmingham"
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  "language": "en",
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        "region": "UKG31",
        "streetAddress": "1 Avenue Road"
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        "email": "ProcurementTeam@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk"
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        "region": "UKG31",
        "streetAddress": "PO Box 9558"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "lisa@rsvporg.co.uk"
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    "description": "The contract (Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is to provide therapeutic services for children and young people impacted by sexual abuse, violence, or exploitation and to their parent(s) or carer(s) to minimise the impact of the abuse on their mental health and emotional wellbeing. The service will:\n\u2022 Provide therapeutic services to children and young people, up to 18 years of age (this may be extended up to 21 years of age for care leavers), who are the victims of sexual abuse, violence or exploitation and to their parent(s) or carer(s) in order to minimise the impact of the abuse on their mental health and emotional wellbeing;\n\u2022 Promote resilience for the child or young person to enhance their prospects of positive outcomes and to enable them to promote their own safety and wellbeing;\n\u2022 Direct service users to specialist services if continuing or other needs are identified and to facilitate access through established processes.\nIn addition to the main contract, there will be a Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Support Service for Children and young people assessed as Experiencing or Emerging CSE, and their parents/carers/families. The service will be delivered through Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) support, Counselling/therapeutic support and Supporter counselling/therapeutic support:\n\u2022 To provide a child-centred, strengths-based, trauma informed and responsive approach that is both flexible \u0026 tailored to meet the needs of children and young people subjected to CSE.\n\u2022 To provide a compassionate and relational approach to each child and young person, which works to acknowledge the systems, contexts and safe, protective relationships around them.\n\u2022 To build the resilience of the protective factors and relationships around children and young people, while working actively to build psychological safety, trust and rapport.\n\u2022 To build \u0027wrap around,\u0027 holistic support for the families, parents/carers \u0026 professionals supporting children and young people.\nReferrals will be predominately from BCT, the market engagement event will facilitate question\u0027s and answer\u0027s and provide an overview of the service.",
    "documents": [
      {
        "description": "Not published",
        "documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
        "id": "conflictOfInterest"
      }
    ],
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    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "scheme": "UKPGA",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
    },
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      {
        "id": "LOT-0001",
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          "vcse": true
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      }
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    "procurementMethod": "direct",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Direct award",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "A market engagement was published 8th May 2025 outlining project scope and potential suppliers requested to submit an expression interest. The market did not respond to the market engagement notice and express of interest was limited to one provider only. The Trust decided to switch to a direct award as a competitive process requires more than one supplier or provider.",
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      {
        "id": "singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons"
      },
      {
        "id": "urgency"
      }
    ],
    "specialRegime": [
      "lightTouch"
    ],
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Market Engagement for Counselling and Support Services"
  }
}