Children’s Residential Personalised Block Contracts

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Essex County Council have an opportunity for providers within the children’s residential and fostering space to enter into a block contract agreement, this will be for registered provision for children and young people under the age of 18, currently in unregistered settings. Providers must have provision that is Ofsted registered and, either in Essex or within 20 miles from Essex County Council’s geographic coverage / boundaries. Please be advised that the contracts for this service will be commissioned under an initial term of twelve (12) months (subject to the enactment of the break clause as detailed in the draft terms and conditions for this procurement). Thereafter, the Council may, at its sole discretion, enact the options to extend the contract. For the avoidance of any further doubt, please note that this service is being commissioned with two (2) optional extension periods, each of which provide an additional twelve (12) month term. Therefore, the maximum duration of each contract per lot is three (3) years. In addition, please note that the provider(s) will be required to report their delivery of Social Value in relation to this service as a condition of the enactment of the contractual extensions. The Council will provide further details regarding this requirement with the successful bidder(s) during the contract management of this service.

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