Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Nottingham City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- The Children's Society
- Value
- £179,166
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Other community, social and personal services (CPV 98000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Dec 2024
- Published26 Feb 2025Published 57 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority is seeking to commission a service to provide high quality, mentoring support to 15-25 children in care per year, as identified by the Nottingham City Virtual School. The role of the Mentors will be to work directly with Service Users, as directed by the Virtual School, to improve their wellbeing and level of engagement in education, by planning and delivering activities appropriate and agreeable to the Service User's needs, aspirations and wishes. This service will be provided by one Provider.\r \r Nottingham City Virtual School is a statutory service that supports and monitors the education of children in care and previously looked-after children (Service Users), to champion the educational needs of these children and help them to achieve the best possible outcomes. The Virtual School provides advice and support to professionals working with Nottingham City children in care and children who reside in the Nottingham local authority area who have previously been looked-a…
About the supplier
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