SPIP Services for use in Family Court - Market Engagement 2

<p>A second market engagement session is planned for Wednesday 9 February 2021 and interested suppliers are encouraged to attend this session which will be held remotely.</p>
<p>If you wish to attend this session please respond back via pro-contract with your name, email address and contact number and a Teams meeting link will be provided before 9 February.</p>
<p>Cafcass tender of contracts for information and support to separated parents 1. Background The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) currently commissions the Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP), a course which helps parents to understand how to put their children first while they are separating - even though parents may be in dispute with each other. The course helps parents to learn the fundamental principles and practice of how to manage conflict and communication difficulties. Where a parent decides to make an application to court, one of the options available to the court is to direct the parents to attend a SPIP. Cafcass is usually asked to advise the court if SPIP is suitable for the parents Parents will not attend the same programme. The course is usually delivered in one four-hour session or two two-hour sessions to small, mixed groups of parents. Currently, SPIP is delivered online. Course content includes parent communication and the emotional effect of separation and being separated parents. 2. Current commissioning arrangements Cafcass currently commissions 13 providers to deliver the above model of SPIP across its 18 Service Areas. Contracts for delivery of this model are due to expire on 31 March 2023. SPIP is delivered to approximately 25,000 parents per annum. Providers are awarded payment per participant completing the course. 3. Tender for future information and support to separated parents This tender will reconsider the needs of separated parents in England and the delivery model currently in place, to design a future specification that delivers a modern service that delivers evidence-based outcomes for parents, social value, and value for money. 4. Intended tendering timetable Timetable for commissioning of contracts for information and support to separated parents Event Date PIN Notice 08 October 2021 Expected advertisement in Find A Tender Service and Contract Finder. Providers able to access tender documents on Pro-Contract. Market engagement event Part 1 08 November 2022 - Completed Market engagement event Part 2 09 February 2022 Expected Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) period 01 June 2022 &ndash; 30 June 2022 Expected tender submission period 18 July &ndash; 15 October 2022 Expected deadline for clarifications 30 September 2022 Expected tender deadline 15 October 2022 Expected evaluation of tenders w/c 24 October 2022 Expected interviews w/c 7 November 2022 Expected award decision w/c 21 November 2022 Expected award period December 2023 Expected contract commencement date 1 April 2023 Expected contract end date (unless previously terminated) 31 March 2026 (with an option to extend by 1 year to 31 March 2027) Cafcass is committed to undertaking the tender process in a transparent and equitable way and it will be undertaken using restricted tender procedures, in line with Government expectations. ProContract will be used to publish information and tendering opportunities relating to this procurement. Bids will only be accepted through this system. Interested parties should register for the Cafcass procurement on the ProContract portal https://procontract.due-north.com/Register where information regarding the Market Engagement Events can be found and interest registered. Upon registration of interest in market engagement activities parties will be sent further information including joining information. These events will be held virtually. Cafcass intends to re-procure their commissioned service for use in family court proceedings in support of families experiencing divorce and separation. Cafcass is seeking feedback from interested suppliers and stakeholders before undertaking a tender process to have a new delivery model to replace current SPIP (Separated Parent Information Programme) arrangements by April 2023. This notice is for prior information only to engage with the market and is not a call for competition at this stage. It is anticipated that a contract notice inviting competition will be published in Summer 2022 when tender documents will be made available. Estimated value :&pound;0.00</p>