Tender: Semi-Independent Living Services for Looked-After Children – Newham PDPS Lot 1 (Round 7 Re-opening)

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The London Borough of Newham is seeking suppliers for the re-opening of Lot 1 (Round 7) of its Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) for externally commissioned children's care, accommodation and support services. The PDPS covers Lot 1: provision of semi-independent living services (already established), Lot 2: Ofsted-regulated children's homes (already established), Lot 3: supported lodgings, and Lot 4: Ofsted-regulated independent fostering agencies, with services intended for looked-after children, care leavers and young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Interested organisations or consortia with relevant experience may tender for one or more lots; the PDPS is open to public bodies listed in the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972, is procured under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as a light-touch Section 7 procurement, uses a one-stage admission procedure and operates in staged rounds that open and close with application processing carried out when rounds close.