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Kent County Council

CN240158 - Habilitation Services - Children

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£380k
Deadline
Published12 Sept 2024
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Ms Orla Miller
orla.miller@kent.gov.uk
+44 3000412878

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£380ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

Description: Kent County Council is looking to invite organisations to inform the recommission of the Habilitation service.

Habilitation involves one-to-one training for children and young people with a vision impairment.

Starting from their existing skills, it aims to develop their personal mobility, navigation and independent living skills.

At whatever age the training is started, the overriding goal is to maximise the child or young person’s independence, opening the way in the future, to further study, employment and an independent life.’ At this stage in the commissioning cycle, Kent County Council is seeking engagement with organisations that can deliver Habilitation services.

Workshops will initially support understanding market capability and capacity to deliver this service.

Typically, Habilitation service will offer: • Deliver a comprehensive Habilitation Service to Children and young people with a vision impairment are supported to develop independent living skills so they are able to live independently once leaving school. • Children and young people with a vision impairment are supported to access mainstream school.

This can include taking undertaking environmental audits of the school environment and recommending adaptions to aid the child in independent navigating the school environment. • Family awareness sessions. • To maintain the Sight Impairment Register of Children and Young People. • To complete the registration process (of the Sight Impairment Register) on receipt on Certificate of Visual Impairment (CVI). • To complete Specialist Assessments as part of the registration process including advice regarding relevant Benefits and Concessions. • To respond to enquirers for Information, Advice and Guidance.

The service will be provided across Kent.

The current service works with approximately 157 children/young people per year, either in the school setting or community.

Kent County Council is inviting organisations with an interest to attend Market engagement events.

The dates for the workshops are below.

Kent County Council reserve the right to amend this schedule depending on market interest.

1st October 2024 13:00-14:00 7th October 2024 14:00-15:00 It is KCC’s intention to engage the market to inform our approach to recommissioning this service.

Kent County Council is committed to ensuring fairness, openness, and transparency, and to following procurement regulations.

This is issued solely for the purpose of conducting pre-procurement market testing.

If you have any questions relating to this Prior Information Notice (PIN) then please raise your questions directly through the ‘messaging’ facility on the Portal and we will respond as soon as possible.

The detailed specification is not available to view at this stage.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

At this stage in the commissioning cycle

At this stage in the commissioning cycle, Kent County Council is seeking engagement with organisations that can deliver Habilitation services.

02

Workshops will initially support understanding market capability

Workshops will initially support understanding market capability and capacity to deliver this service.

03

Deliver a comprehensive Habilitation Service to Children

Deliver a comprehensive Habilitation Service to Children and young people with a vision impairment are supported to develop independent living skills so they are able to live independently once leaving school.

04

To maintain the Sight Impairment Register

To maintain the Sight Impairment Register of Children and Young People.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049a65
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
029263-2024
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