# Children's Social Care managed services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED](/buyers/bip-solutions-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Innovate \(H&SC\) Services Ltd
- Award value: £1
- Tender value: £3,000,000
- Award date: 31 October 2023
- Published: 23 November 2023
- Contract start: 1 September 2023
- Contract end: 30 September 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f688d384-127d-495c-bcdb-7831dd980078-701205
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c35c1916-3611-45ce-93be-e05ebf6c33ad

## Description

This is a voluntary ex-ante transparency \(VEAT\) notice to indicate that in light of the recently increased volume of work and the challenges to the recruitment of agency and permanent social workers, the Council now needs to award an interim contract for managed service provider to supply up to three Childrens social care CAST teams for The Children & Families branch, without prior publication of a call for competition\. This will be for a maximum of six months due to the urgent nature of this requirement and the importance of Childrens safeguarding

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f688d384-127d-495c-bcdb-7831dd980078-701205)