Soft Market Assessment
Together for Families
VCSE grants scheme - umbrella
organisation
Version v1.0
Date of publication: 25th August 2016
Contract Title
Directorate
Together for Families – Voluntary Community
Social Enterprise Grants Scheme– Umbrella
organisation
Education, Health and Social Care
Service Area
Learning and Achievement
Introduction
Cornwall Council is conducting a soft market assessment to gain an
understanding of the potential level of interest across the Voluntary, NHS,
Independent and private sector for the provision of a VCSE grants scheme
via an umbrella organisation.
It is intended that the responses supplied will enable the Council to
develop a business proposal. Any such proposal would be subject to the
development and approval of a business case, and, as such, this exercise
implies no commercial commitment. This is not a formal tender document.
Participation of this soft market assessment will not prejudice suppliers
participating in any future procurement.
If you are interested in this area of service provision and also helping with
our assessment of the market, please complete the “Information Required”
section at the end of this notice along with any additional information you
consider to be relevant and return this via Due North by 15th September
2016.
Background
Launched in March 2012, the Troubled Families programme aims to offer
support to families with multiple and complex needs to enable them to
achieve positive outcomes by:
 Getting adults into work or progressing onto a work programme
 Increasing school attendance and reducing exclusion rates
 Reducing crime and anti-social behaviour
 Reducing costs to the public purse over time.
The national Troubled Families Programme, known locally in Cornwall as
the Together for Families Programme, is transitioning into Phase Two of
delivery where Cornwall is expected to identify, engage and achieve
positive outcomes for 4,010 families between April 2015 and March 2020.
The expanded programme increases the number of eligibility criteria by
which to identify and engage additional families and puts greater emphasis
on local areas to use the successes and learning of Phase One delivery to
drive service transformation and integrate the programme further with
existing services.
The expanded programme essentials are described by DCLG as:
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Prioritise the families with multiple problems who are of most
concern and highest reactive cost
Appoint a keyworker/lead worker for each family who manages the
family and their problems
Work towards agreed goals for each family for each of the problems
which are shared and jointly owned across local partners
Are transparent about outcomes, benefits and costs
Engage in ongoing service reform according to evidence of
effectiveness and savings
More information on the Together for Families programme is available
online: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/togetherforfamilies
For Phase Two, families need to meet a minimum of 2 of the criteria for the
programme which are:
- Families affected by crime and anti-social behaviour
- Children not attending school regularly
- Children who need help
- Families affected by domestic abuse and violence
- Parents and children with a range of health problems
- Adults out of work/financial exclusion/young people at risk of
worklessness
The broad aim of the VCSE grants scheme via an umbrella
organisation is to ensure the effective engagement of the VCSE in the
delivery of the Together for Families Programme, recognizing the unique
contribution the sector can make to supporting the hardest to reach
families through direct delivery of services within communities .
The purpose of this area of investment is to:
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Manage and coordinate a grants scheme aimed at organisations
within the VCSE who deliver existing services to families.
Ensure that service delivery is enhanced through the development of
a whole family approach to assessment and access to an increased
range of services which meet needs across the family.
Develop partnerships between key services within the partnership/
network.
Foster innovative approaches from their partners.
Improve engagement and monitoring of VCSE contributions to the
programme.
Increase learning from the VCSE and its contribution towards the
evidence base for this programme.
Support the growth of the VCSE sector in line with key
transformational programmes such as the Transformation Challenge
Award.
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Information Required
Interested organisations who consider that they would be able to meet the
potential outlined requirements (delivery of services to the approximate
value of £100,000 per annum to cover the coordination of the scheme and
the funds to the VCSE) are invited to submit their details along with any
additional information which may be relevant and of interest to the
Council.
1. Your Name and position in organisation:
2. Organisation Name:
3. Background information of your organisation:
4. Organisation e-mail contact address:
5. Your telephone number:
6. Please provide details of potential services that you could
provide in relation to the requirements detailed above.
7. Please outline how your approach could be creative and
innovative in its approach to ensuring the VCSE is actively engaged
in improving outcomes for families
8. Give an overview of how you would ensure that a high quality
service would be delivered.
9. From an initial assessment, if this became a formal procurement
opportunity, would your organisation seek a partnership approach?
10. If so, what type of partners would you envisage and what
additional value would they bring to the proposition?
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11. Please provide details of similar contracts / experience that
you have delivered.
12. Please detail any issues concerns or risks that might prevent
your organisation from participating in a future tender exercise to
provide these services.
Depending on the level of interest the Council may host a Potential
Provider event which would take place in Truro, Cornwall, details of which
will be confirmed in due course. Please indicate your interest in attending
the event below.
Interested in attending / more information on the Potential
Provider Event: Yes / No
Further information
If you have any questions please contact us via the Due North messaging
system.
Please provide your response via Due North by no later than by 15.00 hrs
on 15th September 2016.
If you would like this information
in another format or language please contact:
Cornwall Council
County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro TR1 3AY
Telephone: 0300 1234 100
Email: [email protected]
www.cornwall.gov.uk
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