Provider information

Provider information

If you contract with us, or you would like to, there is some important information below that you need to know.

Our categories and sub categories

We work in market areas called categories. These categories are a way of bundling together similar or related opportunities in a way that we, providers, partners and local people can understand.

Each category is made up of a number of sub categories. Each sub category can represent one or a number of contract opportunities.

We have created a full list of all of our categories and sub categories in our category tree.

Market position statements

We want to make sure that services are designed and delivered in cooperation with local people so that we can make informed choices about priorities and future service delivery.

Market position statements are the first step towards this. They are designed to help providers and the people who use services to understand what is currently on offer and also what we think services might look like in the future.

We have produced a range of market position statements, each looking at different service systems across the city. We continue to develop these and add new market position statements all the time. As they are produced we will publish them here.

Social care

Looked after children

• Looked after children (2018)

Specialist social care services

• Learning disability and autism for children (2016)

Inclusion

Domestic violence and abuse

• Domestic violence and abuse Integrated Impact Assessment (2014)

Active inclusion

• Review of homelessness prevention and relief services (2019)

Public health

• Children and young people's public health services (2013)
• Review of 0-19 children's public health services (2016)
• Drug and alcohol services (2019)
• Review of sexual health services (2019)

Targeted youth provision

• Targeted youth provision (2018)
• Targeted youth provision addendum (2018)

Unregulated provision

• Lotting and pricing proposal (2018)

Youth fund and rapid response fund

• Youth provision engagement feedback (2021)
• Youth fund and rapid response fund integrated impact assessment (post consultation) (2021)

Performance information

All of our contracts are subject to a risk assessment which produce a risk summary score. This risk summary score determines the frequency of performance collection and informs the types of information that are collected throughout the contract. You can see these contract management expectations in our contract management matrix.

The performance expectations for your contract will be made clear to you before your contract begins and will form an ongoing part of your contract management. If your contract is deemed to be critical you will be expected to develop a continuity plan and share this with us.

When we put in place contracts for people services these are normally subject to our service quality framework (SQF). The SQF has two different levels: standard and light, depending on the size and nature of the contract. The SQF that applies to your contract will be made clear to you before your contract begins. If you want to learn more about our SQF you can access the provider template with guidance.