How to win: NPT Parent Carers Service – Market Testing Exercise

About this contract

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is considering future commissioning arrangements for a Parent Carers Service from 1 June 2027. The service provides parent carers of children with disabilities with access to carers' needs assessments in line with the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. Carers' assessments are a statutory requirement and remain a core function of the service. The service also provides Information, Advice and Assistance (IAA) and facilitates wider preventative support for parent carers. The service is funded by Children and Young People Services and is specifically designed to support parent carers of children with disabilities. Support for other groups of carers (eg unpaid carers for adults who have disabilities) is commissioned through separate arrangements and is not within the scope of this market testing exercise. The Council is undertaking a market testing exercise to better understand the market, explore potential future service models and gather feedback that will help inform future commissioning arrangements for the Parent Carers Service. Purpose of Market Testing The Council wishes to engage with organisations that may have experience

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £105,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
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