Commissioning Alliance facilitates the procurement of services for local authorities.
Our market-leading digital platform – designed for and by local authorities – has been developed for commissioning complex and specialised services across Children’s and Adult’s Services.
It enables collective procurements with consistent terms and conditions. We support this with a highly skilled and experienced team, delivering joined-up provider engagement, quality management, and compliance.
Features
Search functionality
Intelligent search enables placement teams to search by geography, quality, or provider characteristics. This reduces ‘spam’ referrals for provider.
Market intelligence
Significant market intelligence capability, enabling insight at both an operational and strategic level. This enables LAs to become genuine intelligent customers. Includes significant insight into placement costs.
Officer time
More effective process for placement searching, driving efficiencies.
Provider profiles
includes OFSTED ratings, Contract Management Meeting notes and provider specific reports.
Information security
a secure way to share personal information, reducing the risk of data breach.
Electronic contracting
The system automatically produces Individual Placement Agreements, with the agreement sent to the provider for electronic sign-off. Reporting shows the levels of contractual compliance.
Safeguarding alerts
Safeguarding alerts are put on the system, so that intelligence is shared between LAs. Placement teams can see the alert prior to making a placement.
Audit trail
all information about search/options is captured and can be exported. This can enable re-design in placement teams, as well as providing an evidence base for court/tribunals.
Unlimited numbers of Frameworks/DPS
With a Children’s CarePlace licence LAs can put an unlimited number of other children’s contracts on the system.
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