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# Children's Therapy Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-therapy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ef03). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council: "Children's Therapy Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £8,188,962. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stockport-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000007)
- **Published Value:** £8,188,962 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 April 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Guidance and counselling services, Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £8,188,962 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-therapy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ef03#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ef03`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-therapy-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04ef03#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** www.the-chest.org.uk
No tender documents will be sent to you - you need to navigate to the "my opportunities" section and download the documents from the Chest website.
If you have any questions regarding this opportunity - please post them on the messaging facility on the Chest. Messages sent outside of the Chest will not be responded to.
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT THROUGH THE CHEST. Submissions sent via any other method will not be accepted.
Please ensure that you leave enough time to upload your documents before the closing date/time, as late submissions may not be accepted.

## Description
The aim is that the provider(s) will promote an integrated and seamless approach to meeting
the SLCN, occupation-based and physical needs of Stockport's children and young people;
equitable and needs-based provision will be delivered across the range of universal, targeted
and specialist levels, organised around the five strands of the Balanced System®
Framework. The entire service will be outcomes-based, and KPIs have been set accordingly.
Provider(s) will ensure that services are organised around children and families and their
communities, delivered in the most appropriate environment, and that needs are met by as
few professionals as possible. Provider(s) will ensure that therapeutic interventions,
information, advice and support are easily accessible at the earliest opportunity and that
families and carers will have an opportunity to participate in the feedback and improvement
of the service.
The Balanced System® requires whole system collaboration around the needs of children
and young people in order to deliver improved outcomes for children and young people with
SLCN, occupation-based or physical needs; therefore, Provider(s) must ensure that the
appropriate skills transfer takes place across the wider workforce . Amongst the challenges
presented by this commitment is the need to clearly articulate the elements of provision
which sit outside a children's therapy service but which are integral to the success of an
integrated approach to addressing SLCN, occupation-based, and physical needs.
Schools will be key partners to the success of delivering effective multi-agency support
across the range of universal, targeted and specialist need, and may choose to purchase an
enhanced service level from their own devolved or delegated budgets.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85311300, 85312300
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £8,188,962

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 31/08/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Children's Therapy Service (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Stockport NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-173156`
  - Value: £8,188,962 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 15/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010127-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-05-16T13:17:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T13:21:26.361Z
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