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# Children & Young People Crisis Support Service - Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB (Essex-wide)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-young-people-crisis-support-service-hertfordshire-and-west-essex-icb-essex-wide-ocds-h6vhtk-03a2a8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The purpose of this notice is to inform the market that following a compliant procurement process, Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) has awarded a contract to deliver a Children & Young People's Crisis Support Service across Southend, Essex and Thurrock. This service is being commissioned by Herts and West Essex ICB as the lead commissioner on behalf of the county and in conjunction with Mid & South Essex integrated Care Board and Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board as associate commissioners. The initial contract is for a period of 3-years starting on 1st May 2023 with the option to extend for a further 2-years (1st May 2026 - 30th April 2028)

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-hertfordshire-and-west-essex-integrated-care-board-nhs-qm7)
- **Published Value:** £1,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 February 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,500,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-young-people-crisis-support-service-hertfordshire-and-west-essex-icb-essex-wide-ocds-h6vhtk-03a2a8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03a2a8`

## 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-young-people-crisis-support-service-hertfordshire-and-west-essex-icb-essex-wide-ocds-h6vhtk-03a2a8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [attain.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fattain.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-young-people-crisis-support-service-hertfordshire-and-west-essex-icb-essex-wide-ocds-h6vhtk-03a2a8#participate

## Description
The purpose of this notice is to inform the market that following a compliant procurement process, Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) has awarded a contract to deliver a Children & Young People's Crisis Support Service across Southend, Essex and Thurrock. 
This service is being commissioned by Herts and West Essex ICB as the lead commissioner on behalf of the county and in conjunction with Mid & South Essex integrated Care Board and Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board as associate commissioners.
The Crisis Support Service provides therapeutic support, based on the provision such as the trauma informed attachment focussed therapy model, as an example. This will enable parents and carers to adopt and maintain a therapeutic parenting approach.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £1,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/04/2023 to 30/04/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Children & Young People Crisis Support Service (active)
  - Award id: `021182-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Barnardo's**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-00061625`
  - Value: £1,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Children & Young People Crisis Support Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021182-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-21T15:46:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T12:09:37.052Z
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