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# Coproduction Services in Essex

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coproduction-services-in-essex-ocds-h6vhtk-06d02b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Coproduction Services in Essex". Published status: complete. Published Value: £966,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: open-uk.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** £966,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 August 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services, Social research services, Social services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coproduction-services-in-essex-ocds-h6vhtk-06d02b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06d02b`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **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/coproduction-services-in-essex-ocds-h6vhtk-06d02b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [open-uk.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen-uk.org%2Flogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/coproduction-services-in-essex-ocds-h6vhtk-06d02b#participate

## Description
Essex County Council (the Authority) is seeking to procure a co-production and engagement service to support Adult Social Care (ASC).
The contract will bring together existing co-production services into a single, unified model, providing a coordinated approach to co-production and engagement across Essex.
The service will operate within the context of the Authority’s statutory duties under the Care Act 2014, and its strategic commitment to person-centred, inclusive service design.
Objectives
The primary objective of the contract is to deliver an integrated co-production model that:
• Maintains and strengthens engagement with adults, carers, and people with lived experience
• Provides structured mechanisms, including locality networks, a lived experience forum, and engagement activities
• Captures and utilises insight to inform policy, commissioning, and service improvement
• Expands participation and improves representation, including seldom-heard groups
• Supports the embedding of co-production within ASC governance, assurance, and decision-making processes
The overall aim is to ensure a coherent, consistent and impactful approach to co-production, strengthening the influence of lived experience across Adult Social Care.
Essex County Council is using the Open procurement system to manage this procurement process. Suppliers are strongly encouraged to familiarise themselves with the platform and its functionality before participating in this tender. Guidance and training materials can be accessed via the following link:
Open Training: https://www.open-hub.org/how-to-guides/
Please note that all clarification questions and requests for additional information must be submitted through the formal clarification function within the Open system. Essex County Council will not accept or respond to clarification requests submitted via email or any other communication channel. All responses will be issued through the Open system to ensure transparency and equal treatment of all bidders.
For clarification, the published contract notice value includes the anticipated value of the optional extension periods.
For the avoidance of any further doubt, please note that Open procurement system uses ProClass to classify procurement opportunities instead of Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) contrary to the functionality in this notice. 
Therefore, the opportunity within the Open procurement system has been prepared using the following ProClass codes which represent the closest matches to the CPV code which this notice is based on:
111230 - Social Care

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79315000, 85320000, 85323000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £966,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2026 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 04/10/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F068837-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-07T14:31:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:38:32.103Z
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