Official UK procurement notice
Emotional Health and Wellbeing - THOR
Authority: Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for children and young people will aim to provide high quality evidenced based interventions for children and young people with a range of emotional, health and wellbeing needs. The service will ensure that children and young people can thrive and fulfil their developmental, social, emotional and educational potential.
The Service will support children and young people with a:
- Child in Need plan
- Child Protection Plan, and
- Children in Care and Care Experienced Young People.
and who do not meet the threshold for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
The Service will provide consultation, assessment; short to medium term evidenced based interventions and referral to appropriate level of services, where assessment indicates longer term or more complex needs are required.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Apr 2025, 16:21 BST
- Last source update
- 14 May 2025, 09:25 BST
- Authority reference
DN766847- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-021070- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050a9dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice for Direct award C. The
awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime)
Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally following completion of the standstill period.
Decision to award was made by Executive Director of Children and Families
The basic and 5 key criteria were all applied. The provider response was evaluated and all
criteria scored above the required pass rate.
There were no Conflicts of interest identified among the evaluating pane
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polaris Childrens Services | £1,336,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Polaris Childrens Services | £1,336,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 021070-2025-1 · Polaris Childrens Services
- Signed
- 14 May 2025
- Value
- £1,336,000
- Status
- active
Contract 018147-2025-1 · Polaris Childrens Services
- Signed
- 30 Apr 2025
- Value
- £1,336,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Director of GovernanceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Polaris Childrens ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.