Official UK procurement notice
Reconnect Programme · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Reconnect programme is designed to deliver improved stability and wellbeing for children currently living in residential settings.
Through trauma-informed, therapeutic interventions and carefully managed step-down plans, the programme will support approx. 40 children to transition into family-based placements that better meet their emotional and developmental needs.
The programme will recruit specialist foster carers on behalf of Cheshire East Council who will become carers for the Council.
Payment will be on a results basis
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Mar 2026, 14:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Jun 2026, 16:44 BST
- Authority reference
C6557- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060519- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066a0bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Justification for Direct Award (Schedule 5, Paragraph 6):
Market research has been undertaken to determine which suppliers could deliver the Councils requirement of supporting Cheshire East Councils specialist foster carer recruitment campaign as part of the project and also deliver the programme on a payment upon results commercial structure.
This market research concluded:-the provider's unique ability to recruit specialist foster carers specifically to be employed
by Cheshire East Council-the exclusive availability of a payment upon results model, and the absence of any alternative suppliers offering equivalent capabilities, a direct award under Schedule 5, Paragraph 6 is justified and represents the only viable route to securing the required outcomes
Schedule 5 Paragraph 6
The following conditions are met in relation to this public contract
(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Apr 2026 → 26 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends188 days ago17 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Notice published118 days ago26 Jun 2026, 16:44 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published13 Mar 2026, 14:45 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published8 Apr 2026, 16:07 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected21 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published26 Jun 2026, 16:44 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovate (H & SC) Services27 Apr 2026 – 26 Oct 2027 | £1,463,000 | 7 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Reconnect Programme · Innovate (H & SC) Services
- Signed
- 22 May 2026
- Value
- £1,463,000
- Period
- 22 May 2026 – 30 Oct 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INNOVATE (H & S C) SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender