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SC21032 Therapies - SEN, Adoption Support Service and VSK

Education and training services
Health and social work services
UK
South East (UKJ4)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published3
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Kent County Council: "SC21032 Therapies - SEN, Adoption Support Service and VSK". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityKent County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Kent County Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Kent County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
8.9Bids / Report
21.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 94 active published awards; 80 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityKent County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published3 Sept 2024, 16:08 BST
Last source update3 Sept 2024, 16:08 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEducation and training services, Health and social work services
Delivery area
UK
South East (UKJ4)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-030f77
What is being bought
SEN Therapies Lot 1 The Council recognises that SEN therapy service providers have an important role in improving a CYP’s participation in learning experiences and access to curriculum opportunities and outcomes for our children who have an EHC plan. We therefore want to establish a relational contracting approach with providers on the QPL that will: • recognise the interdependencies between local authorities, service providers, Ofsted, and other stakeholders; • facilitate co-operation, shared learning, and improvement; • enable us to anticipate and respond quickly to the changing needs of the Council's CYP with an EHC plan; • support joint working between the Council’s education and service providers to help improve outcomes for Council's CYP with an EHC plan; • help to ensure sufficiency and suitability of the therapy provision that is tailored to the current and anticipated needs of Council's CYP with an EHC plan; and • ensure fairness in the commercial arrangements between commissioners and providers and transparency of prices. Adoption Support Service Lot 2 The Adoption Support Fund (ASF) has been established to help adoptive families access the services they need more easily. The ASF provides funds to local authorities (LAs) and Regional Adoption Agency’s (RAA) to pay for essential therapeutic services for eligible adoptive and special guardianship order (SGO) families. The aim of the ASF and the support it funds is to: • Improve outcomes for young people and families • Improve the core adoption/SGO support offered to families • Build the evidence base so that interventions demonstrate the effectiveness and value for money Virtual Schools Kent (Lot 3) Virtual School Head Teachers (VSHs) are responsible for promoting the educational achievement of all the children looked after by the local authority they work for. With some young people a therapeutic approach or intervention may be needed in order to support access to or engagement with education. Kent Children in Care (CiC) aged from 3 to 18 years of age are supported by Virtual School Kent (VSK). Pupil Premium Plus funding (PP+), Post 16 Pupil Premium Plus (P16PP+) or Early Years Pupil Premium funding (EYPP) can be used to pay for activities that will: - a) Improve the learning targets in children’s Personal Education Plans (PEPs). b) Encourage CiC to be more involved and interested in their education.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    3 Sept 2024, 16:08 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    3 Sept 2024, 16:08 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    3 Sept 2024, 16:08 BST
  4. Status changed to published status
    17 Oct 2023, 10:58 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    17 Oct 2023, 10:58 BST
  6. Buyer information updated
    17 Oct 2023, 10:58 BST
  7. Status changed to complete
    11 Aug 2023, 10:46 BST
  8. Official notice release published
    11 Aug 2023, 10:46 BST
  9. Submission deadline changed to published date
    11 Aug 2023, 10:46 BST
  10. Buyer information updated
    11 Aug 2023, 10:46 BST
  11. Status changed to active
    26 Jan 2022, 10:51 GMT
  12. Official notice release published
    26 Jan 2022, 10:51 GMT
  13. Submission deadline changed to 1 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
    26 Jan 2022, 10:51 GMT
  14. Buyer information updated
    26 Jan 2022, 10:51 GMT
Lots and requirements (3)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    SEN Therapies Lot 1
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    SEN Therapies Successful bidders shall be invited to sign the framework agreement join the QPL for the appropriate lots they have bid for (Framework Agreement). Entry into this contract shall not guarantee that the Council will buy Therapy Services from any bidder but will ensure that successful bidder will be included in the Council's QPL. As and when the Council needs specific Therapy Services, the Council shall: 1. review the QPL and select the providers that have the professional qualifications to deliver the required services; 2. start a mini-competition by submitting a call-off request to those selected providers in accordance with the Framework Agreement (Order Form or request for service from relevant service (SEN therapies - Lot 1 or Adoption Support Service - Lot 2); 3. request a final price for the relevant Therapy Services; and 4. decide whether to proceed with the required Therapy Services at the price stated based on the award criteria set out at section. Where in the reasonable professional opinion of the Council there is only one provider with the relevant expertise to provide the required Therapy Services to a particular CYP, the Council may approach a single provider on the QPL. No call-off and/or contract for any requested Therapy Services shall be deemed to have taken place and/or been formed until the Council formally accepts the price quoted by the chosen provider in accordance with the Framework Agreement.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Adoption Support Service Lot 2
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Adoption Service - Therapies Successful bidders shall be invited to sign the framework agreement to join the QPL for the appropriate lots they have bid for (Framework Agreement). Entry into this contract shall not guarantee that the Council will buy Therapy Services from any bidder but will ensure that successful bidder will be included in the Council's QPL. As and when the Council needs specific Therapy Services, the Council shall: 1. review the QPL and select the providers that have the professional qualifications to deliver the required services; 2. start a mini-competition by submitting a call-off request to those selected providers in accordance with the Framework Agreement (Order Form or request for service from relevant service (SEN therapies - Lot 1 or Adoption Support Service - Lot 2); 3. request a final price for the relevant Therapy Services; and 4. decide whether to proceed with the required Therapy Services at the price stated based on the award criteria set out at section. Where in the reasonable professional opinion of the Council there is only one provider with the relevant expertise to provide the required Therapy Services to a particular CYP, the Council may approach a single provider on the QPL. No call-off and/or contract for any requested Therapy Services shall be deemed to have taken place and/or been formed until the Council formally accepts the price quoted by the chosen provider in accordance with the Framework Agreement.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Virtual Schools Kent (Lot 3)
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Virtual School Head Teachers (VSHs) are responsible for promoting the educational achievement of all the children looked after by the local authority they work for. With some young people a therapeutic approach or intervention may be needed in order to support access to or engagement with education. Kent Children in Care (CiC) aged from 3 to 18 years of age are supported by Virtual School Kent (VSK). Pupil Premium Plus funding (PP+), Post 16 Pupil Premium Plus (P16PP+) or Early Years Pupil Premium funding (EYPP) can be used to pay for activities that will: - a) Improve the learning targets in children’s Personal Education Plans (PEPs). b) Encourage CiC to be more involved and interested in their education. Therapeutic support should not be regarded as alternative health provision of therapy services for gaps in commissioned NHS service delivery. Services required to support PEP targets, often involve intensive specialist interventions or approaches required to maintain educational placements and promote progress.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    3 Sept 2024, 16:08 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Contract active
    Signed 3 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · Not published
  6. Contract active
    Signed 3 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · Not published
  7. Contract active
    Signed 3 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Fun and Gains Therapy Ltd, Innerventure Ltd, Jemma Gita Hone, The Owl Centre Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Alice Lawrence, Chroma Therapies Ltd, Connect B4 Correct Clinical Partnership, Dr Billy Smythe Ltd, Erica Mala Counselling Psychotherapy, Innerventure Ltd, Kent Child Trauma Services, Lilyoak Therapeutic Services, NVR Parenting, Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated, Psicion Ltd, Purple Octopus, Roya Dooman, South London and Maudsley NHSFT, StirlingLord
Not published · Not published · active
Alice Lawrence, Connect B4 Correct Clinical Partnership, Fun and Gains Therapy Ltd, Innerventure Ltd, Jemma Gita Hone, Lilyoak Therapeutic Services, Purple Octopus, Sarah Post Speech Therapy, StirlingLord
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 3 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Adoption Support Service
Not published · signed 3 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Virtual Schools Kent
Not published · signed 3 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
highestValidBidValue: 1000000
lowestValidBidValue: 1
bids: 19 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 19 (lot 1)
highestValidBidValue: 1000000 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 14 (lot 1)
bids: 19 (lot 2)
electronicBids: 19 (lot 2)
highestValidBidValue: 1000000 (lot 2)
lowestValidBidValue: 1 (lot 2)
smeBids: 14 (lot 2)
bids: 19 (lot 3)
electronicBids: 19 (lot 3)
highestValidBidValue: 1000000 (lot 3)
lowestValidBidValue: 1 (lot 3)
smeBids: 14 (lot 3)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Kent County Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1163
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  • Kent County Council
    buyer

    County Hall, Maidstone, UK, ME14 1XQ
    jordan.gurr@kent.gov.uk
    +44 3000414141

  • Alice Lawrence
    supplier

    Chartham, UK

  • Chroma Therapies Ltd
    supplier

    Ross on Wye, UK

  • Connect B4 Correct Clinical Partnership
    supplier

    Sandwich, UK

  • Dr Billy Smythe Ltd
    supplier

    London, UK

  • Erica Mala Counselling Psychotherapy
    supplier

    Sydenham, UK

  • Fun and Gains Therapy Ltd
    supplier

    Rainham, UK

  • Innerventure Ltd
    supplier

    Ashford, UK

  • Jemma Gita Hone
    supplier

    Chartham, UK

  • Kent Child Trauma Services
    supplier

    Whistable, UK

  • Kent County Council
    reviewBody

    Sessions House, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ

  • Lilyoak Therapeutic Services
    supplier

    Whistable, UK

  • NVR Parenting
    supplier

    Cobham, UK

  • Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work Incorporated
    supplier

    Reading, UK

  • Psicion Ltd
    supplier

    Canterbury, UK

  • Purple Octopus
    supplier

    Sittingbourne, UK

  • Roya Dooman
    supplier

    London, UK

  • Sarah Post Speech Therapy
    supplier

    Rochester, UK

  • South London and Maudsley NHSFT
    supplier

    Beckenham, UK

  • StirlingLord
    supplier

    Ashford, UK

  • The Owl Centre Limited
    supplier

    Pembroke, UK
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