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Social Care Leadership Programme

Buyer: Essex County Council →

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BuyerEssex County Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline26 May 2026
Value£435,000
Published3 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Essex County Council (The Authority) have finalised contract signature for the delivery of a face-to-face programme for Social Care leaders from all provision types including Residential Care Homes for Older People and/or Learning Disability services, Nursing Homes, Domiciliary Care Agencies, Extra Care Schemes and Supported Living. The successful supplier will provide; • Development of the programmes • All materials and tools required in the delivery the programme • Evaluation and outcomes of the effectiveness of the programme including participant feedback • Travel costs for trainer(s) • Venue Costs • Refreshments and lunches for all face-to-face sessions • the administration of booking the venue(s) • Introductory contact with the attendees prior to the commencement of each cohort with expectations and joining instructions. • Overheads

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Social Care Leadership Programme

Statusactive
Value£409,454

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068bbb
Latest release ID083301-2026
Latest release timestampThu Sep 03 2026 08:36:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038082-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
3 Sept 2026award, contract083301-2026
25 Jun 2026award, contract059920-2026
27 Apr 2026tender038082-2026

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Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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