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Specialist Adoption and Special Guardianship Order Support Services
Health and social work services
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published3
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Essex County Council: "Specialist Adoption and Special Guardianship Order Support Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Essex County Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Published history for Essex County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
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Coverage: 284 active published awards; 282 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityEssex 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 |
Published27 May 2022, 16:41 BST | Last source update27 May 2022, 16:41 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationHealth and social work services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0300bf | ||
What is being bought
• Adopted children and those subject to a Special Guardianship Order often have moderate to complex mental health and emotional well-being needs. Therapeutic interventions and assessments are required to assist both children and adults to deal with the long-term effects of what abuse and trauma provide. All services commissioned to provide adoption and SGO support and assessment will meet the following outcomes:
• Reduction and/or prevention of adoption and Special Guardianship Order placement disruptions and children re-entering care.
• Enable children and families affected by adoption or Special Guardianship Orders to achieve/maintain stability and reach their full potential as individuals and as family groups.
• Adoptive and Special Guardianship Order families to enjoy strong and stable family relationships.
• Adoptive and Special Guardianship Order families are resilient and have the skills and knowledge to support themselves and each other. Ensure that the most cost efficient and effective services can be supplied to families.
There is an Adoption Support and a Special Guardianship Order Support Teams within ECC Children and Families service. These teams provide universal to complex adoption and SGO support county-wide. Some of these services are provided directly by the adoption and SGO team and the rest via a framework contract of specialist support. When families first contact the adoption and SGO teams they undertake an assessment of their support needs to decide if further support is required and where required a support plan is developed with the family.
Thurrock’s Fostering and Adoption teams offer adoption and SGO support within Children’s Services in Thurrock Council. They too, in common with ECC provide universal to complex support to families and their carers while accessing additional support for more complex cases from the currently contracted provider. When families and carers access the teams for support, they are accessed to understand their needs which informs decisions regarding the level required.
Suffolk currently have a Permanence Support Team offering Adoption Support and a Special Guardianship Order Support Team within Children and Families . These teams are based in the 3 areas of Suffolk. The teams provide universal to complex adoption and special guardianship order support. Some of these services are provided directly from the Permanence Support team and the rest via spot purchase arrangements. When families first contact the Permanence Support team, they undertake an assessment of their support needs, to decide if further support is required and where required, develop a support plan with the family.
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to complete
27 May 2022, 16:41 BST - Official notice release published
27 May 2022, 16:41 BST - Submission deadline changed to published date
27 May 2022, 16:41 BST - Status changed to active
14 Dec 2021, 09:51 GMT - Official notice release published
14 Dec 2021, 09:51 GMT - Submission deadline changed to 25 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
14 Dec 2021, 09:51 GMT - Buyer information updated
14 Dec 2021, 09:51 GMT
Lots and requirements (3)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Lot 1 TrainingcancelledPublished valueNot publishedTraining is expected to cover a wide range of skills and approaches as identified within a family individual plan and the most common types of training required are listed below. All training offered should: be delivered by suitably qualified trainers with subject specialism; be clearly focused on meeting the needs and circumstances of adoptive and SGO families; be planned and delivered to timescales agreed with each adoption team; feedback from all course attendees should be sought for each course and given to each LA. This lot includes the following types of training but is not limited to: 1.1. Non Violent Resistance 1.2. Attachment 1.3. Matching 1.4. Transitions 1.5. Theraplay 1.6. Communicating and connecting 1.7. Life story 1.8. Contact 1.9. Friends and family 1.10. PACE 1.11. Therapeutic parentingContract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
- Lot 2 · #2Lot 2 Therapeutic InterventioncancelledPublished valueNot publishedTherapeutic intervention will be wide ranging in order to meet individual needs but should be evidence based and in line with therapies listed under the ASF. They must be tailored to meet the needs and circumstances of adoptive and SGO families and planned and delivered to timescales agreed with each adoption team. This lot includes the following types of therapeutic intervention but is not limited to: 2.1 Art therapy 2.2 Dance movement therapy 2.3 Yoga 2.4 Music therapy 2.5 Play therapy 2.6 Group-based art or play therapy 2.7 Filial therapy 2.8 Lego Therapy 2.9 Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) 2.10 Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) 2.11 Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) 2.12 Internal Families System Therapy 2.13 Reducing anxiety management plan (RAMP) 2.14 Sensory Integration Processing Therapy or therapeutic listining Programme 2.15 Cognitive Therapy 2.16 Education Psychotherapy 2.17 Group Based Art or Play Therapy 2.18 Attachment Therapy 2.19 Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) 2.20 Child to Parent Violence (CPV) Individual Based Programme 2.21 Multi-systemic family therapy 2.22 Systemic family therapy 2.23 Psychodynamic therapy 2.24 Theraplay 2.25 Koru Project 2.26 Therapeutic life story work for the child 2.27 Individual psychological therapy 2.28 Drama Therapy 2.29 Neuro-integration system therapy (NIS)Psychoanalytical therapy 2.30 Video-feedback intervention to promote positive parenting and sensitive discipline (VIPP-SD)Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
- Lot 3 · #3Lot 3 Specialist AssessmentscancelledPublished valueNot publishedFollowing a social work assessment of support needs, there are occasions when a specialist assessment is indicated. Providers will deliver robust clinical assessment of children and young people’s developmental trauma and attachment. All assessments provided should be delivered by suitably qualified trainers and planned and delivered to timescales agreed with each adoption team. The assessments that this service will provide include, but are not limited to, the following: 3.1. Comprehensive systemic family assessments 3.2. Psychological & psychiatric assessments 3.3. Assessments of therapeutic needs 3.4. Assessments of contact needs 3.5. Sensory integration/occupational therapy assessments 3.6. Multi-disciplinary assessmentsContract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
27 May 2022, 16:41 BST - Award active
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Signed 1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · £1,188,000 - Contract active
Signed 1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · £1,188,000 - Contract active
Signed 1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · £1,188,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Adoption UK, Adoptionplus Limited, Apricot Centre CIC, Families Empowered, Family Affect, Family Futures CIC, Jump Start Centre, Kids Inspire, PACT, Treasure Keepers Not published · Not published · active Adoption UK, Adoptionplus Limited, Apricot Centre CIC, Barnardos, Chroma Therapies LTD, Families Empowered, Family Action, Family Affect, Family Futures CIC, Jump Start Centre, Kids Inspire, PACT, Treasure Keepers Not published · Not published · active Adoptionplus Limited, Apricot Centre CIC, Family Affect, Family Futures CIC, Jump Start Centre, Kids Inspire, PACT, Sensi Limited, Treasure Keepers Not published · Not published · active Specialist Adoption and Special Guardianship Order Support Services Not published · Not published · unsuccessful |
Contracts Specialist Adoption and Special Guardianship Order Support Services £1,188,000 · signed 1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · active Specialist Adoption and Special Guardianship Order Support Services £1,188,000 · signed 1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · active Specialist Adoption and Special Guardianship Order Support Services £1,188,000 · signed 1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · active |
Bid statistics bids: 11 (lot 1) electronicBids: 11 (lot 1) foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1) foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1) smeBids: 11 (lot 1) bids: 15 (lot 2) electronicBids: 15 (lot 2) foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 2) foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 2) smeBids: 14 (lot 2) bids: 10 (lot 3) electronicBids: 10 (lot 3) foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 3) foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 3) smeBids: 10 (lot 3) |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Essex County Council
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