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# Speech & Language Direct Award

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/speech-language-direct-award-ocds-h6vhtk-06cba6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Worcestershire County Council: "Speech & Language Direct Award". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Worcestershire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/worcestershire-county-council-ons-e10000034)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £270,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06cba6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/speech-language-direct-award-ocds-h6vhtk-06cba6#tl-md)

## Description
The programme of work focuses on strengthening speech, language and communication support across Worcestershire through a refreshed whole-system approach. It will update and relaunch the county's SLCN balanced system pathway, ensuring parents, carers and wider children's workforce have clear, accessible information, written resources and free online webinars to support children's speech, language and communication development and to know when and where to seek support. This will be underpinned by enhanced Public Health communications to maximise reach and consistency across the sector. This is funded through the Best Start Family Hubs funding.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** The aims of the provision are 
* To update and refresh Worcestershire's SLCN Balanced System Pathway in order to ensure parents, carers and the wider children's workforce have access to information, written materials and online webinars to develop ch...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 066619-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186027`
  - Value: £270,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 066619-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £270,000
  - Signed Date: 31/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066619-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-15T09:42:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T12:21:17.353Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06cba6