Official UK procurement notice
Systemic Therapy for Families and Children
Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£70,000≈ £70k / year · £84,000 inc. VAT0.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Jul 2026awarded 1 Sept 2026
Awarded to Chorus Therapeutic Partnerships
Contract term 1 yrends 17 Aug 2027 · up to 17 Aug 2028 with extensions · starts 17 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFor the provision of Systemic Therapy for Families and Children. The need for a local authority funded offer of systemic therapy for children and families, which falls outside the scope of the NHS.
The service will primarily support families who do not meet the threshold for a specialist CAMHS referral but may risk further escalation and intervention if left without support. The service may also support individual children and young people open to Children and Families Social Care, if deemed appropriate by the referring worker.
CPV: Family-planning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£70,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Bidders are required to submit a technical and commercial response. The scoring/evaluation will be weighted as set out below: Technical score weight: 80% and the Commercial score weight: 20%. The maximum achievable weighted score is 100.00; please note that percentages used in the evaluation are always rounded to 2 decimal places.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Jun 2026, 11:16 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-052683- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ad38Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
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- Submission deadline
- 8 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 29 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
4 Jun 2026 → 16 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published140 days ago4 Jun 2026, 11:16 BST
- Clarification questions by115 days ago29 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline106 days ago8 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts67 days ago17 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published36 days ago16 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2026- Tender notice published4 Jun 2026, 11:16 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published30 Jun 2026, 11:21 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 8 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST30 Jun 2026, 11:21 BST+7 days · was 1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract details notice published16 Sept 2026, 10:58 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete16 Sept 2026, 10:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £69,4881 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorus Therapeutic PartnershipsVCSE | £69,488 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Chorus Therapeutic PartnershipsVCSE
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- £69,488
- Period
- 3 Sept 2026 – 2 Sept 2027 · up to 2 Sept 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- With the option to extend for a further period of 12 months at the agreement of both parties. Total value includes the option to extend the fee for 1 year.
2 agreed KPIs: This contract will be monitored through quarterly monitoring meetings as scheduled by the City, which the provider must attend to ensure outcomes are being achieved and the service developed, as agreed between City of London and the provider during mobilisation of the contract. · The provider, in addition is expected to produce a quarterly report which will include, not exclusively, the data below:
- This contract will be monitored through quarterly monitoring meetings as scheduled by the City, which the provider must attend to ensure outcomes are being achieved and the service developed, as agreed between City of London and the provider during mobilisation of the contract., The following will be monitored in the course of the meetings: • Individual outcomes for children and families •Service-level outcomes for the target user population •Data on sessions delivered and therapeutic interventions utilised •Training compliance •Safeguarding and complaints •Social Value (added value brought by the contract e.g. charitable donations, environmental initiatives, community funding and projects) •Incident recording and reporting •Financial and reputational risks to be declared
- The provider, in addition is expected to produce a quarterly report which will include, not exclusively, the data below:, Number of new and current contacts attending the service. •Demography and referral source information in relation to service users. •Number of staff members involved with the service, plus training compliance and content. •Submission of at least two case studies, where outcomes have been monitored and evidenced, to demonstrate the impact of the provision. Service successes, barriers to delivery and planned service development. •Any complaints received, processes followed to resolve these and any learning for the future. •Safeguarding alerts or requests for information received.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Chorus Therapeutic PartnershipsAwarded 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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender