Lot 1
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AwardedFind a Tender · award
Work Ready Service for Young Adults with Mental Illness
Buyer: Essex County Council →
BuyerEssex County Council
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published5 Jun 2026
What is being bought
Essex County Council is commissioning a service to support individuals aged 16 to 26 years old who have experienced severe mental illness to achieve their vocational goals and aspirations. This service is in response to the disruption young adults experienced during and following Covid and the high levels of mental health illness now being experienced by young adults which is impacting on their education and employment opportunities This is a newly commissioned service, based on the data, needs and voice of people that use services who have told us that they do not get the support around their vocational aspirations when they need it due to their mental illness. The requirements for this service are not fully prescriptive. Essex County Council would expect the successful provider to work with commissioners and crucially people with lived experience and their carers to inform the design and delivery using a robust approach to co-producing the service. Lived experience and co-production should be at the heart of shaping the service and Essex County Council fully expects the service to evolve over the life of the contract to reflect this. The purpose of the service is to support young adults to: • Be enabled to develop the life skills necessary to access education, training or paid employment. • Build resilience and aspirations and return to school, college and/or begin training • Build confidence, self-esteem and motivation • Develop plans for how to achieve their career plans and aspirations • Build life skills such as time management, financial/budget management, organisation and team work • Become engagement ready and access other resources in the community such as youth services • In particular, the service is to provide opportunities for those individuals who may not have supportive families to guide them through finishing education and planning for work. • The service will also contribute to the delivery of the outcomes set out in the Essex Mental Health Strategy.
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Special regimelightTouch
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Awards
1
Statusactive
Contracts
Work Ready Service for Young Adults with Mental Illness
Statusactive
Value£1,045,000
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| Latest release ID | 053360-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri Jun 05 2026 12:55:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | Not published |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 0 |
| Tender documents in source | 0 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 1 |
| Parties in latest release | 2 |
Notice history
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2026 | award, contract | 053360-2026 |
| 1 Dec 2025 | award, contract | 078505-2025 |
| 13 Aug 2025 | tenderUpdate | 048404-2025 |
| 5 Aug 2025 | tenderUpdate | 046298-2025 |
| 18 Jul 2025 | tender | 041375-2025 |
| 18 Jul 2025 | planningUpdate | 041308-2025 |
| 2 Jun 2025 | planningUpdate | 029334-2025 |
| 23 May 2025 | planningUpdate | 025801-2025 |
| 23 May 2025 | planningUpdate | 025591-2025 |
| 22 May 2025 | planningUpdate | 024498-2025 |
| 22 May 2025 | planning | 024483-2025 |
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