Tender

0762 Specialist Adoption and SGO Support Services

ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

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Tender

05 Feb 2021 at 16:09

Summary of the contracting process

Essex County Council, along with Thurrock District and Suffolk County Councils, is currently seeking providers for the "0762 Specialist Adoption and SGO Support Services" tender. This active procurement falls under the health and social work services category, with a total contract value of £4,968,920. The tender is at the planning stage and submissions must be completed electronically by 26th March 2021. Successful candidates will supply a variety of services aimed at supporting adoptive and special guardianship order (SGO) families, ensuring that statutory duties are met across the Essex, Thurrock, and Suffolk regions.

This tender presents significant opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the health and social care sector. Providers with expertise in therapeutic services, training, and specialist assessments for adoptive families will find this procurement particularly relevant. Successful bidders will not only contribute to the wellbeing of vulnerable families but also benefit from potential repeat business as the framework includes a refresh mechanism for new entrants over its 1440-day contract period.

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Notice Title

0762 Specialist Adoption and SGO Support Services

Notice Description

Essex (ECC), Thurrock and Suffolk (SCC) County Council are seeking to secure a range of good quality providers to deliver support services to adoptive and SGO families. This is to meet statutory duties to provide adoption and SGO support services. The overarching aims of creating a framework are: *to promote sufficiency and capacity of quality services across Essex, Thurrock and Suffolk local *to improve the stability, resilience and wellbeing of adoptive and SGO families and meet their therapeutic needs * to have a compliant mechanism to purchase a variety of specialist therapeutic services * To use funding available for these services including the Adoption Support Fund as effectively and efficiently as possible

Lot Information

Training

Training 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 parenting 1.12 Safer Stronger Adoptive Families 1.13 Secure Base /Safebase parenting program 1.14 The Great Behaviour Breakdown Program 1.15 Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Families (TCIF)

Renewal: Candidates are advised that this framework will incorporate a refresh mechanism to enable new entrants to apply to join the framework.

Therapeutic Intervenion

Therapeutic 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)

Renewal: Candidates are advised that this framework will incorporate a refresh mechanism to enable new entrants to apply to join the framework.

Specialist Assessments

Following 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 assessments

Renewal: Candidates are advised that this framework will incorporate a refresh mechanism to enable new entrants to apply to join the framework.

Short breaks

Short breaks commissioned will include therapeutic breaks for the whole family or child only to provide structured and supported time with the access to therapeutic services and an opportunity to develop peer relationships with other adoptive and SGO families. Providers of breaks with be expected to work with the Local Authority to provide a service that will meet the needs of the families referred. 4.1 Therapeutic Short Breaks

Renewal: Candidates are advised that this framework will incorporate a refresh mechanism to enable new entrants to apply to join the framework.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0290bc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002389-2021
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£4,968,920 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Feb 20215 years ago
Submission Deadline
26 Mar 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL

THURROCK DISTRICT COUNCIL

Contact Name
Jeanette Smith
Contact Email
catherine.biedul@suffolk.gov.uk, jeanette.smith@essex.gov.uk, pmccullough@thurrock.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3330321157

Buyer Location

Locality
CHELMSFORD
Postcode
CM1 1QH
Post Town
Chelmsford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH3 Essex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH32 Thurrock
Delivery Location
TLH3 Essex

Local Authority
Thurrock
Electoral Ward
Grays Riverside
Westminster Constituency
Thurrock

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