Contract Timeline

Publication Date

3rd September 2024 15:08:18 PM

Contract Summary

SEN Therapies Lot 1 The Council recognises that SEN therapy service providers have an important role in improving a CYP’s participation in learning experiences and access to curriculum opportunities and outcomes for our children who have an EHC plan. We therefore want to establish a relational contracting approach with providers on the QPL that will: • recognise the interdependencies between local authorities, service providers, Ofsted, and other stakeholders; • facilitate co-operation, shared learning, and improvement; • enable us to anticipate and respond quickly to the changing needs of the Council's CYP with an EHC plan; • support joint working between the Council’s education and service providers to help improve outcomes for Council's CYP with an EHC plan; • help to ensure sufficiency and suitability of the therapy provision that is tailored to the current and anticipated needs of Council's CYP with an EHC plan; and • ensure fairness in the commercial arrangements between commissioners and providers and transparency of prices. Adoption Support Service Lot 2 The Adoption Support Fund (ASF) has been established to help adoptive families access the services they need more easily. The ASF provides funds to local authorities (LAs) and Regional Adoption Agency’s (RAA) to pay for essential therapeutic services for eligible adoptive and special guardianship order (SGO) families. The aim of the ASF and the support it funds is to: • Improve outcomes for young people and families • Improve the core adoption/SGO support offered to families • Build the evidence base so that interventions demonstrate the effectiveness and value for money Virtual Schools Kent (Lot 3) Virtual School Head Teachers (VSHs) are responsible for promoting the educational achievement of all the children looked after by the local authority they work for. With some young people a therapeutic approach or intervention may be needed in order to support access to or engagement with education. Kent Children in Care (CiC) aged from 3 to 18 years of age are supported by Virtual School Kent (VSK). Pupil Premium Plus funding (PP+), Post 16 Pupil Premium Plus (P16PP+) or Early Years Pupil Premium funding (EYPP) can be used to pay for activities that will: - a) Improve the learning targets in children’s Personal Education Plans (PEPs). b) Encourage CiC to be more involved and interested in their education.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-030f77

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Award, Contract

Procurement Method

Open

Procurement Method Details

Open Procedure

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Framework

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

85000000

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

KENT COUNTY COUNCIL

Buyer Name

Mr Jordan Gurr

Buyer Email

jordan.gurr@kent.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

+44 3000414141

Buyer Address

County Hall

Maidstone

ME14 1XQ

United Kingdom

Awarded Supplier(s)

Supplier Name(s)

ALICE LAWRENCE
CHROMA THERAPIES LTD
CONNECT B4 CORRECT CLINICAL PARTNERSHIP
DR BILLY SMYTHE LTD
ERICA MALA COUNSELLING PSYCHOTHERAPY
FUN AND GAINS THERAPY LTD
INNERVENTURE LTD
JEMMA GITA HONE
KENT CHILD TRAUMA SERVICES
LILYOAK THERAPEUTIC SERVICES
NVR PARENTING
OXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL WORK INCORPORATED
PSICION LTD
PURPLE OCTOPUS
ROYA DOOMAN
SARAH POST SPEECH THERAPY
SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHSFT
STIRLINGLORD
THE OWL CENTRE LIMITED

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

17th October 2023 09:58:29 AM

Contract Summary

Kent County Council currently commissions a range of Therapies for Children and Young People across SEN, Virtual Schools Kent (VSK) and Adoption Partnership South East. There is an interdependency between the services, therefore the commissioning and procurement processes are to be aligned. The underpinning themes for all services are to deliver; seamless, joined up pathways for users of services and ease of access. An improved flexibility of approach and the ability to innovate, develop and evolve services during the contract term and efficient performance monitoring to inform future service development. The contract will be awarded to multiple providers following an Evaluation of the Mandatory Selection Questionnaire – there will be a continuously published Prior Information Notice, available via the Kent Business Portal. Interested suppliers are hereby invited to express their interest in this tender opportunity and submit their completed Mandatory Selection Questions by the date specified. SEN Service are looking to commission: • Speech and Language (SLT) • Occupational Therapy (OT) including varying OT approaches to addressing sensory processing differences. • Physiotherapy (PT) Adoption Partnership South East are looking to commission: • Therapeutic parenting training • Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy • Theraplay • Filial therapy • Creative therapies e.g., art, music, drama, play • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) • Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) • Sensory integration therapy/Sensory attachment therapy • Multi Systemic Therapy • Mentalisation Based Therapy • Psychotherapy • Extensive life story work with a therapeutic intervention (where therapy is used to help the young person understand and cope with the trauma and difficulties that their life story work might revisit) • Short Breaks are in scope where they include a substantial element of eligible therapeutic therapies • Specialist Assessment that meets all of the criteria below: VSK - Virtual Schools Kent are looking to commission: - • Creative therapies e.g., art, music, drama, play • Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) • Sensory integration therapy • Speech & Language Therapy • Counselling An in-depth assessment of the child and family’s needs with a focus on trauma and attachment, and how this demonstrates the links to the assessment of support needs. Led and undertaken by a qualified clinician(s). For the purposes of the ASF, a qualified clinician would be someone who diagnoses and treats patients; is suitably qualified and is licensed to practice via a regulator such as the Health and Care Professional Council e.g., a trained Clinical Psychologist or Attachment Psychotherapist. Result in a therapeutic support plan for the child(ren) / family

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-030f77

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

TenderUpdate

Procurement Method

N/A

Procurement Method Details

N/A

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

85100000

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

KENT COUNTY COUNCIL

Buyer Name

Ms Orla Miller

Buyer Email

orla.miller@kent.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

+44 3000412878

Buyer Address

Sessions House

Maidstone

ME14 1XQ

United Kingdom

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

11th August 2023 09:46:39 AM

Contract Summary

SEN Therapies Lot 1 The Council recognises that SEN therapy service providers have an important role in improving a CYP’s participation in learning experiences and access to curriculum opportunities and outcomes for our children who have an EHC plan. We therefore want to establish a relational contracting approach with providers on the QPL that will: • recognise the interdependencies between local authorities, service providers, Ofsted, and other stakeholders; • facilitate co-operation, shared learning, and improvement; • enable us to anticipate and respond quickly to the changing needs of the Council's CYP with an EHC plan; • support joint working between the Council’s education and service providers to help improve outcomes for Council's CYP with an EHC plan; • help to ensure sufficiency and suitability of the therapy provision that is tailored to the current and anticipated needs of Council's CYP with an EHC plan; and • ensure fairness in the commercial arrangements between commissioners and providers and transparency of prices. Adoption Support Service Lot 2 The Adoption Support Fund (ASF) has been established to help adoptive families access the services they need more easily. The ASF provides funds to local authorities (LAs) and Regional Adoption Agency’s (RAA) to pay for essential therapeutic services for eligible adoptive and special guardianship order (SGO) families. The aim of the ASF and the support it funds is to: • Improve outcomes for young people and families • Improve the core adoption/SGO support offered to families • Build the evidence base so that interventions demonstrate the effectiveness and value for money

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-030f77

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Award, Contract

Procurement Method

Open

Procurement Method Details

Open Procedure

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Framework

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

85000000

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

KENT COUNTY COUNCIL

Buyer Name

Ms Catherine Read

Buyer Email

catherine.read@kent.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Invicta House

Maidstone

ME14 1XX

United Kingdom

Awarded Supplier(s)

Supplier Name(s)

ADOPTION UK CHARITY
ANDREA BELL, SOLE TRADER OF KENTOT4KIDS
ANDREW GREEN S&L THERAPIST
BARNARDO’S
CANTERBURY FUNCTIONAL COMM LTD
CLEVER KIDS LTD
DANDELION TIME
EQUAL CHANCE LIMITED
EVOLVE CHILDRENS THERAPY SERVICES LTD
FAMILY FUTURES CIC
GM TREE TRAINING LTD TRADING AS ADOPTION ACADEMY
JIGSAW PLAY THERAPY LTD
OXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL WORK INCORPORATED
REBECCA WITHNALL
RICHES INCLUSIVE THERAPIES LIMITED
STARJUMPZ
SYMBOL UK
TERRY ISAACS THERAPY LTD
THE CHILD PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE
VICTORIA LAWSON

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

26th January 2022 10:51:15 AM

Planning, Tender Deadline

1st March 2022 12:00:00 PM   Expired

Contract Summary

Kent County Council currently commissions a range of Therapies for Children and Young People across SEN and Adoption Partnership South East. There is an interdependency between both services, therefore the commissioning and procurement processes are to be aligned. The underpinning themes for both services are to deliver; seamless, joined up pathways for users of services and ease of access. An improved flexibility of approach and the ability to innovate, develop and evolve services during the contract term and efficient performance monitoring to inform future service development. The contract will be awarded to multiple providers following an Evaluation of the Mandatory Selection Questionnaire – there will be a continuously published Prior Information Notice, available via the Kent Business Portal. Interested suppliers are hereby invited to express their interest in this tender opportunity and submit their completed Mandatory Selection Questions by the date specified. SEN Service are looking to commission: • Speech and Language (SLT) • Occupational Therapy (OT) including varying OT approaches to addressing sensory processing differences. • Physiotherapy (PT) Adoption Partnership South East are looking to commission: • Therapeutic parenting training • Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy • Theraplay • Filial therapy • Creative therapies e.g., art, music, drama, play • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) • Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) • Sensory integration therapy/Sensory attachment therapy • Multi Systemic Therapy • Mentalisation Based Therapy • Psychotherapy • Extensive life story work with a therapeutic intervention (where therapy is used to help the young person understand and cope with the trauma and difficulties that their life story work might revisit) • Short Breaks are in scope where they include a substantial element of eligible therapeutic therapies • Specialist Assessment that meets all of the criteria below: An in-depth assessment of the child and family’s needs with a focus on trauma and attachment, and how this demonstrates the links to the assessment of support needs. Led and undertaken by a qualified clinician(s). For the purposes of the ASF, a qualified clinician would be someone who diagnoses and treats patients; is suitably qualified and is licensed to practice via a regulator such as the Health and Care Professional Council e.g., a trained Clinical Psychologist or Attachment Psychotherapist. Result in a therapeutic support plan for the child(ren) / family

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-030f77

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Planning, Tender

Procurement Method

Selective

Procurement Method Details

Competitive Procedure With Negotiation

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Framework

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

85100000

CPV Division(s)

85 - Health and social work services

Awarding Authority

KENT COUNTY COUNCIL

Buyer Name

Ms Catherine Read

Buyer Email

catherine.read@kent.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

Sessions House

Maidstone

ME14 1XQ

United Kingdom