Notice Information
Notice Title
Cheshire East Paediatric Speech, Language & Communication Service
Notice Description
The service endeavours to support the children and young people in Cheshire East receiving Speech and Language Therapy to be their best and improve their communication skills. With the aim of improving the emotional health and well-being for children and young people by providing a speech, language and communication support that helps them to achieve their potential. The whole system service delivery is outcomes based and recognises and builds on the strengths of children, young people and their families. The service will ensure that service delivery is provided through one provider only across Cheshire East, this will ensure complete consistency of service provision for all the children, young people and families within the borough.
Lot Information
Lot 1
It is intended to award a contract to an existing provider following the competitive procedure for the provision of a Cheshire East Paediatric Speech, Language & Communication Service. This is an existing service and is for an initial period of 5 years. The full term including optional extensions is 7 years and the lifetime value of the contract is PS18,750,920
Options: The contract duration is for an initial period of 5 years from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030 with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months to 2032.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-049d48
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006185-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £18,750,920 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Oct 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CHESHIRE EAST BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Ms Tracy Roberts, Tracy Roberts
- Contact Email
- tracy.roberts@cheshireeast.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1270686973, +44 1270886440
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SANDBACH
- Postcode
- CW11 1HZ
- Post Town
- Crewe
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD62 Cheshire East
- Delivery Location
- TLD62 Cheshire East
-
- Local Authority
- Cheshire East
- Electoral Ward
- Crewe Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
Further Information
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