Notice Information
Notice Title
Re-tender Therapeutic Support for Children Looked After
Notice Description
The Council is seeking to appoint a supplier to secure the services with the overall purpose to provide a team of mental health professionals with oversight from a clinical psychologist to support children and young people in care with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. The team should have demonstrable experience of delivering recognised mental health interventions and therapies to young people. The provider will receive referrals, assess the emotional wellbeing needs of individual Children looked after and develop and monitor individual tailored therapeutic programmes.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 2 year contract with an option to extend up to four years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050c59
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075196-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- £1,320,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,320,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,313,349 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,313,349 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-05-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WIRRAL COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurementpeople@wirral.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WALLASEY
- Postcode
- CH44 8ED
- Post Town
- Chester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD74 Wirral
- Delivery Location
- TLD74 Wirral
-
- Local Authority
- Wirral
- Electoral Ward
- Seacombe
- Westminster Constituency
- Wallasey
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075196-2025
19th November 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051702-2025
27th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018803-2025
2nd May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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