Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision and Management of Creative Mentoring Service
Notice Description
Derbyshire County Council is seeking to commission a service to provide creative mentors for Derbyshire Children in Care and any other child or young person that falls within the scope of extended duties of the Virtual School from Reception to Year 13. The in-person mentoring service will be required regionally to Derbyshire and nationwide (within England) where children/young people are placed in other local authorities. The Virtual School requires the Provider to have the capacity of up to 65 children/young people receiving support for up to one term at any one time. The Provider will utilise a primary provider delivery model and will be responsible for managing the creative mentor service and network of mentors, taking the concept of the existing mentoring model to meet the needs of both children and young people in education and those who are at risk of suspension or permanent exclusion. (It should be noted that this contract may be affected by Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). In accordance with Schedule 8 of the Procurement Act 2023, this contract may be novated to a successor council or otherwise modified to reflect the requirements of any new council arrangements arising from LGR. The exact nature of any modification or novation cannot be determined at this time, but such changes will be managed under both the Procurement Act 2023 and the contractual provisions)
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Three, 1 year extension periods are available, subject to satisfactory performance, budget availability and on-going requirements for the service.
Planning Information
The Soft Market information can be accessed via the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=bcc517a0-a6b0-f011-813a-005056b64545 The deadline for completion of the questionnaire is 10:00 on 17/11/2025
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051308
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059609-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,872,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,872,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jun 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- 18 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 26 Feb 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 16 Jun 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-01-21
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MATLOCK
- Postcode
- DE4 3AG
- Post Town
- Derby
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF13 South and West Derbyshire
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Electoral Ward
- Matlock West
- Westminster Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059609-2026
24th June 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005519-2026
21st January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068016-2025
24th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067349-2025
22nd October 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021239-2025
14th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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