Notice Information
Notice Title
Work Ready Service for Young Adults with Mental Illness
Notice Description
Essex County Council is commissioning a service to support individuals aged 16 to 26 years old who have experienced severe mental illness to achieve their vocational goals and aspirations. This service is in response to the disruption young adults experienced during and following Covid and the high levels of mental health illness now being experienced by young adults which is impacting on their education and employment opportunities This is a newly commissioned service, based on the data, needs and voice of people that use services who have told us that they do not get the support around their vocational aspirations when they need it due to their mental illness. The requirements for this service are not fully prescriptive. Essex County Council would expect the successful provider to work with commissioners and crucially people with lived experience and their carers to inform the design and delivery using a robust approach to co-producing the service. Lived experience and co-production should be at the heart of shaping the service and Essex County Council fully expects the service to evolve over the life of the contract to reflect this. The purpose of the service is to support young adults to: * Be enabled to develop the life skills necessary to access education, training or paid employment. * Build resilience and aspirations and return to school, college and/or begin training * Build confidence, self-esteem and motivation * Develop plans for how to achieve their career plans and aspirations * Build life skills such as time management, financial/budget management, organisation and team work * Become engagement ready and access other resources in the community such as youth services * In particular, the service is to provide opportunities for those individuals who may not have supportive families to guide them through finishing education and planning for work. * The service will also contribute to the delivery of the outcomes set out in the Essex Mental Health Strategy.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: There is an optional 24 month extension.
Planning Information
The Market Engagement Session was due to be held via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 3rd June at 12pm, unfortunately this has now been postposed due to unforeseen circumstances. It will be rescheduled within the next few weeks, however the exact date is unclear. Our team is hoping this will be no later than 20th June. However, please contact elizabeth.willis@essex.gov.uk if you are interested in this opportunity or would like further information. (Update note for transparency: the market engagement was held on 25th June 2025 at 11:30am.)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051ca2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053360-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £627,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £627,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £1,045,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- £1,045,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jun 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 18 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 20 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 1 Dec 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2026 - 1 Jan 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ESSEX 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
- 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)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Moulsham and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chelmsford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053360-2026
5th June 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078505-2025
1st December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048404-2025
13th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046298-2025
5th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041375-2025
18th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041308-2025
18th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029334-2025
2nd June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025801-2025
23rd May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025591-2025
23rd May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024498-2025
22nd May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024483-2025
22nd May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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