Notice Information
Notice Title
Behaviour as Communication Intervention
Notice Description
We are seeking a service that delivers a programme to support Looked After Children who are struggling to feel a sense of belonging or have their needs met in school. It is also to include targeted interventions to support the adults particularly those working with CWCF, enabling them to adopt a more trauma-informed, relational and restorative approach to their practice. This service is to start 1st April 2026 for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The primary service users of this work is to help children who are particularly dysregulated or unsettled to get 'back on track' by ensuring the adults around them are better equipped, supported and connected in their response. This service must meet the needs of residents in the administrative areas of Oxfordshire, including Children We Care For who are residing both in-county and out of county.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0566a4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084029-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80100000 - Primary education services
80200000 - Secondary education services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £42,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £42,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Ms Priscilla Opare Mintah
- Contact Email
- startwellprocurement@oxfordshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- OXFORD
- Postcode
- OX1 1ND
- Post Town
- Oxford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Oxford
- Electoral Ward
- Osney & St Thomas
- Westminster Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084029-2025
17th December 2025 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043293-2025
28th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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