Notice Information
Notice Title
Children and Families Support Services Open Framework
Notice Description
The Children and Families Support Services Open Framework provides structured, quality-assured interventions like mentoring, parenting assessments, and crisis support.
Lot Information
Positive / Structured Activities
One-to-one support to promote confidence, engagement, and emotional wellbeing.
Renewal: Option to extend for 1 year
Specialist Mentoring SupportFocused, targeted mentoring delivered by specialist staff to achieve specific, measurable goals for children and young people.
Renewal: option to extend for 1 year
Community-Based Parenting AssessmentsIntensive family assessments conducted within the community or sometimes referred to as "reverse residential assessments," often mandated by the courts.
Renewal: Option to extend for 1 year
Crisis Intervention and Specialist SupportQuick, intensive responses for children and families facing an urgent need or high risk (e.g., nurses, restraint-trained support workers).
Renewal: option to extend for 1 year
Planning Information
The London Borough of Hackney's Children and Families service, which is preparing for the forthcoming Support Services Framework for children, young people, and families, invites interested organisations from the voluntary, community, and independent sectors to attend a 'Pre-Tender Market Engagement' virtual event on 14th May 2026. Virtual Event Details ● Date: Thursday, 14th May 2026 ● Time: 9:30 am to 11:00 am ● Purpose: This event will be an opportunity for us to update providers on developments with the re-commissioning of the services and for them to ask any questions. ● The event will be held over the Google Meets Platform. To register attendees for the pre-tender event, interested organisations should submit their email addresses. This can be done either through the portal's messaging function or by emailing Claudette.Lewis@hackney.gov.uk with the subject line:"Support Services Framework - Pre-tender Event".
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d647
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057389-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £5,800,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £5,800,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Jun 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Jul 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 29 Jun 20264 days to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 2 Nov 2026 - 1 Nov 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HACKNEY
- Postcode
- E8 1DY
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
- Delivery Location
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
-
- Local Authority
- Hackney
- Electoral Ward
- Hackney Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057389-2026
18th June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056277-2026
15th June 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041853-2026
7th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000415-2026
5th January 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069397-2025
29th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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