Notice Information
Notice Title
Urgent and Specialist Support for Children and Young People
Notice Description
Urgent and Specialist Support Services provide rapid-response staffing for children and young people with complex behavioural, medical, or mental health needs, helping stabilise placements and prevent escalation to secure or inpatient settings.
Procurement Information
This justifications apply because: * This is a statutory and essential service; the Council must place Children and Young People requiring urgent and specialist support regardless of cost. * Extreme urgency results from the Framework's expiry and the extension unpredictably being non-compliant. This is combined with a continuing number of high risk and complex placements. * This event was unforeseen and occurred without prior warning, leaving the Council insufficient time to conduct a compliant competitive procedure. The situation is unavoidable and demands immediate action to prevent serious harm to Children and Young People who the Council have a statutory responsibility to provide these services for.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066736
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028459-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
- £11,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £13,240,000 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 16 Mar 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 27 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 30 Sep 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST SUSSEX 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
- CHICHESTER
- Postcode
- PO19 1RQ
- Post Town
- Portsmouth
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ27 West Sussex (South West)
- Delivery Location
- TLJ27 West Sussex (South West), TLJ28 West Sussex (North East)
-
- Local Authority
- Chichester
- Electoral Ward
- Chichester Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chichester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028459-2026
27th March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021750-2026
11th March 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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