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W5108 Children in Care - Mentoring Support

Walsall Council

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07 Aug 2026 at 09:47

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Walsall Council commissioned a children-in-care mentoring support service for children in its care, and care-experienced children living in Walsall and neighbouring boroughs. The service provides targeted, time-limited interventions delivered by appropriately experienced professionals. It is intended for children whose early experiences of trauma affect their emotional wellbeing and secure attachments to carers. The work includes direct support, clear outcomes, intervention plans, referrals, progress reviews and monitoring. The provider works with relevant panels, care-planning meetings and other professionals, linking children and carers to wider support, including NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and therapeutic services. The procurement is for specialist psychological and mentoring support services, classified under psychiatrist or psychologist services. Delivery is centred on Walsall and its neighbouring boroughs.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to The Inspire Foundation (UK) Community Interest Company. The contract was signed on 1 May 2026 and runs from 1 May 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £40,000 excluding VAT and £48,000 including VAT. Walsall Council used a below-threshold direct award without competition, under the light-touch regime. There was one completed lot covering the full requirement. The award is active and the contract is active. Evaluation was therefore based on the council’s direct-award process rather than a competitive tender. The arrangement is below the applicable threshold and relates to services for children in care and care-experienced children affected by trauma, emotional wellbeing difficulties and insecure attachments.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Walsall Council for focused support to children in care and care-experienced children, delivered through structured mentoring and psychologically informed interventions. A credible future provider would need professionals with relevant experience of childhood trauma, emotional wellbeing, attachment difficulties and working with children in care. It would also need the capability to assess referrals, design time-limited intervention plans, define and evidence outcomes, and review progress consistently. Strong partnership working is important: providers must be able to coordinate with social care professionals, panels, care-planning meetings, NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and therapeutic services. Community-interest companies and other specialist organisations with established local or neighbouring-borough delivery networks may be well placed to meet this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

W5108 Children in Care - Mentoring Support

Notice Description

The requirement is for targeted approach delivered by appropriately experienced professionals to undertake direct work with children who are in the care of Walsall Council or who are care experienced and who are living within Walsall and neighbouring boroughs and whose early childhood experiences of trauma are impacting on their emotional well-being and secure attachments to their carers. The service will deliver time-limited interventions with clear outcomes and will link to other services and support, include NHS CAMHS provision and therapeutic services. The service will work with the relevant Panel(s), care planning meetings and with professionals to signpost to appropriate services, accept referrals, provide plans of intervention and review and monitor progress.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06deb1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075109-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£40,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 May 20263 months ago
Contract Period
1 May 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Walsall Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WALSALL
Postcode
WS1 1TP
Postcode Area
Walsall
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG38 Walsall
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Walsall
Electoral Ward
St Matthew's
Westminster Constituency
Walsall and Bloxwich

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

THE INSPIRE FOUNDATION (UK) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Further Information

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