--- title: "Provison of Early Help Mentoring, Counselling and Therapeutic Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-273dd8ca-a59a-4e85-90d1-e2bd46f32dcd" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-273dd8ca-a59a-4e85-90d1-e2bd46f32dcd" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-273dd8ca-a59a-4e85-90d1-e2bd46f32dcd.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-273dd8ca-a59a-4e85-90d1-e2bd46f32dcd.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL" published: "2022-02-14" --- # Provison of Early Help Mentoring, Counselling and Therapeutic Services Buyer: BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-273dd8ca-a59a-4e85-90d1-e2bd46f32dcd [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-273dd8ca-a59a-4e85-90d1-e2bd46f32dcd) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-273dd8ca-a59a-4e85-90d1-e2bd46f32dcd.json) ## Summary The Bedford Borough Council is currently in the planning stage for a tender titled "Provision of Early Help Mentoring, Counselling and Therapeutic Services," aimed at providing comprehensive support services for young people and families. This procurement falls under the health and social work services industry category and will commence from 1st October 2022, with a contract duration of three years plus options for extensions. Key dates include an engagement end date of 24th March 2022, as the Council seeks to engage potential providers early in the process to ensure the delivery of quality services. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the health and social services sectors, particularly those specialising in mentoring, counselling, and therapeutic services. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary and community sector organisations (VCSEs) would be well-suited to participate, as the contract allows for submissions based on individual service elements or a comprehensive approach. Providers are encouraged to demonstrate their capability to deliver quality services at competitive costs, given the current financial pressures on public sector budgets. ## Notice Bedford Borough Council (BBC) currently commissions separately, a number of 'therapeutic' support services which have natural synergies across Early Help Mentoring, Counselling, Psychotherapies & Specialist Therapies Services. BBC has agreed a commissioning option for a joined-up approach under a single over-arching tender for Early Help Mentoring & Youth Work, Counselling, Psychotherapies & Specialist Therapies, with a new contract commencing 1st October 2022.This will be a solely BBC contract and procurement exercise. Key Objectives We are seeking to engage the market early to gauge the interest of Providers in this service and to enable potential bidders express their interest to partake in the tender process and work with Bedford Borough Council to deliver best value on these services and with a view to continuing the provision of quality Early Help Mentoring & Counselling and Therapeutic Services to service users (young people and families) in Bedford Constraints All public sector budgets are under the pressure of cuts and financial reductions, as such the Commissioning Authorities aims to deliver services at the best value possible, and are looking to providers that can deliver each service element individually or under an over-arching contract with Lots for each service element so as to submit tenders for delivery of these service. Contract The proposed contract duration is for 3 years (3+1+1) with the opportunity to extend for a further two years. The contract will be held by Bedford Borough Council. Contract(s) will start from the 1st Oct 2022 and providers will be expected deliver these services from that date. Tender Will be published sometime in May 2022 on our Intend e-procurement website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bedford/aspx/Home. Please register your Company on the website to get notification when the tender goes live Conditions of Participation in Pre-engagement exercise Organisations wishing to register an interest in participating in this engagement exercise should go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pre-procurement-event-eh-mentoring-counselling-therapeutic-services-tickets-248807368537 to register their company/practice information and to express their interest. Contract Value Above threshold If you have need any assistance accessing Eventbrite to register for this event, please email toni.badnall@bedford.gov.uk ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85ccc1d5-eb66-4096-94d3-49e85ef0126c | | Notice type | Planned Procurement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Feb 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 24 Mar 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL | | Locality | BEDFORD | | Post town | Milton Keynes | | Postcode | MK42 9AP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLH24 Bedford | | Local authority | Bedford | | Electoral ward | Cauldwell | | Westminster constituency | Bedford | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 33150000 - Radiotherapy, mechanotherapy, electrotherapy and physical therapy devices - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 14 Feb 2022 at 09:17 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85ccc1d5-eb66-4096-94d3-49e85ef0126c - 11 Feb 2022 at 15:57 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85ccc1d5-eb66-4096-94d3-49e85ef0126c ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85ccc1d5-eb66-4096-94d3-49e85ef0126c 14th February 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/01bf8d9d-8860-425a-a0e6-fc52fcdf67d6 Bedford Borough Council (BBC) currently commissions separately, a number of 'therapeutic' support services which have natural synergies across Early Help Mentoring, Counselling, Psychotherapies & Specialist Therapies Services. BBC has agreed a commissioning option for a joined-up approach under a single over-arching tender for Early Help Mentoring & Youth Work, Counselling, Psychotherapies & Specialist Therapies, with a new contract commencing 1st October 2022.This will be a solely BBC contract and procurement exercise. - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b4ff5558-3692-41c7-9921-439767839144 Bedford Borough Council (BBC) currently commissions separately, a number of 'therapeutic' support services which have natural synergies across Early Help Mentoring, Counselling, Psychotherapies & Specialist Therapies Services. BBC has agreed a commissioning option for a joined-up approach under a single over-arching tender for Early Help Mentoring & Youth Work, Counselling, Psychotherapies & Specialist Therapies, with a new contract commencing 1st October 2022.This will be a sole BBC contract and procurement exercise. ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bedford/aspx/Home - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pre-procurement-event-eh-mentoring-counselling-therapeutic-services-tickets-248807368537 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-273dd8ca-a59a-4e85-90d1-e2bd46f32dcd. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-273dd8ca-a59a-4e85-90d1-e2bd46f32dcd.json.