--- title: "DM - Providers to work with DCC to develop the right personalised/ be-spoke service for an 11 year old boy with learning disabilities, severe autism and complex needs to remain within County Durham." ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-29b57f14-ca2a-4e41-a95c-05c81dfa48bf" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-29b57f14-ca2a-4e41-a95c-05c81dfa48bf" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-29b57f14-ca2a-4e41-a95c-05c81dfa48bf.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-29b57f14-ca2a-4e41-a95c-05c81dfa48bf.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2022-09-05" --- # DM - Providers to work with DCC to develop the right personalised/ be-spoke service for an 11 year old boy with learning disabilities, severe autism and complex needs to remain within County Durham. Buyer: DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-29b57f14-ca2a-4e41-a95c-05c81dfa48bf [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-29b57f14-ca2a-4e41-a95c-05c81dfa48bf) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-29b57f14-ca2a-4e41-a95c-05c81dfa48bf.json) ## Summary The Durham County Council is looking for providers to develop a personalised service for an 11-year-old boy with learning disabilities and autism in County Durham. The tender involves crisis intervention, intensive support services, community services, short breaks, specialist education, and residential care. The procurement method is an open procedure with a tender period ending on September 12, 2022, and a contract period from September 26, 2022, to September 5, 2023. This tender opportunity presents a chance for businesses specialized in health and social work services to collaborate with Durham County Council. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to participate. Providers interested in this initiative can express their interest by emailing CYPSResidential@durham.gov.uk and further information will be shared following an initial expression of interest. ## Notice Crisis Intervention Intensive Support Services Community Services Short Break/ respite Specialist Education Residential Purpose The Local Authority and Health Commissioners would like to engage with service providers who can work together to help develop a bespoke service to enable an 11 year old boy to remain in his local community with the right support. This young man has severe learning disabilities, autism, is non-verbal and has complex needs with behaviours that are challenging. Commissioners are working with multi-agency partners to develop a detailed service specification to meet needs and would like to engage with providers of services as part of this process. This is not a procurement exercise at this stage and there is no guaranteed work, this is soft market testing to inform the bespoke service development. Our aim To develop be-spoke service/s that can support this young man and his family in all aspects including care, health and education. A service that is able to work together with multi-agency partners to provide the right support at the right time to allow this young man to remain at home with his family, to be able to access the community and to be educated locally. The service will be required long term to support this young man through transition into his adulthood. Working with key agencies in the development of this service, a Positive Behaviour Support (IPS) approach across all elements of delivery will be required which will include:. * Crisis intervention support when required and in times of escalations and de-regulation working in line with agreed strategies. * Intensive support to implement strategies and support with the young man using a holistic approach to delivery. * Support for him to access the local community safely in line with his care plan. * To support implementation of strategies and ensure these are consistent to meet the aims and outcomes for the young man and his family. * Planned opportunities for over-night respite in line with his care plan. * Delivery of alternative education provision within a local venue identified and/ or provide support staff to assist the education provider and him to access this bespoke alternative education provision. Other potential areas open to discussion include o Residential placement locally within County Durham or use of residential during term time only. A consistent staff team will be required who can be recruited, trained and retained to meet the individual needs of this young person and work together to deliver the community package or be part of a team delivering this. Next steps Providers are invited to express an interest at which point further information will then be shared in relation to a detailed pen picture regarding the needs of this child/young person. If you are interested please specify interest by e-mailing CYPSResidential@durham.gov.uk. Interested providers will then be invited to attend a teams meeting to discuss this in further detail ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79a0ebee-1284-422f-aa56-625f88d74827 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Sep 2022 | | Submission deadline | 12 Sep 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 25 Sep 2022 - 5 Sep 2023 | | 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 | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | DURHAM | | Post town | Durham | | Postcode | DH1 5UG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | | ITL 3 | TLC41 Durham | | Local authority | County Durham | | Electoral ward | Neville's Cross | | Westminster constituency | City of Durham | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 5 Sep 2022 at 09:52 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79a0ebee-1284-422f-aa56-625f88d74827 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/79a0ebee-1284-422f-aa56-625f88d74827 5th September 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.durham.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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