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# Hull Headstart Programme

Buyer: HULL CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3df668c3-3a2e-4ea1-8dde-65771710e54a

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## Summary

The Hull Headstart Programme is being procured by Hull City Council as part of a selective tender process under the light touch regime. This initiative aims to enhance the emotional and mental wellbeing of disadvantaged young people in Hull, ultimately improving their academic attainment and long-term employability. The tender period concluded on 27 March 2017, and the contract is set to run from 4 September 2017 to 3 September 2021. The procurement involves multiple service lots focused on play activities, peer mentoring for both young people and parents, and group work aimed at fostering family communication and social skills. The services are classified under health and social work services, with a total contract value of £3,328,178, allocated across various geographical areas within the city.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in community-focused services, particularly those dedicated to youth engagement, counselling, and family support. Organisations that can deliver high-quality educational and emotional development programmes will be well-positioned to compete for this contract. In addition, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary and community sector enterprises (VCSEs) could greatly benefit from this opportunity by collaborating with existing providers or by positioning themselves to meet the social objectives outlined in the tender specifications. The programme aims to foster local employment and training opportunities, making it an ideal fit for businesses with a strong community presence.

## Notice

Hull City Council (the Authority) invites qualified bidders and interested providers to tender for the HeadStart Hull programme being procured under the CPN procedure under the light touch regime . This service specification sets out the requirements for the HeadStart Hull programme. The programme provides Hull with an opportunity to change the trajectory of some of our most disadvantaged young people, and to impact on their emotional and mental wellbeing and on their academic attainment and school engagement, their risk taking behaviours, long term employability and ultimately their overall life chances. The service will be divided into the following lots. Providers can bid for 1 or more lots. Lot 1. Hull Play Rangers: To provide a range of high quality play related activities during the school holidays to equip young people aged 10-16 years old and their families with improved communication skills; confidence and self-esteem; build family relationships; and increase peer networks. Lot 2. Young People's Peer Mentoring: To equip those young people in receipt of mentoring (mentees) with strategies and tools to improve social and personal skills, improve confidence and self-esteem, reduce anxiety, improve peer networks and reduce social isolation both in school and in the community and thus promoting positive emotional health and well-being. Lot 3. Hull Parents Peer Mentoring: To equip those parents in receipt of mentoring (mentees) with strategies and tools to improve emotional well-being and build resilience within families, improve confidence and self-esteem, reduce anxiety, improve family networks and family communication and reduce social isolation through improved parent peer networks in the community and thus promoting positive emotional health and well-being for the family. Lot 4. Hull Group Work: To equip young people and their families with strategies and tools to help improve their social and personal skills, reduce anxiety; improve confidence and self-esteem, enabling self-management socially and emotionally and thus promoting positive emotional health and well-being Lot 4 will be sub divided into 3 geographical areas relating to the East, West and North of the city, which will be awarded to separate providers. Under this contract the Supplier will be required to actively contribute to the achievement of social objectives. These include: skills development; employment and training opportunities within the locality of where the contract will be delivered; and other added value initiatives throughout the supply chain to support community programmes promoted by the council. Accordingly contract performance conditions may relate in particular to secondary considerations. The Authority envisages that the staff working in the current service will transfer to the Service Provider or its subcontractors, under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246) (TUPE) along with the Services. Additional information: Hull City Council advertise all procurements via YORtender.All tender documentation is available via this site. No tender documentation will be distributed manually by post or email.Registration is free at the following link www.yortender.co.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc6ff78b-0614-4cda-a642-c6a1a097afa6 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jun 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Mar 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Jun 2017 |
| Contract period | 3 Sep 2017 - 3 Sep 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,328,178 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £3,281,191 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HULL CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | HULL |
| Post town | Hull |
| Postcode | HU1 2AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE11 Kingston upon Hull, City of |
| Local authority | Kingston upon Hull, City of |
| Electoral ward | St Andrew's & Docklands |
| Westminster constituency | Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 5 |
| Supplier names | BARNARDO'S SERVICES; CHILD DYNAMIX; CORNERHOUSE (YORKSHIRE; HESSLE ROAD NETWORK; HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 21 Jun 2017 at 13:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc6ff78b-0614-4cda-a642-c6a1a097afa6
- 27 Feb 2017 at 13:48 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5a7a58e-12e7-46d1-ac43-db361a936f8d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc6ff78b-0614-4cda-a642-c6a1a097afa6
  21st June 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5a7a58e-12e7-46d1-ac43-db361a936f8d
  27th February 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- http://www.yortender.co.uk

## Notice URLs

- http://www.hullcc.gov.uk

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