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title: "Family Innovation Fund (2023-2026) - Brief Solution Focused Support"
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# Family Innovation Fund (2023-2026) - Brief Solution Focused Support

Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5d4726c1-e8c3-4726-96c8-1d7405429137

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## Summary

The Essex County Council has awarded a contract for the Family Innovation Fund (2023-2026) - Brief Solution Focused Support. The procurement method was open, and the contract value is £720,000 GBP. The procurement stage was at the award stage, completed on 2nd February 2023. The contract period is from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2026. The buying organisation is ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, located in Chelmsford, England. The industry category is Health and social work services, with an additional classification of Services provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies.

This tender by Essex County Council offers opportunities for businesses specialising in providing support services to children, young people, parents, and families. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to compete for this contract. The services will involve Brief Solution Focussed Support (BSFS) such as coaching, mediation, and conflict resolution. Businesses with expertise in delivering light-touch interventions and online support platforms may find this tender particularly fitting for driving business growth and achieving positive outcomes for the community.

## Notice

The Family Innovation Fund enables ECC to work with its partners in the voluntary and community sector to deliver good outcomes as early as possible. The services will not support those children, young people and families already known to and in receipt of support from specialist and statutory services, rather they will ensure delivery of support that complements, not duplicates existing services such as; * School funded support at additional levels of need * Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service * Essex Integrated Wellbeing Service * Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service * Family Solutions By Early Intervention we mean stopping something occurring or getting worse and for the purposes of this funding will provide brief, light touch interventions that will enable children, young people, parents and carers to draw on their own resources and resilience to resolve future problems. This Grant is concerned with working with children and young people, parents/carers and families who will benefit from receiving support by way of Brief Solution Focussed Support (BSFS) such as coaching, mediation, conflict, through 1:1, group and family/parent/couples work. This will usually take place in face to face however, it may also take place using on-line platforms if that is deemed appropriate, for example during holiday periods or weekends/evenings.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/39d13407-f125-4b55-8bc8-21941e12ea6a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Mar 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Dec 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Feb 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £720,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £720,000 |
| 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 | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CHELMSFORD |
| Post town | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM1 1QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex |
| Local authority | Chelmsford |
| Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Chelmsford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | KIDS INSPIRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98900000 - Services provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies

## Release History

- 9 Mar 2023 at 14:59 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/39d13407-f125-4b55-8bc8-21941e12ea6a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/39d13407-f125-4b55-8bc8-21941e12ea6a
  9th March 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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