--- title: "Family Innovation Fund (2023 - 2026): Risky Behaviours" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-97235b55-1776-45d7-8e42-3b0aab0691d0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-97235b55-1776-45d7-8e42-3b0aab0691d0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-97235b55-1776-45d7-8e42-3b0aab0691d0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-97235b55-1776-45d7-8e42-3b0aab0691d0.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-03-09" --- # Family Innovation Fund (2023 - 2026): Risky Behaviours Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-97235b55-1776-45d7-8e42-3b0aab0691d0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-97235b55-1776-45d7-8e42-3b0aab0691d0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-97235b55-1776-45d7-8e42-3b0aab0691d0.json) ## Summary The Essex County Council has awarded a contract for the "Family Innovation Fund (2023 - 2026): Risky Behaviours" with a total value of £480,000. The procurement method used was an open procedure, and the contract period is set to start on April 1, 2023, and end on March 31, 2026. The buying organisation is Essex County Council, located at County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1QH, England. The industry category for this contract is social work services. The tender period ended on December 16, 2022. This contract presents opportunities for businesses, particularly small and voluntary sector enterprises, to provide services targeted at children and young people exhibiting early signs of risky behaviours in school and youth settings. Suitable businesses should be able to deliver brief, light-touch interventions aimed at enhancing the resilience of children, young people, parents, and carers. The contract supports early intervention to prevent the escalation of issues and complements existing support services. Businesses well-suited to compete are those with expertise in social work services and tailored support programs. ## 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 with exhibiting early signs of risky behaviours working in schools and youth settings through small group programmes. This will usually take place 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/cd8781f0-8d7b-4ffa-8931-3c3b113e44f9 | | 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 | Planning, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | 16 Dec 2022 | | Future notice date | 23 Feb 2018 | | Award date | 2 Feb 2023 | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £480,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £480,000 | | 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 | TLJ South East (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 85310000 - Social work services - 85320000 - Social services - 98900000 - Services provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies ## Release History - 9 Mar 2023 at 14:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cd8781f0-8d7b-4ffa-8931-3c3b113e44f9 - 8 Feb 2017 at 15:38 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ede6e217-843d-43e7-b3a7-b475088ac582 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cd8781f0-8d7b-4ffa-8931-3c3b113e44f9 9th March 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ede6e217-843d-43e7-b3a7-b475088ac582 8th February 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.essex.gov.uk/Business-Partners/Supplying-Council/Pages/default.aspx ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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