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title: "Emotional and Mental Service for Children in Care and Care Leavers"
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# Emotional and Mental Service for Children in Care and Care Leavers

Buyer: WIGAN COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-dd0ca9bd-bd88-4960-bd82-d0abc1afacd8

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## Summary

The Wigan Council has awarded a contract for an Emotional and Mental Health (EMH) Service for Children in Care and Care Leavers. The contract falls under the Health and social work services category. The tender, with a value of £900,000, followed an open procedure and had a tender period ending on 27th March 2023. The contract will run from 24th August 2023 to 23rd August 2026, benefitting businesses that can provide tailored emotional support services.

This tender by the Wigan Council presents opportunities for businesses specialised in providing mental health services for vulnerable children and young people. The contract, spanning over three years, demands flexibility and responsiveness to cater to children with adverse childhood experiences. Businesses dealing with neurodevelopmental, SEND, and LD-related services can find this tender as a well-suited opportunity to grow their service provision and contribute positively to the community's well-being.

## Notice

Wigan Council's requirements of an Emotional and Mental Health (EMH) Service for our Children in Care and our young people who have left our care; including children with neurodevelopmental / SEND / LD. The service is to be a flexible and a responsive service for this cohort of children and young people who have in the vast majority of cases, suffered significant adverse childhood experiences often leading to long-lasting emotional trauma. Child and adolescent mental health provision currently does not meet this need. These children and their carers need a robust service to ensure the right support is provided at the right time in order to avoid an escalation of need and support stability within their home. The service will complete emotional wellbeing assessments of all children who are new into our care. There will be the provision of weekly drop-in support to the Care Leavers Hub, provide specific support to social workers and the team around the child, offer comprehensive therapeutic training to our foster carers (supported lodgings hosts), group consultation and individual support to foster carers and fostering families in relation to the children they care for and one to one therapeutic support to a mutually agreed number of children a year.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ce779537-e233-40dd-b810-24edf94878ed |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Mar 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Jul 2023 |
| Contract period | 23 Aug 2023 - 23 Aug 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £900,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £900,000 |
| 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 | WIGAN COUNCIL |
| Locality | WIGAN |
| Post town | Wigan |
| Postcode | WN1 1YN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD36 Greater Manchester North West |
| Local authority | Wigan |
| Electoral ward | Wigan Central |
| Westminster constituency | Wigan |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MEADOWS PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 21 Jul 2023 at 11:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ce779537-e233-40dd-b810-24edf94878ed

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ce779537-e233-40dd-b810-24edf94878ed
  21st July 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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