--- title: "Family Innovation Fund (2023-2026) - Solution Focused Support" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-037811" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-037811" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-037811.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-037811.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2022-10-21" --- # Family Innovation Fund (2023-2026) - Solution Focused Support Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037811 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-037811) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-037811.json) ## Summary The Essex County Council has issued a tender titled "Family Innovation Fund (2023-2026) - Solution Focused Support" for services provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies. This procurement falls under the services category and aims to deliver early outcomes by offering support services to children and families through brief solution-focused interventions. The total value of the fund is £1,200,000 over three years, with an allocation of £720,000 for 1:1, group, and family/couple work. The contract period is from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2026. The tender deadline is on December 16, 2022, with the bid opening scheduled for December 19, 2022, at County Hall in Chelmsford. This tender from Essex County Council presents business growth opportunities for organisations providing social work, membership organisation services, and related support to children, young people, and families. Businesses offering coaching, mediation, conflict resolution services, both face-to-face and online, would be well-suited to compete. The procurement process is currently in the award stage, with the possibility of grant extensions for up to two years. The tender submission is via electronic means, and bidders must ensure a bid validity period of 1080 days. This initiative aims to support delivery in Essex communities and prioritises areas outlined in the Essex Levelling Up strategy to achieve levelling ambitions and the county's development goals. ## 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. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The total Family Innovation Fund is PS1,200,000 over three years, with PS720,000 allocated to BSFS through 1:1, group and family/couples work. Year 1 2023/24 PS300,000 Year 2 2024/25 PS210,000 Year 3 2025/26 PS210,000 BSFS will be delivered across Essex but priority will be given to The Essex Levelling Up areas set out in the table in 6.1 to support the delivery of our levelling ambitions and Everyone's Essex Plan Everyones Essex There will be provision within the Grant Agreement, at the discretion of ECC to extend the grants for up to two years on a one plus one year basis. There will be further provision for the value to be varied within any extension up to the original year one value namely PS300,000. Provision in the Grant Agreement (clause 12) outlines the conditions under which ECC will either withhold or claim back funds paid to the provider. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029826-2022 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Oct 2022 | | Submission deadline | 16 Dec 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | £720,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | 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 | TLH3 Essex | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 85300000 - Social work and related services - 98100000 - Membership organisation services - 98900000 - Services provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies ## Release History - 21 Oct 2022 at 15:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029826-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=1387bde2-3c51-ed11-811a-005056b64545 - https://www.essex.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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