--- title: "Children's Centres VEAT Notice" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04261f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04261f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04261f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04261f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "KENT COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-12-15" --- # Children's Centres VEAT Notice Buyer: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04261f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04261f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04261f.json) ## Summary Kent County Council has awarded contracts for the provision of family hubs in Margate, Thanet and Sheerness, aiming to offer integrated family support services. The procurement process involved a negotiated procedure without a call for competition, with contracts awarded to Millmead Children's Centre Partnership Ltd and Children and Families Ltd CIC. Kent County Council identified the need to secure delivery of Family Hub services in deprived areas due to high levels of deprivation and lack of existing provisions prior to the contracts' end in March 2024. This procurement presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in health and social work services to engage with Kent County Council's initiative. The chosen businesses will play a key role in providing vital support services to families in areas of high deprivation. Companies experienced in offering family support services, particularly in disadvantaged communities, would be well-suited to compete in this negotiated procurement process led by Kent County Council. ## Notice Kent County Council is seeking to directly award two contracts for provision of family hubs in Margate, Thanet and Sheerness, Sheppey in the county of Kent. The Family Hub concept is to provide families with a single access point to integrated family support services. Services will include those that we recognise in Kent as Early Help, linking across Children, Young People and Education, Public Health and the NHS with emphasis on being a one stop shop for help and support for families with social, emotional, physical and financial needs. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The procurement process will be a negotiated procedure without a call for competition. There is a need to award contracts in these areas for 18 months, with an optional break clause after 12 months whilst the wider scoping is undertaken of Family Hub services in Kent and this opportunity will then be competitively tendered. ### Procurement Information Kent County Council is seeking to directly award two contracts to Millmead Children's Centre Partnership Ltd and Children and Families Ltd CIC. This is based on regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-- (b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-- (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons, Specifically, that there is a need to secure the delivery of Family Hub services in these areas because The Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) are in two of the most deprived areas in Kent and nationally. Deprivation data from 2019 shows that one of the LSOA's within Sheerness, is 48th most deprived LSOA nationally (out of a total of 32,844 LSOA's nationally) making it within the top 0.2 % of most deprived LSOA's in the country. Similarly, one of the LSOA's within the Dane Valley Ward is the 8th most deprived within Kent (423rd nationally) and nationally sitting within the top 1.3% of most deprived LSOA's. The location of the two commissioned sites as highlighted above are in areas of high deprivation and as such have a high level of need for support services. It is believed that there is currently no other available provision that could be in place prior to the contracts ending in March 2024 to support this need in these deprived areas. Continuing to pilot the Family Hub model in these areas, while the model is finalised is critical to ensuring that the deprivation is not compounded and that the Council is able to gain further insights to aid the development of the model. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036988-2023 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 Dec 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 15 Dec 2023 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £671,615 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | KENT COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | MAIDSTONE | | Post town | Rochester | | Postcode | ME14 1XQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent | | ITL 3 | TLJ45 Mid Kent | | Local authority | Maidstone | | Electoral ward | Penenden Heath | | Westminster constituency | Maidstone and Malling | | Delivery location | TLJ4 Kent | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 2 | | Supplier names | CHILDREN AND FAMILIES; MILLMEAD CHILDREN'S CENTRE PARTNERSHIP | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 15 Dec 2023 at 15:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036988-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.kent.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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