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title: "For the Provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care"
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# For the Provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care

Buyer: DERBY CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e31f

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## Summary

Derby City Council is spearheading a procurement initiative for an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service dedicated to Children in Care. This procurement, under the legal foundation of directive 32014L0024, involves collaboration with the Derby and Derbyshire NHS Integrated Commissioning Board. Aiming to secure a single provider or consortium, the project operates within the health and social work services category, specifically targeting services in region UKF11. The procurement method follows an open procedure, and the contract was awarded recently to Action for Children Services Limited, with the agreement signed on 3rd June 2025. Despite being in the award stage, with a contract value of £6,746,050 GBP, there was a prior tender stage with essential deadlines: expressions of interest by 24th March 2025, and final bid submissions by 25th March 2025.

This contract represents a substantial opportunity for organisations specialising in trauma-informed care, particularly those focusing on emotional and mental health services for vulnerable groups such as children in care. Potential bidders for similar future contracts or expansions could include health service providers with robust therapeutic service models or those involved in social work with expertise in child welfare. This procurement seeks to foster a stable therapeutic environment for children, opening avenues for business entities capable of delivering group and one-to-one services without the need for medication prescriptions or CQC registration. Engaging in this transformational health service can allow such businesses to not only expand their operations but also contribute meaningfully to the community’s social and economic regeneration. Additionally, opportunities for annual extensions up to five years allow businesses to establish long-term partnerships with local authorities like Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council.

## Notice

Derby City Council (the Council) is undertaking this procurement on behalf of itself and the Derby and Derbyshire NHS Integrated Commissioning Board to establish a contract for the provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care. We seek a single provider, lead provider, or consortium to deliver a trauma informed service which embeds and delivers interventions to children in care (CIC) and their therapeutic parenting team which meets their individual emotional and mental health needs and creates stability in placements.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Derby City Council (the Council) is undertaking this procurement on behalf of itself and the Derby and Derbyshire NHS Integrated Commissioning Board to establish a contract for the provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care. We seek a single provider, lead provider, or consortium to deliver a trauma informed service which embeds and delivers interventions to children in care (CIC) and their therapeutic parenting team which meets their individual emotional and mental health needs and creates stability in placements. The service will ensure the needs of the child are paramount, using a range of interventions via direct or indirect work. This will deliver to all children in care who meet the inclusion criteria, including those children who are placed within the Local Authority boundaries from other areas. It will also include those who are cared for by the Local Authorities approved foster carers, that live never more than 5 miles outside of the Derbyshire Footprint. The overall aim of the service is to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of CIC via direct support to the child and / or indirect support to the therapeutic parenting team. The service will offer a range of appropriate evidence based, trauma informed interventions, both group and one to one. The service is not expected to prescribe medications, nor does it need to be CQC registered. In addition to the core specification, we are including a two year "proof of concept" service for Children in Care with complex needs through a Coordination and Advisory Team (the incumbent provider is expecting to commence the service within its existing service delivery from April 2025).

Options: Initial term of 3 years with options to extend in annual increments of up to 24 months

Renewal: Up to two annual extensions, making the overall contract period up to five years. Potential dates for advertising renewals if options are not taken are March 2028 and March 2029.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029353-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Mar 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Jun 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Up to two annual extensions, making the overall contract period up to five years. Potential dates for advertising renewals if options are not taken are March 2028 and March 2029. |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £6,746,050 |
| Lots value | £6,746,050 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £6,746,050 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DERBY CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | DERBY |
| Post town | Derby |
| Postcode | DE1 2FS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF11 Derby |
| Local authority | Derby |
| Electoral ward | Darley |
| Westminster constituency | Derby South |
| Delivery location | TLF11 Derby |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ACTION FOR CHILDREN SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 3 Jun 2025 at 07:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029353-2025
- 18 Feb 2025 at 10:51 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005532-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.derby.gov.uk
- http://www.eastmidstenders.org

## Provenance

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