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title: "W5108 Children in Care - Mentoring Support"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06deb1"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Walsall Council"
published: "2026-08-07"
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# W5108 Children in Care - Mentoring Support

Buyer: Walsall Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06deb1

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## Summary

Walsall Council commissioned a children-in-care mentoring support service for children in its care, and care-experienced children living in Walsall and neighbouring boroughs. The service provides targeted, time-limited interventions delivered by appropriately experienced professionals. It is intended for children whose early experiences of trauma affect their emotional wellbeing and secure attachments to carers. The work includes direct support, clear outcomes, intervention plans, referrals, progress reviews and monitoring. The provider works with relevant panels, care-planning meetings and other professionals, linking children and carers to wider support, including NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and therapeutic services. The procurement is for specialist psychological and mentoring support services, classified under psychiatrist or psychologist services. Delivery is centred on Walsall and its neighbouring boroughs.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to The Inspire Foundation (UK) Community Interest Company. The contract was signed on 1 May 2026 and runs from 1 May 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £40,000 excluding VAT and £48,000 including VAT. Walsall Council used a below-threshold direct award without competition, under the light-touch regime. There was one completed lot covering the full requirement. The award is active and the contract is active. Evaluation was therefore based on the council’s direct-award process rather than a competitive tender. The arrangement is below the applicable threshold and relates to services for children in care and care-experienced children affected by trauma, emotional wellbeing difficulties and insecure attachments.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Walsall Council for focused support to children in care and care-experienced children, delivered through structured mentoring and psychologically informed interventions. A credible future provider would need professionals with relevant experience of childhood trauma, emotional wellbeing, attachment difficulties and working with children in care. It would also need the capability to assess referrals, design time-limited intervention plans, define and evidence outcomes, and review progress consistently. Strong partnership working is important: providers must be able to coordinate with social care professionals, panels, care-planning meetings, NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and therapeutic services. Community-interest companies and other specialist organisations with established local or neighbouring-borough delivery networks may be well placed to meet this requirement.

## Notice

The requirement is for targeted approach delivered by appropriately experienced professionals to undertake direct work with children who are in the care of Walsall Council or who are care experienced and who are living within Walsall and neighbouring boroughs and whose early childhood experiences of trauma are impacting on their emotional well-being and secure attachments to their carers. The service will deliver time-limited interventions with clear outcomes and will link to other services and support, include NHS CAMHS provision and therapeutic services. The service will work with the relevant Panel(s), care planning meetings and with professionals to signpost to appropriate services, accept referrals, provide plans of intervention and review and monitor progress.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075109-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 May 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 May 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £40,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Walsall Council |
| Locality | WALSALL |
| Postcode area | Walsall |
| Postcode | WS1 1TP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG38 Walsall |
| Local authority | Walsall |
| Electoral ward | St Matthew's |
| Westminster constituency | Walsall and Bloxwich |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE INSPIRE FOUNDATION (UK) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services

## Release History

- 7 Aug 2026 at 09:47 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075109-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075109-2026
  7th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.inspire-group.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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