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title: "Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service For Looked After Children and Care Leavers"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07757c"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Wigan Council"
published: "2026-09-18"
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# Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service For Looked After Children and Care Leavers

Buyer: Wigan Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07757c

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## Summary

Wigan Council is procuring an emotional health and wellbeing service for children and young people in care, care leavers and their carers. The service will provide flexible, evidence-based, trauma-informed therapeutic and preventative support, including psychological and therapeutic interventions, individual and group work, therapeutic parenting support, psychological consultation and formulation, systemic and dyadic approaches, assessments, and evidence-based parenting programmes. The provider will work with Wigan Council’s social care teams to improve mental health, emotional wellbeing and resilience, support carers and foster carers, prevent escalation to more specialist services, and promote placement stability and permanence. It will support Wigan children and young people whether placed within or outside Wigan Borough, using suitable venues and, where necessary, out-of-hours provision. This is a health and social work service.

The procurement reached tender: Wigan Council invited offers through an open competitive flexible procedure. Stage 1 comprises a preliminary selection questionnaire, followed by evaluation of quality, social value and price; the three highest-scoring bidders will be invited to interview in Stage 2. Enquiries had to be submitted by 9 October 2026 at 12:00, and offers by 16 October 2026 at 12:00. The award decision was scheduled by 14 January 2027 at 23:59. The contract is planned to run from 2 April 2027 to 1 April 2032. The total gross value is £1,500,000. Evaluation is based on 80 points for quality, 20 for social value, 50 for price and 50 for interview. Electronic submission is permitted in English via The Chest.

This opportunity suits providers with established clinical, therapeutic or specialist children’s wellbeing services, particularly organisations experienced in trauma-informed work with looked-after children, care leavers, foster carers and other carers. Bidders should be able to deliver a broad range of psychological and therapeutic approaches, including individual and group interventions, therapeutic parenting, systemic and dyadic work, assessment, formulation, consultation and evidence-based parenting programmes. Strong partnership working with social care teams is important, as is the ability to tailor support to individual circumstances, work across different venues and provide out-of-hours sessions when needed. Providers will need sufficient clinical capacity and organisational resilience to support children placed both within and outside Wigan Borough, while contributing to prevention, placement stability and permanence. The procurement is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises.

## Notice

Wigan Council is seeking to appoint a provider to deliver an Emotional and Mental Health Service for Children and Young People in Care and Care Leavers. The service will provide flexible, evidence-based, trauma-informed therapeutic and preventative support to children and young people in care, care leavers and their carers. Interventions will include a range of psychological and therapeutic approaches, individual and group work, therapeutic parenting support, psychological consultation and formulation, systemic and dyadic approaches, assessments and evidence-based parenting programmes. The service will work closely with Wigan Council's social care teams to improve the mental health, emotional wellbeing and resilience of children and young people, support carers and foster carers, prevent escalation to more specialist services, and promote placement stability and permanence. A key focus will be ensuring that support is responsive and tailored to the individual needs and circumstances of children, young people and their carers. The service will support Wigan children and young people in care whether placed within or outside the Wigan Borough. Delivery will be flexible and may take place across a range of appropriate venues, with some out-of-hours provision required where necessary.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088709-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 2 Apr 2027 - 1 Apr 2032 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,500,000 |
| Lots value | £1,500,000 |
| 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 | Wigan Council |
| Locality | WIGAN |
| Postcode area | 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 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |

## 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

- 18 Sep 2026 at 13:52 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088709-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088709-2026
  18th September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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