Expired contract

Children's Residential Placements

Details

Buyer: Essex County Council
Supplier(s): 20 suppliers
Acorn Care and Education Limited
Action for Children Services Ltd
Caldecott Foundation
CF Support Services Ltd
Compass Community Limited
Consensus Support Services Limited - Leofric Villa
Flying Spur Limited
GS SOCIAL CARE SOLUTIONS LTD
Hillcrest Children’s Services (2) Limited
Hillcrest Children's Services Limited
Kedleston (Wood Grove Childcare) Limited T/a Kedlestone (Wings)
Keys PCE Ltd
Kites children's services
Little Belsteads Care Home Ltd
Options Autism
Pathways Care Group Ltd T/A Clearwater Care — A Salutem Company
Personal Security Service Ltd T/a PSS Care Group
PJ Healthcare
Priory Education
Semi Independent Housing
Value: £60,000,000
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 27 February 2020
Source: ContractsFinder

Tender description

Essex County Council ('the Council') undertook a procurement to secure a range of effective, reliable and efficient providers to deliver children's residential placements to enable the Council to fulfil its statutory duties under section 22A of the Children's Act 1989. The overarching aims of this service are to provide stable placements in suitable accommodation which supports young people to attain their own aspirations and develop the requisite life skills in preparation for their transition to adulthood and progression to independent living. This procurement was conducted under the light touch regime and incorporate the following 3 lots: Lot 1: Children with disabilities; Lot 2: Social emotional mental health (SEMH); Lot 3: Same day emergency placements, potentially with assessment for CWD or SEMH where further assessment is required. This contract award notice details the successful bidders who were awarded a position on the framework within the aforementioned lots.

Timeline

Completed: Award date21 February 2020
Completed: Award published27 February 2020
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date20 February 2024

About the buyer

Essex County Council is a local authority that procures through three in-house teams, Corporate, Place and People. Larger opportunities are advertised through Open, the council's own tendering and contract management platform. Smaller and lower-value contract notices instead appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. The Place team commissions highways, waste, energy and transport work, including a dedicated Dynamic Purchasing System for bidders. Construction projects separately run through the Essex Construction Framework, a route for regional contractors. The People team commissions education, social care, adult support and public health services across the county.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Essex County Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@essex-county-council.gov