Expired contract

WCC Second Refresh of the Therapeutic Services Framework for Children Adopted and placed on a Special Guardianship Order in the ACE Region

Details

Buyer: Warwickshire County Council
Supplier(s): 10 suppliers
Annabel Maitland
Building Bridges Play Therapy
Children's Therapy Solutions Ltd
Help for Psychology Services Limited
ICS Operations Ltd
Leesha Irwin Art Psychotherapy Limited
MB Counselling Services
Pears Therapy
Poppies Psychological Therapies
Storywise
Value: £4,000,000
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Counselling services
Published: 29 December 2022
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Warwickshire County Council (the Council) on behalf of Adoption Central England (ACE) have refreshed and commissioned a multi provider framework with 25 Lots from therapeutic providers to meet the therapeutic needs of adopted children and families within the ACE region and for children placed out of county. The framework will be managed by Warwickshire County Council on behalf of Adoption Central England ACE which is a Regional Adoption Agency for the following Local Authorities: Herefordshire Council, Coventry City Council, Solihull MBC, Worcestershire County Council and Warwickshire County Council. The providers will also provide an analytical and evidence-based report highlighting how the desired outcomes have been met. These reports will be provide to the purchasing Local Authority. The aim of the service is to increase therapeutic choice for parents/carers going through the adoption and/or SGO process. The framework will provide ACE with therapeutic providers who can provide high quality assessments and therapeutic interventions in accordance with the ASF criteria.

Timeline

Completed: Award published29 December 2022
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 January 2023
Completed: Contract expiry date28 February 2025

About the buyer

Warwickshire County Council buys as a local authority covering Warwickshire, and suppliers register free on Warwickshire In-Tend to see live tender opportunities. Framework call-offs are administered through the same In-Tend system rather than advertised separately. Larger opportunities also appear on the Central Digital Platform's Find a Tender service. Many goods and services are bought through the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, a regional buying consortium. Dynamic purchasing system projects run through the council's earlier CSW-Jets In-Tend site. Bids are scored on cost and quality, and the highest-scoring bidder normally wins the contract.

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 Warwickshire County Council's contract awards have been in software and information systems, health and social work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

85312320 · Counselling services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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