Closed tender

TD2331 - Family Based Community Support service to help families and care leavers who may have multiple or complex needs

Details

Buyer: Derby City Council
Value: £194,000
Topic: Social work and related services
Published: 17 March 2026
Submission: 16 April 2026
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

Derby City Council (the Council) is looking for an innovative community volunteer-based Service Provider to support children, young people, care leavers and families (the Service Users). The overall aim of the Service is to safely prevent entry to and reduce the number of children and young people entering care within Derby City area. The Service will help maintain, where possible, children and young people within their families. The Service will also provide support to a number of care leavers who have multiple complex needs such as feeling isolated and lack of social connections. The Service will work using strengths-based methods with families to enable them to build on their skills and develop their own strategies to manage difficulties; enabling them to manage difficult periods in their lives. Keywords: Family Support, Children and Young People

Timeline

Completed: Tender published17 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date16 April 2026

About the buyer

Derby City Council is a local authority covering the city of Derby, and its corporate procurement service supports buying across the organisation. Supply opportunities are advertised on Source Derbyshire, a shared tendering portal used by councils across Derbyshire. Higher-value contracts also appear on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender Service. Derby draws on framework agreements through the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation and the Crown Commercial Service. Lower-value requirements can be sourced directly through quotations obtained by council officers. Buyer and supplier events give the procurement team a way to engage the market before a tender is published.

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 Derby City Council's contract awards have been in education and training, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

85300000 · Social work and related services
98000000 · Other community, social and personal services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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

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