Closed tender

CCS042 Provision and Management of Creative Mentoring Service

Details

Buyer: Derbyshire County Council
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 21 January 2026
Submission: 18 February 2026
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

Derbyshire County Council is seeking to commission a service to provide creative mentors for Derbyshire Children in Care and any other child or young person that falls within the scope of extended duties of the Virtual School from Reception to Year 13. The in-person mentoring service will be required regionally to Derbyshire and nationwide (within England) where children/young people are placed in other local authorities. The Virtual School requires the Provider to have the capacity of up to 65 children/young people receiving support for up to one term at any one time. The Provider will utilise a primary provider delivery model and will be responsible for managing the creative mentor service and network of mentors, taking the concept of the existing mentoring model to meet the needs of both children and young people in education and those who are at risk of suspension or permanent exclusion. Keywords: Creative, Mentoring

Timeline

Completed: Tender published21 January 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date18 February 2026

About the buyer

Derbyshire County Council is the local authority for the county of Derbyshire and organises its procurement by category under a five-year rolling strategy. Tender notices are published on Find a Tender, the Central Digital Platform, under the Procurement Act 2023. Documents for each tender are issued through the Proactis supplier portal, where suppliers register and set tailored alerts. Category management consolidates recurring spend into frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems. Three category leads cover corporate, property and ICT, people services, and place. Call-offs from ESPO frameworks for estates and language services are recorded as published council decisions.

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 Derbyshire County Council's contract awards have been in construction work, transport services 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 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@derbyshire-county-council.gov