Development of a Specialist Therapeutic Children's Home for Children with Complex Mental Health, Disability and High-Risk Needs
Details
- Topic
- Health and social work services
- Published
- 26 October 2026
- Submission
- 6 November 2026in 1 week
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
Market Engagement for the development of a specialist therapeutic Children's Home for children with complex mental health, disability and high-risk needs in County Durham. The Council is exploring a service model that may: • Operate as an Ofsted-registered children's home. • Provide up to three highly individualised placements. • Support solo living arrangements when required. • Deliver enhanced staffing arrangements where assessed as needed. • Operate using trauma-informed & psychologically informed approaches. • Incorporate Positive Behaviour Support principles. • Support restriction reduction and progression planning. • Maintain strong links with education, health and community services. • Promote placement stability and reduce placement breakdown. • Support children to remain closer to home wherever possible. • Reduce reliance on unregistered, emergency and out-of-area provision. • Support planned transitions to less restrictive environments when safe and appropriate. The Council is interested in understanding whether providers would favour: • A fully provider-operated model. • A partnership model involving local authority and health partners. • A clinically led model. • A hybrid therapeutic residential model. • Alternative innovative delivery approaches.
Timeline
- Completed: Pre-tender published26 October 2026Current notice
About the buyer
Durham County Council delivers local government services across County Durham, and buys as a local authority with its own corporate procurement team. Durham is one of twelve north-east councils sourcing goods and services through the North East Procurement Organisation. Specialist professional services can be sourced through the Bloom NEPRO framework across nineteen categories. The council also procures on behalf of additional public bodies beyond Durham itself.
Over the past 5 years, most of Durham County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and transport equipment.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@durham-county-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@durham-county-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@durham-county-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@durham-county-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@durham-county-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@durham-county-council.gov |
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