Integrated Children’s Occupational Therapy Service

Tender description

The Integrated Children's Occupational Therapy Service will be delivering interventions that support children in taking part in everyday activities; ensuring they can care for themselves, undertake productive occupations (e.g., writing, learning), play, and have fun. The service will also equip parents/carers, and professionals with the tools and knowledge to support children with illnesses or Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This provision will work across Hackney’s Virtual School and Disabled Children’s Service. This contract will include for the provision of Occupational Therapists as part of the Hackney Experts at Hand team, in line with requirements related to the Department for Education's Experts at Hand initiative. This initiative is seeking to improve the capability of mainstream education settings to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND more effectively, by providing a new route to access expert advice and support from health professionals. Lot 1: This procurement is for the delivery of a Children's Occupational Therapy Service which will support children and their families across Hackney's Virtual School and Disabled Children's Service. It also covers the provision of Occupational Therapists for Hackney Experts at Hands Team. This is a notice of our intention to award this contract under the competitive process of the Provider Selection Regime. This contract will have an lifetime value of £4,839,639 including possible extension options. The contract start date is expected to be 1st April 2027 with an initial term of 3 years, and two extension options each of a year; for a total possible contract length of 5 years.