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Therapeutic Service to Reduce the Impact of Poor Parental Mental Health

Liverpool City Council · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The Provider will complete a comprehensive triage of referrals made by Liverpool City Council to ensure the clients meet the criteria for the service, identifying 32 families who are on a trajectory to have their children removed by the Courts. The service will provide trained mental health practitioners and psychologists who will complete intensive interventions to improve the mental health and wellbeing of parents who are unable to meet the needs of their children. The practitioners will support the parents until professionals are satisfied that the risks to the children have reduced significantly enough to halt the progression to court/remove Child Protection plan. The contract will start on the 29/04/26, expire on 30/04/27 and has a contract value of £396,562 excluding VAT following the Direct Award Process C in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime 2023. The provider will consider the most appropriate delivery method on a case-by-case basis. Individual plans that respond to the needs of the family will be put in place and the provider will deliver the service to respond to the plan that is put in place. The service will deliver intensive therapeutic interventions, either in the family home, therapy room or virtually. The decision about how the interventions are delivered will be informed by the views of the service and the preferences of the family.

Awarded to

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Published award value
£396.6k
Awarded
19 Apr 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 13017893
Location
Blackburn, UKD41, BB1 3NY, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN807668
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Liverpool City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PRVY-7813-WLPG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRVY-7813-WLPG

Address

Street Address
Cunard Building
Locality
Liverpool
Postal Code
L3 1DS
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD72

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
WILKS FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY LTD
Id
GB-COH-13017893

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
13017893

Address

Street Address
Unit 27, Barnfield House
Locality
Blackburn
Postal Code
BB1 3NY
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD41

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Date
20 Apr 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85121270
Description
Psychiatrist or psychologist services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD72
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
475,874.4
Amount
396,562
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-13017893
Name
WILKS FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY LTD

Contract period

Starts
1 May 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Apr 2027, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
040352-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
1 May 2026, 10:23
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
1 May 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Liverpool · UKD72 · L3 1DS · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 029838-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 040352-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·