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CN250246 - Proposed Therapeutic Support Service for Children and Young People

Kent County Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

Prior Information Notice: Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service ** This advert is for market engagement only ** This Prior Information Notice is to invite providers to an online market engagement event on Wednesday 12th February, 15.00 – 16.00 for a proposed Therapeutic Support Service under the Procurement Act 2023. The proposed Therapeutic Support Service would support children and young people aged 4-19 who have mild/moderate emotional wellbeing needs. This means children and young who may need support with difficulties such as: • Nervousness or anxiety • Difficulty concentrating • Difficultly sleeping • Avoiding school or activities • Feeling low and not good about themselves • Not wanting to be with friends or family. To complement our recent Public Consultation, we would like to meet with providers to discuss an overview of our proposed service model . We are proposing that this service will be closely aligned with the proposed Therapeutic Alliance, being commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway (Kent Children & Young People’s Therapeutic Alliance Market Engagement - Find a Tender), to support children and young people with predominantly moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs. We would like to invite providers to an initial online market engagement event, to be held on Wednesday12th February, 15.00 – 16.00. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the proposed model and procurement timelines and to share initial questions and feedback, prior to the full Specification being published. To book on to this market engagement session please contact to Mhairi.Tynan@kent.gov.uk with “Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service” as the email subject by Monday 10th February, 17.00. Subject to a Key Decision planned for March 2025, we plan to hold a further market engagement event in-person during the week commencing 26th March 2025.

Classification

  • CPV85312320 — Counselling services

Lots

  • Prior Information Notice: Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service ** This advert is for market engagement only ** This Prior Information Notice is to invite providers to an online market engagement event on Thursday 12th February, 15.00- 16.00 for a proposed Therapeutic Support Service under the Procurement Act 2023. The proposed Therapeutic Support Service would support children and young people aged 4-19 who have mild/moderate emotional wellbeing needs. This means children and young who may need support with difficulties such as: • Nervousness or anxiety • Difficulty concentrating • Difficultly sleeping • Avoiding school or activities • Feeling low and not good about themselves • Not wanting to be with friends or family. To complement our recent Public Consultation, we would like to meet with providers to discuss an overview of our proposed service model . We are proposing that this service will be closely aligned with the proposed Therapeutic Alliance, being commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway (Kent Children & Young People’s Therapeutic Alliance Market Engagement - Find a Tender), to support children and young people with predominantly moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs. We would like to invite providers to an initial online market engagement event, to be held on Thursday 12th February, 15.00 – 16.00. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the proposed model and procurement timelines and to share initial questions and feedback, prior to the full Specification being published. To book on to this market engagement session please contact to Mhairi.Tynan@kent.gov.uk with “Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service” as the email subject by Monday 10th February, 5pm. Subject to a Key Decision planned for March 2025, we plan to hold a further market engagement event in-person during the week commencing 26th March 2025.Value not stated

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
DN759960
Status
planned
Main Procurement Category
services

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
2

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Section
II.2.4

New Value

Text
Prior Information Notice: Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service ** This advert is for market engagement only ** This Prior Information Notice is to invite providers to an online market engagement event on Wednesday 12th February, 15.00 – 16.00 for a proposed Therapeutic Support Service under the Procurement Act 2023. The proposed Therapeutic Support Service would support children and young people aged 4-19 who have mild/moderate emotional wellbeing needs. This means children and young who may need support with difficulties such as: • Nervousness or anxiety • Difficulty concentrating • Difficultly sleeping • Avoiding school or activities • Feeling low and not good about themselves • Not wanting to be with friends or family. To complement our recent Public Consultation, we would like to meet with providers to discuss an overview of our proposed service model . We are proposing that this service will be closely aligned with the proposed Therapeutic Alliance, being commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway (Kent Children & Young People’s Therapeutic Alliance Market Engagement - Find a Tender), to support children and young people with predominantly moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs. We would like to invite providers to an initial online market engagement event, to be held on Wednesday 12th February, 15.00 – 16.00. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the proposed model and procurement timelines and to share initial questions and feedback, prior to the full Specification being published. To book on to this market engagement session please contact to Mhairi.Tynan@kent.gov.uk with “Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service” as the email subject by Monday 10th February, 17.00. Subject to a Key Decision planned for March 2025, we plan to hold a further market engagement event in-person during the week commencing 26th March 2025.

Old Value

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Prior Information Notice: Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service ** This advert is for market engagement only ** This Prior Information Notice is to invite providers to an online market engagement event on Thursday 12th February, 15.00- 16.00 for a proposed Therapeutic Support Service under the Procurement Act 2023. The proposed Therapeutic Support Service would support children and young people aged 4-19 who have mild/moderate emotional wellbeing needs. This means children and young who may need support with difficulties such as: • Nervousness or anxiety • Difficulty concentrating • Difficultly sleeping • Avoiding school or activities • Feeling low and not good about themselves • Not wanting to be with friends or family. To complement our recent Public Consultation, we would like to meet with providers to discuss an overview of our proposed service model . We are proposing that this service will be closely aligned with the proposed Therapeutic Alliance, being commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway (Kent Children & Young People’s Therapeutic Alliance Market Engagement - Find a Tender), to support children and young people with predominantly moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs. We would like to invite providers to an initial online market engagement event, to be held on Thursday 12th February, 15.00 – 16.00. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the proposed model and procurement timelines and to share initial questions and feedback, prior to the full Specification being published. To book on to this market engagement session please contact to Mhairi.Tynan@kent.gov.uk with “Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service” as the email subject by Monday 10th February, 5pm. Subject to a Key Decision planned for March 2025, we plan to hold a further market engagement event in-person during the week commencing 26th March 2025.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0025
Scheme
CELEX

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Sept 2025, 00:00

Classification

Id
85312320
Scheme
CPV
Description
Counselling services

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planned
Description
Prior Information Notice: Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service ** This advert is for market engagement only ** This Prior Information Notice is to invite providers to an online market engagement event on Thursday 12th February, 15.00- 16.00 for a proposed Therapeutic Support Service under the Procurement Act 2023. The proposed Therapeutic Support Service would support children and young people aged 4-19 who have mild/moderate emotional wellbeing needs. This means children and young who may need support with difficulties such as: • Nervousness or anxiety • Difficulty concentrating • Difficultly sleeping • Avoiding school or activities • Feeling low and not good about themselves • Not wanting to be with friends or family. To complement our recent Public Consultation, we would like to meet with providers to discuss an overview of our proposed service model . We are proposing that this service will be closely aligned with the proposed Therapeutic Alliance, being commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway (Kent Children & Young People’s Therapeutic Alliance Market Engagement - Find a Tender), to support children and young people with predominantly moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs. We would like to invite providers to an initial online market engagement event, to be held on Thursday 12th February, 15.00 – 16.00. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the proposed model and procurement timelines and to share initial questions and feedback, prior to the full Specification being published. To book on to this market engagement session please contact to Mhairi.Tynan@kent.gov.uk with “Market Engagement – proposed Children and Young People’s Therapeutic Support Service” as the email subject by Monday 10th February, 5pm. Subject to a Key Decision planned for March 2025, we plan to hold a further market engagement event in-person during the week commencing 26th March 2025.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ4

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-1163
Name
Kent County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ4
Locality
Maidstone
Postal Code
ME14 1XQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Local Authority

Identifier

Legal Name
Kent County Council

Contact

Name
Ms Hannah Durling
Telephone
+44 3000421154

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Maidstone · UKJ4 · ME14 1XQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ4

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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