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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

For the Provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care

Derby City Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 21:51.

Opportunity overview

Derby City Council (the Council) is undertaking this procurement on behalf of itself and the Derby and Derbyshire NHS Integrated Commissioning Board to establish a contract for the provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care. We seek a single provider, lead provider, or consortium to deliver a trauma informed service which embeds and delivers interventions to children in care (CIC) and their therapeutic parenting team which meets their individual emotional and mental health needs and creates stability in placements.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Action for Children Services Limited

Matched by number
Contract value
£6.7m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
2 Jun 2025
Award ID
029353-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 2332388
Location
Watford, UKF11, WD18 8AG, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • Derby City Council (the Council) is undertaking this procurement on behalf of itself and the Derby and Derbyshire NHS Integrated Commissioning Board to establish a contract for the provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care. We seek a single provider, lead provider, or consortium to deliver a trauma informed service which embeds and delivers interventions to children in care (CIC) and their therapeutic parenting team which meets their individual emotional and mental health needs and creates stability in placements. The service will ensure the needs of the child are paramount, using a range of interventions via direct or indirect work. This will deliver to all children in care who meet the inclusion criteria, including those children who are placed within the Local Authority boundaries from other areas. It will also include those who are cared for by the Local Authorities approved foster carers, that live never more than 5 miles outside of the Derbyshire Footprint. The overall aim of the service is to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of CIC via direct support to the child and / or indirect support to the therapeutic parenting team. The service will offer a range of appropriate evidence based, trauma informed interventions, both group and one to one. The service is not expected to prescribe medications, nor does it need to be CQC registered. In addition to the core specification, we are including a two year "proof of concept" service for Children in Care with complex needs through a Coordination and Advisory Team (the incumbent provider is expecting to commence the service within its existing service delivery from April 2025).£6.7m

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
TD2159
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
Review Details
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Derby City Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the contact details provided in section 1.1 of this notice. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Si 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court(England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages. [The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into].
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
25 Mar 2025, 10:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Recurrence

Description
Up to two annual extensions, making the overall contract period up to five years. Potential dates for advertising renewals if options are not taken are March 2028 and March 2029.

Expected award period

Starts
25 Mar 2025, 10:00

Tender Period

Ends
24 Mar 2025, 23:00

Classification

Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days
90

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations; (c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract authorities can demonstrate; (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j)has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
Derby City Council (the Council) is undertaking this procurement on behalf of itself and the Derby and Derbyshire NHS Integrated Commissioning Board to establish a contract for the provision of an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service for Children in Care. We seek a single provider, lead provider, or consortium to deliver a trauma informed service which embeds and delivers interventions to children in care (CIC) and their therapeutic parenting team which meets their individual emotional and mental health needs and creates stability in placements. The service will ensure the needs of the child are paramount, using a range of interventions via direct or indirect work. This will deliver to all children in care who meet the inclusion criteria, including those children who are placed within the Local Authority boundaries from other areas. It will also include those who are cared for by the Local Authorities approved foster carers, that live never more than 5 miles outside of the Derbyshire Footprint. The overall aim of the service is to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of CIC via direct support to the child and / or indirect support to the therapeutic parenting team. The service will offer a range of appropriate evidence based, trauma informed interventions, both group and one to one. The service is not expected to prescribe medications, nor does it need to be CQC registered. In addition to the core specification, we are including a two year "proof of concept" service for Children in Care with complex needs through a Coordination and Advisory Team (the incumbent provider is expecting to commence the service within its existing service delivery from April 2025).

Value

Amount
6,746,050
Currency
GBP

Options

Description
Initial term of 3 years with options to extend in annual increments of up to 24 months

Renewal

Description
Up to two annual extensions, making the overall contract period up to five years. Potential dates for advertising renewals if options are not taken are March 2028 and March 2029.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF11
Entry 2
Region
UKF11

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic1
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-90447
Name
DERBY CITY COUNCIL

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKF11
Locality
Derby
Postal Code
DE1 2FS
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Corporation Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
DERBY CITY COUNCIL
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Name
Paul Hallsworth
Telephone
+44 1332640768
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-14856
Name
Derby City Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Derby
Postal Code
DE1 2FS
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Derby City Council
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-143201
Name
Derby City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKF11
Locality
Derby
Postal Code
DE1 2FS
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Council House - Corporation Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Derby City Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Name
Paul Hallsworth
Telephone
+44 1332640768
Organisation 4
Id
GB-COH-2332388
Name
Action for Children Services Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKF11
Locality
Watford
Postal Code
WD18 8AG
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
2332388
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
Action for Children Services Limited
Organisation 5
Id
GB-FTS-5515
Name
Derby City Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Derby
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Derby City Council

Award information

Award 1
Id
029353-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-2332388
Name
Action for Children Services Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
029353-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
029353-2025-1
Date Signed
3 Jun 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
6,746,050
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Derby · UKF11 · DE1 2FS · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF11

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04e31f-2025-06-03T08:55:28+01:00compiled ·