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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Children with Disabilities Home based Care

Essex County Council · Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 02:21.

Opportunity overview

Home Based Care consists of a range of care packages, provided by carers, which are tailored to the specific needs of eligible families of SEND children and young people both in their homes and the community. The aim is to ensure that families of Children with Disabilities (CwD) and Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) who require more intensive or specialist care can access high quality support, and make our internal systems for finding this support more efficient.

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

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
F001PA
Status
planned
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Communication

Future Notice Date
13 Oct 2025, 23:59

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planned

Contract period

Ends
30 Jun 2029, 23:59
Starts
1 Jul 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKH3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKH3
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
024015-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK1
Description
Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
21 May 2025, 14:39
Entry 2
Id
033276-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
18 Jun 2025, 13:20
Entry 3
Id
084047-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
17 Dec 2025, 16:43

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
16 Jan 2026, 23:59
Description
FEEDBACK REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES HOME BASED CARE CONTRACT PROPOSAL Based on the feedback received from our previous market engagement we want to update you with our thoughts on how a new contract could work for Children with Disabilities Home Based Care. The responses we received were overwhelmingly in favour of a contractual arrangement. Based on the feedback received and our own assessment we are inviting your comments on this proposal via the below survey link. The proposals in the survey may not be the final criteria for the contract. Please ensure you check any tender documents thoroughly to ensure you understand the service you are bidding for. Copy and paste the below link into a browser to access the survey to provide feedback. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TzK0qFwVFUKg8X7YzJqZLyeUqJDx_ShNkgPz84-dHCBURUJCVzU3TldKRzlXM1YySkJGN0c4M1VJQi4u Depending on the results of the survey there may be further engagement required, either online or in person. This market engagement document has been formally released on 17 December 2025. Participants are requested to submit any responses by close-of-business on 16 January 2026. Responses are to be submitted via the online survey. Please include contact details for those submitting a response to this engagement process. Should Essex County Council need to clarify any elements of your response, a representative of the project team will use this information for contact purposes. Essex County Council may seek to engage directly with any/all participants in order to clarify information provided and to ensure any tender/contract specification is optimised in accordance with service provider input. Participants should be aware that any information provided as part of this engagement process will be treated with confidentiality and will only be used to inform the final specification and to improve the subjectivity of any decision-making processes between the Council and its partners. Although full support from market participants is appreciated, participants will not be bound by their responses and any information provided will not form part of any future procurement evaluation processes.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PWVM-4844-NRQH
Name
Essex County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH36
Country
GB
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1QH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall, Market Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PWVM-4844-NRQH
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Chelmsford · UKH36 · CM1 1QH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH3 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-051b1a-2025-12-17T16:43:27ZPipeline notice on Find a Tender ·