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Reconnect Programme

Cheshire East Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 15:51.

Opportunity overview

The Reconnect programme is designed to deliver improved stability and wellbeing for children currently living in residential settings. Through trauma-informed, therapeutic interventions and carefully managed step-down plans, the programme will support approx. 40 children to transition into family-based placements that better meet their emotional and developmental needs. The programme will recruit specialist foster carers on behalf of Cheshire East Council who will become carers for the Council. Payment will be on a results basis

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.

INNOVATE (H & S C) SERVICES LIMITED

Matched by number
Contract value
£1.5m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
21 May 2026
Including VAT
£1.8m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 12230864
Location
Ipswich, UKH14, IP1 1TD, 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
C6557
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Justification for Direct Award (Schedule 5, Paragraph 6): Market research has been undertaken to determine which suppliers could deliver the Councils requirement of supporting Cheshire East Councils specialist foster carer recruitment campaign as part of the project and also deliver the programme on a payment upon results commercial structure. This market research concluded:-the provider's unique ability to recruit specialist foster carers specifically to be employed by Cheshire East Council-the exclusive availability of a payment upon results model, and the absence of any alternative suppliers offering equivalent capabilities, a direct award under Schedule 5, Paragraph 6 is justified and represents the only viable route to securing the required outcomes Schedule 5 Paragraph 6 The following conditions are met in relation to this public contract (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Cheshire East Council
Id
GB-PPON-PTWR-7124-XZXQ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTWR-7124-XZXQ

Address

Street Address
Delamere House, Delamere Street
Locality
Crewe
Postal Code
CW12JZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD62

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
INNOVATE (H & S C) SERVICES LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-12230864

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
12230864

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZTZ-7762-HBMD

Address

Street Address
15 Friars Street
Locality
Ipswich
Postal Code
IP1 1TD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH14

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85311300
Description
Welfare services for children and young people

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD62
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-12230864
Name
INNOVATE (H & S C) SERVICES LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Reconnect Programme
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
22 May 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
22 May 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Oct 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
1,755,600
Amount
1,463,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
060519-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
26 Jun 2026, 16:44
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Crewe · UKD62 · CW12JZ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 023071-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 032095-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 060519-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·