Select Provider List For Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council

Published date: 9 January 2025

Contract summary

Industry

Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£210,000 to £1,050,000

Procurement reference

2024320

Published date

9 January 2025

Closing date

10 February 2025

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

The Council wishes to develop a Select Provider List for Therapeutic Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council.

The Select Provider List has EIGHT Lots as detailed below based on category required:

Lot Main category
Category 1 Specialist Assessments of Therapeutic Need
Category 2 Play Therapies
Category 3 Creative Therapies
Category 4 Therapeutic/Attachment Focused Parenting Support & Programmes
Category 5 Therapeutic Life Story work
Category 6 Psychotherapy
Category 7 Sensory Integration Processing Therapy
Category 8 Group Programmes (including training)

Providers can bid for one or more Lots. Further detail in relation to each of the specific 'Category' can be found within the Service Specification.

Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.open-NE.org using reference OPEN2024320

This Select Provider List is a flexible framework agreement where, at the sole discretion of the Council, it may open the List to allow additional providers to be added to its membership. The Council has the discretion to open selected Lots and not all Lots should it choose to. However, at the discretion of the Council, the List may remain closed should commissioners deem there be sufficient members to meet demand.

The Council makes no guarantee to any member of the List that they will be awarded any Call-Off Contract and no guarantee is made in respect of any volume of work under any such agreements, or in aggregate under the Select Provider List.

Each Provider should understand that their submission constitutes an acceptance to the Council of the terms of the Select Provider List Framework Agreement. A place on the List merely affords the Provider the opportunity to respond to an invitation from the Council for the provision of services (Call-Off).

The Select Provider List Framework Agreement provides for no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee by the Council for Services from the Provider and that the Council is at all times entitled to enter into other contracts and agreements with other Providers for the provision of any Services.

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More information

Additional text

The proposed contract is to be let with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months each from the actual end date, subject to Commissioner approval.

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How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Donna Iley

Address

County Hall
DURHAM
DH15UQ
England

Email

donna.iley@durham.gov.uk

Website

www.durham.gov.uk

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