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Awarded· 19 Aug 2025

CCS076 Staying Close Trauma Informed Support

Derbyshire County Council · Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands

Derbyshire County Council has awarded CCS076 Staying Close Trauma Informed Support. It is a contract for other health and social care in Derbyshire Dales.

Source: Find a Tender, published 20 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Action for Children

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 07:10

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  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 11:07

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About this tender

In brief

Derbyshire County Council has awarded CCS076 Staying Close Trauma Informed Support. It is a contract for other health and social care in Derbyshire Dales. The contract went to Action for Children. It was awarded on 19 August 2025. The contract value is £148,776.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 20 November 2025. The notice number is 075550-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a2a7.

Summary of the contracting process

Derbyshire County Council is the contracting authority for the "CCS076 Staying Close Trauma Informed Support" project, classified under miscellaneous health services. The procurement process, which followed a direct award method under the Provider Selection Regime, is centred on providing trauma-informed therapeutic support to young people in Derbyshire. The contract, valued at £148,776, has been formally awarded on 8th October 2025.

The project is associated with two cohorts of young people, aiming to assist them in transitioning to adulthood with additional practical, emotional, and housing support. The procurement stage has advanced to the award stage, with the contract now active.

The contract offers an avenue for service providers to extend their expertise within regional communities in the UK, potentially establishing more robust partnerships with local authorities like Derbyshire County Council to enhance overall service delivery and outcomes for young people in care.

The notice in full

This is the service specification for the delivery of Trauma Informed Therapeutic Support for the Staying Close project. Staying Close is a Dfe funded initiative to deliver support to 2 cohorts of 15 young people to provide additional practical, emotional and housing support to care experienced young people transitioning to adulthood in Derbyshire.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    This is the service specification for the delivery of Trauma Informed Therapeutic Support for the Staying Close project. In order to improves outcomes for children in care the provider will be required to support the Staying Close project and wider networks using a Trauma Informed approach (PACE) to support young people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing and deliver a psychologically informed approach to their emotional stability.

    The provider will also be required to collate key themes and outcomes for Staying Close young people and provide training around those key themes each quarter to Leaving Care Service and partners. Staying Close had an annual cohort of 15 young people in each of its first two delivery years. A third cohort of 15 young people is anticipated from Autumn 2025 to 31 August 2026.

    Cohort 3 will be a younger cohort aged 16-18 and will offer that additional trauma informed support to aid with a smoother transition into independence and staying close to who and what is important to them. The intention is to award the contract to an exisiting provider following the Provider selection Regime direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract will be PS146,776.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Action for Children
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Tender Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Tender, Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Contracts value
£148,776

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
075550-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a2a7
CPV code
85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

Derbyshire County Council is based in Derbyshire Dales. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Derbyshire Dales
Town
Derby
Postcode
DE4 3AG
Electoral ward
Matlock West
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales
Delivery area
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Region
East Midlands
Sub-region
South and West Derbyshire
Area
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
Derbyshire County Council
Category
Services
Contact
Andrea McCloskey
Address
Matlock, DE4 3AG · East Midlands · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Action for Children
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about CCS076 Staying Close Trauma Informed Support

Who won the CCS076 Staying Close Trauma Informed Support contract?

Derbyshire County Council awarded the contract to Action for Children on 19 August 2025.

How much is the CCS076 Staying Close Trauma Informed Support contract worth?

The contract value is £148,776.

Who is the buyer for CCS076 Staying Close Trauma Informed Support?

Derbyshire County Council, based in Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands. The named contact is Andrea McCloskey.

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