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CN250246 - Proposed Therapeutic Support Service for Children and Young People
Kent County Council · Maidstone, South East
Kent County Council is inviting bids for CN250246 - Proposed Therapeutic Support Service for Children and Young People. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone.
Source: Find a Tender, published 30 Jan 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 15:37
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 10:48
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Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
Kent County Council is inviting bids for CN250246 - Proposed Therapeutic Support Service for Children and Young People. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone.
Find a Tender published it on 30 January 2025. The notice number is 003065-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04d6cb.
Summary of the contracting process
Kent County Council is organising a market engagement event for a proposed Therapeutic Support Service for children and young people aged 4-19 with mild to moderate emotional wellbeing needs. These needs include issues such as anxiety, difficulty concentrating, sleeping difficulties, and social avoidance.
The event, which is part of the planning stage of the procurement process under the Procurement Act 2023, will be held online on Wednesday 12th February 2025, from 15:00 to 16:00. Interested providers should contact Mhairi Tynan by Monday 10th February at 17:00 to register. The service aligns with the NHS Kent and Medway’s Therapeutic Alliance and aims at complementing the recent public consultation.
Engaging in this process allows enterprises to contribute to meaningful societal support while potentially expanding their service reach and client base. The service’s alignment with the therapeutic alliance initiated by NHS Kent and Medway further enriches the collaborative and comprehensive care approach.
The notice in full
Prior Information Notice: Market Engagement - proposed Children and Young People's Therapeutic Support Service ** This advert is for market engagement only ** This Prior Information Notice is to invite providers to an online market engagement event on Wednesday 12th February, 15.00 - 16.00 for a proposed Therapeutic Support Service under the Procurement Act 2023.
The proposed Therapeutic Support Service would support children and young people aged 4-19 who have mild/moderate emotional wellbeing needs. This means children and young who may need support with difficulties such as:
- Nervousness or anxiety
- Difficulty concentrating
- Difficultly sleeping
- Avoiding school or activities
- Feeling low and not good about themselves
- Not wanting to be with friends or family.
To complement our recent Public Consultation, we would like to meet with providers to discuss an overview of our proposed service model .
We are proposing that this service will be closely aligned with the proposed Therapeutic Alliance, being commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway (Kent Children & Young People's Therapeutic Alliance Market Engagement - Find a Tender), to support children and young people with predominantly moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs.
We would like to invite providers to an initial online market engagement event, to be held on Wednesday12th February, 15.00 - 16.00. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the proposed model and procurement timelines and to share initial questions and feedback, prior to the full Specification being published.
To book on to this market engagement session please contact to Mhairi.Tynan@kent.gov.uk with "Market Engagement - proposed Children and Young People's Therapeutic Support Service" as the email subject by Monday 10th February, 17.00. Subject to a Key Decision planned for March 2025, we plan to hold a further market engagement event in-person during the week commencing 26th March 2025.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
Prior Information Notice: Market Engagement - proposed Children and Young People's Therapeutic Support Service ** This advert is for market engagement only ** This Prior Information Notice is to invite providers to an online market engagement event on Thursday 12th February, 15.00- 16.00 for a proposed Therapeutic Support Service under the Procurement Act 2023.
The proposed Therapeutic Support Service would support children and young people aged 4-19 who have mild/moderate emotional wellbeing needs. This means children and young who may need support with difficulties such as:
- Nervousness or anxiety
- Difficulty concentrating
- Difficultly sleeping
- Avoiding school or activities
- Feeling low and not good about themselves
- Not wanting to be with friends or family.
To complement our recent Public Consultation, we would like to meet with providers to discuss an overview of our proposed service model .
We are proposing that this service will be closely aligned with the proposed Therapeutic Alliance, being commissioned by NHS Kent and Medway (Kent Children & Young People's Therapeutic Alliance Market Engagement - Find a Tender), to support children and young people with predominantly moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs.
We would like to invite providers to an initial online market engagement event, to be held on Thursday 12th February, 15.00 - 16.00. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the proposed model and procurement timelines and to share initial questions and feedback, prior to the full Specification being published.
To book on to this market engagement session please contact to Mhairi.Tynan@kent.gov.uk with "Market Engagement - proposed Children and Young People's Therapeutic Support Service" as the email subject by Monday 10th February, 5pm. Subject to a Key Decision planned for March 2025, we plan to hold a further market engagement event in-person during the week commencing 26th March 2025.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Tender
- Stages so far
- Planning, Tender
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 003065-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04d6cb
- CPV code
- 85312320 - Counselling services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Maidstone
- Town
- Rochester
- Postcode
- ME14 1XQ
- Electoral ward
- Penenden Heath
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Delivery area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Mid Kent
- Area
- Kent
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Kent County Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Ms Hannah Durling
- Phone
- +44 3000421154
- Address
- Maidstone, ME14 1XQ · South East · England
Documents and links
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Who is the buyer for CN250246 - Proposed Therapeutic Support Service for Children and Young People?
Kent County Council, based in Maidstone, South East. The named contact is Ms Hannah Durling, on +44 3000421154.
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