Awarded· 19 Dec 2025
Sensory Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy for Virtual School & Additionally Resourced Provisions
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees · Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Kirklees.
Source: Find a Tender, published 19 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Award notice published
UK7 - Contract Details Notice · 08:28
View notice2026
Contract starts
Next
2027
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Kirklees. The contract went to Locala Community Partnerships. It was awarded on 19 December 2025. The contract value is £151,870. The contract runs from 12 January 2026 to 11 January 2027. It lasts 1 year.
It is run as a below threshold - limited competition. Find a Tender published it on 19 December 2025. The notice number is 084680-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05f9d6.
Summary of the contracting process
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees has completed a procurement process for the provision of Sensory Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy services targeting Virtual School and Additionally Resourced Provisions. Classified under Health and Social Work Services, the procurement focuses on supporting children with special needs, especially those in care without a neurodivergent diagnosis. The location for these services is within the region of UKE44, United Kingdom.
The process reached the award stage on 19th December 2025, and the contract is set to commence on 12th January 2026, running until 11th January 2027, with an option to extend. This procurement was conducted using a limited competition method due to its below-threshold classification. Organisations with a focus on upskilling educational staff to promote trauma-informed environments could find a strategic advantage.
The notice in full
* Lot 1 Speech & Language Therapy Demand for our mainstream speech and language therapy offer is high, meaning that waiting times are longer than we would like them to be. Due to the additional needs and circumstances experienced by children looked after, we want to provide some additional, tailored and prioritised support for this cohort of young people. This is line with our corporate parenting approach.
The aim of this contract is to provide a dedicated commissioned pathway for children looked after (CLA) to provide an initial SALT assessment and recommendations for the support required as a result. We expect to see a dedicated allocation of 4 days per month, to support Virtual School referrals.
The caseload will be prioritised for action in conjunction with the Virtual School. * Lot 2 Sensory Occupational Therapy We currently have over 60 Children & Young People in care with an EHCP where Social, Emotional & Mental Health (SEMH) recorded as the primary need. These Young People are in various educational settings, including mainstream, special and independent schools.
Of these, 44 Young People have had concerns raised regarding sensory seeking or avoidance. These young people do not have sensory integration needs linked to a neurodivergent diagnosis, however they do present with trauma based sensory dysregulation that is impacting their readiness to access learning, having their needs met in school, stability of school placement and undoubtedly is impacting on care placement stability.
The aim of this contract is to provide a dedicated commissioned pathway for CLA to provide specialist OT sensory trauma pathway and recommendations for the support required as a result. The commissioned OT service will also be supported by the Kirklees Council Educational Psychology team to promote trauma informed practice and help to upskill staff across schools and the Learning service.
We expect to see a dedicated allocation of 2 days per week year-round to support Virtual School referrals. The caseload will be prioritised for action in conjunction with the Virtual School.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 12 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2027 (1 year)
- Awarded to
- Locala Community Partnerships
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £151,870
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 084680-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f9d6
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Town
- Huddersfield
- Postcode
- HD1 2TA
- Electoral ward
- Newsome
- Constituency
- Huddersfield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Sub-region
- Calderdale and Kirklees
- Area
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Huddersfield, HD1 2TA · Yorkshire and The Humber · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Locala Community Partnerships
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about this tender
Who won the Sensory Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy for Virtual School… contract?
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees awarded the contract to Locala Community Partnerships on 19 December 2025. It is due to end on 11 January 2027, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Sensory Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy for Virtual School… contract worth?
The contract value is £151,870. The contract runs from 12 January 2026 to 11 January 2027 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Sensory Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy for Virtual School…?
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees, based in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.
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