Contract award · 11 Aug 2025

Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council: Specialist Assessments of Therapeutic Need ("SA")

Durham County Council awarded a contract to Acorn Children & Families Wellbeing Limited, Nurturing Families, Rachel Ineson Independent Occupational…

Health & social careNorth East

Value across 16 lots Not published

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Durham County Council · Regional or local authority
Value
Not published
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date11 Aug 2025
  2. Published11 Aug 2025Published the same day

Description

Category 1 - Specialist Assessments of Therapeutic Need ("SA") • Providers and their therapists will be suitably qualified as determined by the ASGSF to provide a SA. • The ASGSF determine that a qualified clinician "would be someone who diagnoses and treats patients; is suitably qualified and is licensed to practice via a professional regulatory body". • The ASGSF limits for a SA for a child in any financial year are set nationally at £2500. The provider's quote for the SA should clearly state the number of sessions and the cost for completion and provision of the final report. • Feedback to the family and commissioner will be required in the form of report and feedback meetings which must be costed into the ASGSF funding application. • SA to be provided to the lead social worker for the agency in the first instance. The social worker and the family will utilise the assessment to identify and commission therapeutic intervention if this is recommended and the family wish to proceed at…

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council: Specialist Assessments of Therapeutic Need ("SA")Acorn Children & Families Wellbeing Limited—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County CouncilNurturing Families—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council: Sensory Integration Processing TherapyRachel Ineson Independent Occupational Therapist—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County CouncilReflection Room Therapy Service—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County CouncilSharon Summers Sensibility & Untold Stories—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County CouncilIngrid Ayling Ford—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County CouncilThe Bungalow Partnership—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council: Sensory Integration Processing TherapyTree Tops Occupational Therapy Limited—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County CouncilAmber Shield Therapeutic Services—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County CouncilCarolyn Morgan Therapy Services—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council: PsychotherapyEaston Care Ltd—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council: Specialist Assessments of Therapeutic Need ("SA")Focus Mental Health Solutions Limited SME—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council: PsychotherapyGraeme Rowlings—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council: PsychotherapyJohn Williams Therapy—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County Council: Sensory Integration Processing TherapyIndividual supplier—
Therapeutic Adoption Support Services for Children Placed for Adoption and Adopted, Subject to a Special Guardianship Order/Child Arrangements Order through Durham County CouncilDr Lauren Baldwin—

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