Contract award · 10 Sep 2025

CN250246 - Proposed Therapeutic Support Service for Children and Young People

Kent County Council awarded “Proposed Therapeutic Support Service for Children and Young People” to Project Salus Ltd for £12.1m on 10 Sep 2025.

Health & social careSouth East

Value £12.1m
WinnerProject Salus Ltd SME

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Project Salus Ltd SME
Value
£12,064,736
Procedure
Restricted procedure
Sector
Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date10 Sep 2025
  2. Published10 Sep 2025Published the same day

Description

The Council is looking to commission a Therapeutic Support Service (‘the Service’) to support children and young people aged 4-19 who have mild to moderate emotional wellbeing needs. The national and local context calls for a refreshed system-wide approach within Kent, which is now underway. The Therapeutic Support Service will be a key element within a wider transformation programme being led by NHS Kent and Medway to deliver high quality, responsive and better-connected emotional wellbeing and mental health support for children and young people in the county. The system vision is for future Services to operate as a ‘Mental Health Collaborative’, underpinned by a set of contracts to be led by NHS Kent and Medway from 2025/6 onwards, providing specialist, education-based and therapeutic Services. This third element will be known as the ‘Therapeutic Alliance’, and will support children and young people with predominantly moderate emotional wellbeing and mental health needs. The Council…

About the supplier

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

More from Kent County Council

All contracts

More won by Project Salus Ltd

All contracts

Recent health & social care contracts

Sector overview