Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Derbyshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Action for Children SME
- Value
- £148,776
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 059928-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Aug 2025
- Published26 Sep 2025Published 37 days after the contract date
Description
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 …
About the supplier
Action for Children: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04764232).