Published date: 21 February 2025

This notice was replaced on 21 February 2025

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Opportunity (published 21 February 2025, last edited 21 February 2025)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Welfare services for children and young people - 85311300

  • Social services - 85320000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£220,000

Procurement reference

EMPWELL001-DN764754-11773642

Published date

21 February 2025

Closing date

28 March 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2025

Contract end date

30 September 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Council wishes to invite tenders for the supply of services in respect of Family Hub Services. The Council has launched a new Living Well Rutland Service that combines its library, health, wellbeing, and adult learning services into one. The Family Hub, which is part of Living Well Rutland, provides high quality play and learning sessions for children from vulnerable Rutland families alongside a programme of parenting support for adults.

As the Council develops its Living Well Rutland offer, the family hub element will provide a more focused offer for families identified as needing extra support. This requires an understanding of their needs, how to engage them and flexibility in the delivery of services.

Family hubs hold relationships at the heart of service delivery. The ability to listen well and listen carefully to families, be curious about a child's life within a family and understand the 'world' of not only the child but the parent too is essential. This will generate the greatest positive impact. If we can understand, we can support effectively and in a timely fashion. To do this we need consistency of delivery, quality, and staff. Children and their families need the opportunity to build trusted relationships to talk about support they may need.

This tender is following a soft market testing exercise which was issued in December 2024, Find a Tender ref: 2024/S 000-038241 and Contracts Finder ref: EMPWELL001-DN756675-47390153.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Soft Market Testing for Family Hub Services for Rutland County Council

  • Early engagement
  • Published 18 December 2024, last edited 19 December 2024

About the buyer

Contact name

Welland Procurement

Address

Welland Procurement Unit
c/o Melton Borough Council
Melton Mowbray
LE13 1GH
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1664502576

Email

welland.procurement@melton.gov.uk

Website

http://www.melton.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/selling_to_the_council.aspx