Published date: 21 October 2022
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Social work and related services - 85300000
Membership organisation services - 98100000
Services provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies - 98900000
Location of contract
East of England
Value of contract
£720,000
Procurement reference
ECC001-DN639234-55386836
Published date
21 October 2022
Closing date
16 December 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 April 2023
Contract end date
31 March 2026
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Family Innovation Fund enables ECC to work with its partners in the voluntary and community sector to deliver good outcomes as early as possible. The services will not support those children, young people and families already known to and in receipt of support from specialist and statutory services, rather they will ensure delivery of support that complements, not duplicates existing services such as;
• School funded support at additional levels of need
• Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service
• Essex Integrated Wellbeing Service
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
• Family Solutions
By Early Intervention we mean stopping something occurring or getting worse and for the purposes of this funding will provide brief, light touch interventions that will enable children, young people, parents and carers to draw on their own resources and resilience to resolve future problems.
This Grant is concerned with working with children and young people, parents/carers and families who will benefit from receiving support by way of Brief Solution Focussed Support (BSFS) such as coaching, mediation, conflict resolution, counselling, through 1:1, group and family/parent/couples work. This will usually take place in face to face however, it may also take place using on-line platforms if that is deemed appropriate, for example during holiday periods or weekends/evenings.
The total Family Innovation Fund is £1,200,000 over three years, with £720,000 allocated to BSFS through 1:1, group and family/couples work.
Year 1 2023/24 £300,000
Year 2 2024/25 £210,000
Year 3 2025/26 £210,000
BSFS will be delivered across Essex but priority will be given to The Essex Levelling Up areas set out in the table in 6.1 to support the delivery of our levelling ambitions and Everyone's Essex Plan Everyones Essex
There will be provision within the Grant Agreement, at the discretion of ECC to extend the grants for up to two years on a one plus one year basis. There will be further provision for the value to be varied within any extension up to the original year one value namely £300,000.
Provision in the Grant Agreement (clause 12) outlines the conditions under which ECC will either withhold or claim back funds paid to the provider.
More information
About the buyer
Contact name
John Sharman
Address
County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
England
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