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In deliveryUnited KingdomServicesFramework agreement£4,800,000

Adoption and Kinship Specialist Support Services

Published
Published 26 June 2025
Deadline
Closed 9 March 2026

Overview

Essex County Council and Suffolk County Council have awarded a framework worth £4.8 million for Adoption and Kinship Specialist Support Services to 11 providers including Barnardo's, Mind Right Limited, and others. The three-year framework (with an option to extend for one year) will deliver training, therapeutic intervention, and specialist assessment services to adoptive and kinship families across both councils to address the effects of abuse and trauma. Eleven organizations have been selected across the three lots to provide these statutory services under the Children and Families Act 2014.

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£4,800,000
Procedure
Open
Contract type
Framework agreement
SME suitable
Yes
Published
26 June 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£4,800,000
Award date
23 July 2026
Contract period
30 June 2026 → 30 June 2029
Winners
  • ACE MUSIC THERAPY CIC
  • APRICOT CENTRE CIC
  • BARNARDO'S
  • FAMILIES EMPOWERED LIMITED
  • J4L ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  • JUMP START CENTRE LIMITED
  • KIDS INSPIRE
  • Lindsay Wood Play Therapist & Child & Family Worker
  • MIND RIGHT LIMITED
  • N-GAGE THERAPEUTIC CARE LTD
  • SENSI LIMITED

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Notice history

Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.

  1. Contract

    24 July 2026

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  2. Contract Notice

    5 February 2026

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  3. Planning Update

    27 November 2025

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  4. Prior Information Notice

    27 November 2025

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  5. Prior Information Notice

    26 June 2025

    View notice ↗

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Awarded: Adoption and Kinship Specialist Support Services — won by ACE MUSIC THERAPY CIC +10 — Skim