Provision of Early Help Youth Work, Mentoring and Counselling Services

A Contract Award Notice
by BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
1 year (est.)
Value
£148K-£238K
Sector
HEALTH
Published
01 Sep 2022
Delivery
01 Oct 2022 to 30 Sep 2023 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Bedford

Geochart for 2 buyers and 3 suppliers

2 buyers

2 suppliers

Description

Bedford Borough Council (‘the Council’) wishes to commission a number of Services to support children and young people’s mental and emotional wellbeing:Specialist TherapyCoiunsellingMentoringYouth WorkThis Contract will comprise the three ‘lower’ tiers of provision, including open-access and detached youth work, young people’s mentoring and child and family counselling. It is envisioned that by commissioning these Services as Lots under an over-arching Contract heading, pathways into and between these Services will be more streamlined and joined-up, allowing opportunities to capitalise on natural synergies between provision types and improve Service User experience.The Contract will be a four (4) years contract from 1st October 2022 to 30th September 2026 extendable every twelve (12) months, i.e. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1.

Lot Division

1 Youth Work

Within the Council’s approach to Early Help, it is believed that as many young people as possible should have opportunities to engage with positive adults by way of Youth Work interventions. This Lot is for the delivery of open access and detached Youth Work.
2 Mentoring

The Council’s Early Help offer continues to see significant increase in services completing Early Help Assessments requiring support for Young People and their families. This Lot is for the delivery of a volunteer mentoring scheme, which the Early Help services continue to identify as a cost-effective way of increasing the capacity of its offer.
3 Counselling

Counselling and psychotherapy are umbrella terms that cover a range of talking therapies. They are delivered by trained practitioners who work with people over a short or long term to help them bring about effective change and/or enhance their wellbeing". This Lot is for the delivery of counselling Services for children, young people and families.

Award Detail

1 4Ypuk (Milton Keynes)
  • Provision of Youth Work Services
  • Reference: bbc ch 02847
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £224,299
  • Contractor is an SME.
2 4Ypuk (Milton Keynes)
  • Provision of Mentoring Services
  • Reference: bbc ch 02847
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £143,313
  • Contractor is an SME.
3 Relate Bedfordshire & Luton (Doncaster)
  • Provision of Counselling Services
  • Reference: bbc ch 02847
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £180,000
  • Contractor is an SME.

Award Criteria

Quality 60.0
PRICE 40.0

CPV Codes

  • 85312320 - Counselling services
  • 85312310 - Guidance services
  • 85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price.

Reference

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