Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Kent County Council
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
Contact
Ms Orla Miller
Telephone
+44 3000412878
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
SC21032 Therapies - SEN, VSK and Adoption Support Service
Reference number
DN571881
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Kent County Council currently commissions a range of Therapies for Children and Young People across SEN, Virtual Schools Kent (VSK) and Adoption Partnership South East. There is an interdependency between the services, therefore the commissioning and procurement processes are to be aligned. The underpinning themes for all services are to deliver; seamless, joined up pathways for users of services and ease of access. An improved flexibility of approach and the ability to innovate, develop and evolve services during the contract term and efficient performance monitoring to inform future service development.
The contract will be awarded to multiple providers following an Evaluation of the Mandatory Selection Questionnaire – there will be a continuously published Prior Information Notice, available via the Kent Business Portal. Interested suppliers are hereby invited to express their interest in this tender opportunity and submit their completed Mandatory Selection Questions by the date specified.
SEN Service are looking to commission:
• Speech and Language (SLT)
• Occupational Therapy (OT) including varying OT approaches to addressing sensory processing differences.
• Physiotherapy (PT)
Adoption Partnership South East are looking to commission:
• Therapeutic parenting training
• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
• Theraplay
• Filial therapy
• Creative therapies e.g., art, music, drama, play
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
• Non-Violent Resistance (NVR)
• Sensory integration therapy/Sensory attachment therapy
• Multi Systemic Therapy
• Mentalisation Based Therapy
• Psychotherapy
• Extensive life story work with a therapeutic intervention (where therapy is used to help the young person understand and cope with the trauma and difficulties that their life story work might revisit)
• Short Breaks are in scope where they include a substantial element of eligible therapeutic therapies
• Specialist Assessment that meets all of the criteria below:
VSK - Virtual Schools Kent are looking to commission: -
• Creative therapies e.g., art, music, drama, play
• Non-Violent Resistance (NVR)
• Sensory integration therapy
• Speech & Language Therapy
• Counselling
An in-depth assessment of the child and family’s needs with a focus on trauma and attachment, and how this demonstrates the links to the assessment of support needs.
Led and undertaken by a qualified clinician(s).
For the purposes of the ASF, a qualified clinician would be someone who diagnoses and treats patients; is suitably qualified and is licensed to practice via a regulator such as the Health and Care Professional Council e.g., a trained Clinical Psychologist or Attachment Psychotherapist.
Result in a therapeutic support plan for the child(ren) / family
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-002270
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
II.1.1; 11.1.4
Place of text to be modified
Title to include 'VSK' ; Description to incorporate addition of VSK services
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Description to incorporate addition of VSK services