Kent Carers Support Service
- Kent County Council
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04fe04
Description
Kent County Council are seeking to re-procure a Kent Carers Support Service which is aimed at supporting unpaid carers within the county. This new service will replace two current services; The Carers Community Navigation Service and Carers Short Breaks service.
Key Areas of Service Delivery:
Building from the Kent Adult Carers Strategy the following key areas of service delivery have been identified for the Kent Carers Support Service:
i) Identifying and Recognising Carers, including Seldom-Heard Carers
ii) Empowering Carers: information, advice and training in ways that they can understand
iii) Prevention and Wellbeing especially for lifestyle risk factors, mental health and information and advice
iv) Support for Young Carers' Transition to Adulthood
v) Carers Assessment
vi) Carers Breaks
vii) Emergency Breaks
viii) Carers Personal Budgets
The full requirement will be available within the Specification, which will be made available when the Tender opportunity goes live.
The Service will be delivered by a lead provider for East Kent and a Lead provider for West Kent. The two lead providers will need to work in partnership to ensure there is a seamless service that is equitable across Kent.
There will be one Lot for each geographical area and the same service provider cannot deliver both Lots.
Notices
UK4: Tender notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-036237
- Published
- 30 June 2025, 4:31pm
UK1: Pipeline notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-023721
- Published
- 21 May 2025, 11:36am
21 May 2025, 11:36am (latest version)
- 21 May 2025, 11:32am
UK3: Planned procurement notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-013371
- Published
- 7 April 2025, 12:24pm