# Under 18's Emergency Solo care provision

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Essex County Council](/buyers/essex-county-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £520,000
- Published: 25 August 2022
- Planned start: 1 April 2023
- Planned end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1ff174f7-89a4-4dba-9110-99e214bf15d5-566843
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-71ecece0-fb43-47b4-8211-c9a928b848f7

## Description

To avoid placing children in unregistered provision, ECC has a programme to acquire and refurbish 4 properties in Essex for use as solo registered children's homes\. This tender is for the care provider for the first of these provisions, and will be a block contract\. The purpose of this particular solo property will be to create a safe place where a child can be fully supported with high quality trauma informed care whilst a more permanent and longer-term placement is sought,\. This is a short term, solo bed placement to be used in an emergency basis\. It will be a registered children's home bed for any child with SEMH during a period of crisis\.

## Related contract awards

- [Quantity Surveying \(QS\) support for the Ormiston Rivers SEN project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-792a8c30-dbea-4c19-b53b-675db70c888a): ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- [NDORS Booking System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-652764a5-9885-4560-87b1-3ad5260098b7): ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- [Subscription Based Research Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f776f94c-afa5-4342-ada4-0d138edbd792): ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1ff174f7-89a4-4dba-9110-99e214bf15d5-566843)