# DN680571 - The Provision of a Framework for Children/Family Therapeutic Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Leicestershire County Council](/buyers/leicestershire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Alyssa Fitzpatrick Play Therapy
- Award value: £4,800,000
- Tender value: £4,800,000
- Award date: 30 October 2023
- Published: 14 November 2024
- Contract start: 1 December 2023
- Contract end: 30 November 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8781cc6a-fef5-496e-8588-2239217e1302-802513
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b1028ca3-929a-424a-b11b-8f603bb8b18d

## Description

Leicestershire County Council \(the Council\) is conducting a procurement to establish a Framework Agreement in accordance with the Light-Touch Regime requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015\.\\r \\r The Council is inviting providers to join the Provision of Children/Family Therapeutic Services Framework\. The aim of the Framework is to provide evidence-based therapeutic support to children/young people and families,\\r \\r • to promote attachment relationships, family stability and thus the best possible outcomes for all,\\r \\r • to improve the mental health & emotional wellbeing of young people and families accessing the service, thus promoting empowerment, strategies and resilience for the future,\\r \\r • to ensure the ongoing stability and security of permanence thus limiting the risk of family breakdown,\\r \\r • to increase therapeutic choice for parents/carers going through the adoption and/or Special Guardianship process,\\r \\r • to offer a timely service to children/young people and families which is proportionate to need, empowers individuals and does not create a 'therapy dependency'\.\\r \\r The Framework will be cover the following types of therapy:\\r Category 1 - Play Therapies\\r Category 2 - Creative therapies\\r Category 3 - Therapeutic/Attachment Focused Parenting Support & Programmes\\r Category 4 - Therapeutic Life Story Work\\r Category 5 -Psychotherapy\\r Category 6 - Sensory Integration Processing Therapy\\r Category 7 - Group Programmes\\r Category 8 - Special \(Psychological\) Assessments\\r

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8781cc6a-fef5-496e-8588-2239217e1302-802513)