Official UK procurement notice
Children's & Families Services Transformation and Financial Sustainability Programme Consultancy Services
Authority: Southend-on-Sea City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouthend-on-Sea City Council (SCC) is at a pivotal moment in the evolution of its Children's Services. Rising demand, increasing placement costs, system pressures across SEND, housing and health, have all placed a pressure on the Children Services budget. What is required now is a focused, whole-system preventative approach that aligns improved outcomes for children and young people and better value service delivery.
SCC has appointed a supplier for the delivery of consultancy services of the following workstreams:
- Edge of Care redesign
- Exit and permanency pathways
- Cross-system diagnostic (Housing, SEND and prevention)
- Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) critical friend support (Adults Social Care)
This contract has been awarded via the ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664-25 via Lot 4b Adults and Children.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Jun 2026, 12:34 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2026, 12:34 BST
- Authority reference
DN816142- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054250- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b0d0Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The contract has been awarded in accordance with Regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. A direct award was made under the ESPO Consultancy Services Framework (Ref: 664_25), which was procured in compliance with the Regulations. The framework permits direct award, and the contract has been awarded in accordance with its terms; therefore no separate prior publication was required.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peopletoo LtdSME | £203,203 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 054250-2026-1 · Peopletoo LtdSME
- Signed
- 9 Jun 2026
- Value
- £203,203
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Peopletoo LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.