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    ContractsChildren's and Families Services Transformation Consultancy
    Awarded contract

    Children's and Families Services Transformation Consultancy

    Awarded
    £203.2k
    Published 9 Jun 2026

    Southend-on-Sea City Council has appointed a consultancy supplier to deliver whole-system transformation services across Children's Services redesign, permanency pathways, cross-sector diagnostics, and financial sustainability planning.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· EnglandPublished 9 Jun 2026· 4 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £203.2k
    Published 9 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £203,203
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Professional Services
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      England

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • PE
      Peopletoo Limited
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 4 months ago.

    9 June 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    Southend-on-Sea City Council is seeking consultancy support to transform its Children's Services through a whole-system preventative approach. The council faces rising demand, increasing placement costs, and system pressures across SEND, housing and health that have strained the Children's Services budget. The successful supplier will deliver consultancy services across four key workstreams: (1) Edge of Care redesign to keep children within family networks; (2) Exit and permanency pathways to improve outcomes for children in care; (3) Cross-system diagnostic reviewing integration opportunities across housing, SEND and prevention services; and (4) Zero-Based Budgeting critical friend support for Adults Social Care. This contract has been awarded via the ESPO Consultancy Services Framework 664-25, Lot 4b (Adults and Children). The engagement aims to achieve improved outcomes for children and young people while delivering better value and financial sustainability across the service.

    Track record

    3 awards · 3 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In professional services, Southend-on-Sea City Council has awarded 3 contracts to 3 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. HUMAN ENGINE LIMITED1× · 33%
    2. DCVS TRADING LTD1× · 33%
    3. Peopletoo Limited1× · 33%

    Across professional services, the most active winners are REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED, PROMAR INTERNATIONAL, KPMG LLP — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06b0d0

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    Sector
    Professional Services