RFP QuestBeta
OpenStage · award

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Children's & Families Services Transformation and Financial Sustainability Programme Consultancy Services

Business ServicesCPV 79400000
ValueValue not published
Deadline
Published9 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Match for your company
Sign up free to see how well this tender matches your company — the score, the signals that align, and where the gaps are.
The brief

Southend-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: 1.

Edge of Care redesign 2.

Exit and permanency pathways 3.

Cross-system diagnostic (Housing, SEND and prevention) 4.

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.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) critical friend support (Adults

Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) critical friend support (Adults Social Care).

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b0d0
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
054250-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Business Services

Assembling the market network…

Southend-on-Sea City Council’s tender network

Assembling the network…

Also open now

Similar open tenders

Dynamic Market for Direct Payment Payroll and Managed Account Services

Southend-on-Sea City Council

Closes 1 Dec 2026Business Services
Value not publishedValue

Diagnostic Review of Adult Social Care Services, Transformation and Savings

Shropshire council

Closes 3 Aug 2026Business Services
Value not publishedValue