AwardedAwarded 18 September 2026

Early Intervention & Prevention in Mental Health and Wellbeing

Essex County Council · Local authority

In brief

Essex County Council awarded IT and software work to Social Care Institute for Excellence on 18 September 2026.

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What the notice says

Essex County Council (ECC), in partnership with Public Health (PH), Adult Social Care (ASC), Children & Families (C&F), and the Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB), is seeking to commission an organisation to design and guide a structured, co-produced process to identify a small number of priority actions for collaboration between partners on early intervention and prevention in emotional wellbeing and mental health across the life course. This requirement relates to the early intervention and prevention pillar of the Essex, Southend and Thurrock (SET) Mental Health Strategy (2023). To date, system partners have focused primarily on acute, crisis and recovery work. ECC now intends to progress the prevention and early intervention commitments.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Social Care Institute for Excellence£47,500
21 September 2026 to 21 December 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 089350-2026

About the buyer

Essex County CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

134

Awards

75

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From notice 089350-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 21 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 27 September 2026.