Kent County Council: Targeted Relationships

Contracting authority

Contracting authority:

Kent County Council

Public Procurement Organisation Number:

PLDL-8938-YGYW

Address:

Kent County Council | Sessions House, Maidstone
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
UK

Contact name:

Alison Newman

Email:

alison.newman@kent.gov.uk

Telephone:

03000 416375

Website:

Not provided

Organisation type:

REGIONAL_AUTHORITY

Devolved regulations that apply:

None

Procedure

Procedure type:

Open procedure

Preliminary market engagement conducted:

Not provided

Tenders received:

0

Tenders assessed:

0

Tenders from SMEs:

0

Tenders from VCSEs:

0

Special regime:

Light touch

Scope

Title:

Targeted Relationships

Reference number:

CN250177

Main category:

SERVICES

Description:

Kent County Council is inviting organisations and practitioners to attend a preliminary market engagement event to help shape the future Targeted Relationships Service before a formal procurement process begins.

This is not a tender—it’s an opportunity to inform the service design and understand market capability.
Targeted Relationships Service is primarily girls and young women aged 10–18 who are experiencing, or at risk of, unhealthy relationships and abuse.
The service will provide targeted, trauma-informed support to young people experiencing multiple and intersecting vulnerabilities. This includes early help and preventative interventions aimed at improving safety, wellbeing, and long-term outcomes.
The service has been commissioned since 2012 and is a key component of the Council’s response to vulnerability, exploitation, and violence affecting girls and young women.
We are particularly interested in engaging with organisations and practitioners who have expertise in:
•Safeguarding and exploitation
•Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
•SEND inclusion and accessibility
•Child Missing Education (CME) and engagement with out-of-school cohorts
This event will outline the requirements of Kent County Council for the Targeted Relationships Support Service for primarily girls and young women aged 10–18 who are experiencing, or at risk of, unhealthy relationships and abuse.
Workshops will be held to seek stakeholder input on the feasibility and design of this service.

Monday 08th June 2026 at 13:00pm – 14:30pm Microsoft Teams Wednesday 10th June 2026 at 10:30am- 12:00pm Microsoft Teams

To express your interest, ask any questions or secure a place, please email domesticabusecommissioning@kent.gov.uk with your preferred date by the 05/06/2026 . Further details will be provided upon receipt of your registration.

Kent County Council intend to procure Targeted Relationships through a tender process. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with the new Procurement Act 2023. Please note this notice is not a call for competition; therefore, attendees are not expected to submit any documents.

Further information relating to this procurement will be published on Central Digital Platform and the Kent Business Portal at a future date. Interested providers are advised to create a supplier profile on the Kent Business Portal to receive notifications about the future procurement opportunity, once the formal tender is launched.

Contract Length; 01/06/2027 - 31/5/2030, plus potential 1 year extension to 30/5/2031 (provisional and subject to change)
Contract Total Value; £925,685.52 (estimated)
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1036031699

Total value (estimated):

GBP 925,685.52 excluding VAT

GBP 1,110,822.62 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated):

01/06/2027 to 31/05/2030

CPV classifications:

85320000 - Social services.

Delivery regions:

UKJ4 - Kent

Participation

Suitable for SMEs:

Yes

Suitable for VCSEs:

Yes

Engagement

Engagement deadline:

05/06/2026

Engagement status:

The engagement has not yet been carried out.

Engagement process description:

Kent County Council is inviting organisations and practitioners to attend a preliminary market engagement event to help shape the future Targeted Relationships Service before a formal procurement process begins.

This is not a tender—it’s an opportunity to inform the service design and understand market capability.
Targeted Relationships Service is primarily girls and young women aged 10–18 who are experiencing, or at risk of, unhealthy relationships and abuse.
The service will provide targeted, trauma-informed support to young people experiencing multiple and intersecting vulnerabilities. This includes early help and preventative interventions aimed at improving safety, wellbeing, and long-term outcomes.
The service has been commissioned since 2012 and is a key component of the Council’s response to vulnerability, exploitation, and violence affecting girls and young women.
We are particularly interested in engaging with organisations and practitioners who have expertise in:

•Safeguarding and exploitation
•Violence against women and girls (VAWG)
•SEND inclusion and accessibility
•Child Missing Education (CME) and engagement with out-of-school cohorts

This event will outline the requirements of Kent County Council for the Targeted Relationships Support Service for primarily girls and young women aged 10–18 who are experiencing, or at risk of, unhealthy relationships and abuse.

Workshops will be held to seek stakeholder input on the feasibility and design of this service.

Monday 08th June 2026 at 13:00pm – 14:30pm Microsoft Teams
Wednesday 10th June 2026 at 10:30am- 12:00pm Microsoft Teams

To express your interest, ask any questions or secure a place, please email domesticabusecommissioning@kent.gov.uk with your preferred date by 05/06/2026 . Further details will be provided upon receipt of your registration.

Kent County Council intend to procure Targeted Relationships through a tender process. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with the new Procurement Act 2023. Please note this notice is not a call for competition; therefore, attendees are not expected to submit any documents.

Further information relating to this procurement will be published on Central Digital Platform and the Kent Business Portal at a future date. Interested providers are advised to create a supplier profile on the Kent Business Portal to receive notifications about the future procurement opportunity, once the formal tender is launched.

Submission

Other organisations