01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Kent County Council
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 30 January 2026
Description
Kent County Council are seeking to re-procure a Kent Carers Support Service which is aimed at supporting unpaid carers within the county. This new service will replace two current services; The Carers Community Navigation Service and Carers Short Breaks service. Key Areas of Service Delivery: Building from the Kent Adult Carers Strategy the following key areas of service delivery have been identified for the Kent Carers Support Service: i) Identifying and Recognising Carers, including Seldom-Heard Carers ii) Empowering Carers: information, advice and training in ways that they can understand iii) Prevention and Wellbeing especially for lifestyle risk factors, mental health and information and advice iv) Support for Young Carers' Transition to Adulthood v) Carers Assessment vi) Carers Breaks vii) Emergency Breaks viii) Carers Personal Budgets Lot 2 of this contract was previously awarded. Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-070631
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Lot 1. Kent Carers Support Service - East Kent
- Awarded
- 19 May 2026
- Award value
- £23,522,800
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Kent County Council
County Hall, Maidstone, UKJ45, ME14 1XQ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PLDL-8938-YGYWCARERS' SUPPORT EAST KENT
Innovation House Innovation House, Discovery Park, Sandwich, UKJ44, CT13 9ND, United Kingdom
Companies House 07213672 →CROSSROADS CARE KENT
170 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, UKJ46, ME18 5NS, United Kingdom
Companies House 03694575 →INVOLVE KENT LIMITED
30 Turkey Court Turkey Mill, Maidstone, UKJ45, ME14 5PP, United Kingdom
Companies House 03449624 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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