CN220350 - Therapies: SEN, Adoption Support Service and VSK

Kent County Council
South East

Admission of providers to a Qualified Provider List across three lots: Lot 1 speech and language, occupational therapy including sensory processing approaches, and physiotherapy for children with EHC plans; Lot 2 therapeutic interventions such as DDP, Theraplay, EMDR, NVR, and multisystemic therapy, plus specialist clinician assessments for adoptive and SGO families; Lot 3 therapeutic support for looked-after children aged 3 to 18 linked to Personal Education Plan targets.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: Not published; No value in the notice
Published: 30 October 2026
Awarded: 1 October 2026; As We Grow Therapy - Leanne Osborne, Lycali Limited, Devon McDonald Counselling and 2 more
Contract length: Not stated

What the contract covers

Qualified provider list

Provision of speech and language, occupational, and physiotherapy services, plus therapeutic support for adoptive families and Virtual School Kent children.

Speech and Language (SLT)
Occupational Therapy (OT) including varying OT approaches to addressing sensory processing differences.
Physiotherapy (PT)
Therapeutic parenting training
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
Theraplay
Filial therapy
Creative therapies, e.g. art, music, drama and play
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
Non-Violent Resistance (NVR)

Lot	Estimated value	SMEs
SEN Therapies Lot 1	Not stated	Not stated
Adoption Support Service Lot 2	Not stated	Not stated
Virtual School Kent Lot 3	Not stated	Not stated

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Qualified provider list
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 3
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Services
CPV codes: 85100000, 85300000, 80000000

Services in this contract

Community therapy, podiatry and falls prevention servicesMain service£186k typicalSEN speech, occupational and physiotherapy services
Adoption support services£119k typicalAdoption support therapeutic services

Lifecycle

Published
30 October 2026
Contract awardedto As We Grow Therapy - Leanne Osborne, Lycali Limited, Devon McDonald Counselling and 2 more
1 October 2026
Contract starts
Contract endsEnd date not published

The buyer

Kent County Council

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The suppliers

As We Grow Therapy - Leanne Osborne

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Lycali Limited

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Devon McDonald Counselling

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3901600/cn220350-therapies-sen-adoption-support-service-and-vsk
Buyer reference: CN220350 (previously SC21032)
Last checked: 4 November 2026

Kent County Council. CN220350 - Therapies: SEN, Adoption Support Service and VSK. Contract award, 30 October 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3901600/cn220350-therapies-sen-adoption-support-service-and-vsk (accessed 4 November 2026).