Specialist Healthcare Tasks

Essex County Council
East of England

The service provides competency-based training and clinical delegation for support workers, including foster carers and school staff, to manage complex medical needs. Tasks include administering medication via tubes, tracheostomy care, ventilation support, stoma care, and emergency respiratory interventions. The provider must maintain a robust governance framework and ensure all training is evidence-based and compliant with professional clinical standards.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: £533k; As published
Published: 6 November 2025; Find a Tender
Awarded: 1 October 2025; Provide CIC
Contract length: Not stated

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of specialist clinical healthcare training, assessment, and delegation services for support staff working with children and young people.

Lifecycle

Publishedon Find a Tender
6 November 2025
Contract awardedto Provide CIC
1 October 2025
Contract starts
Contract endsEnd date not published

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The buyer

Type: Council
Social care training contracts, 24 months: 1
Open social care training tenders: 0
Typical social care training contract: £533k

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How it compares

11.6× the typical social care training contract (£46k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/984129/specialist-healthcare-tasks
Buyer reference: ocds-h6vhtk-05dc39
Source: Find a Tender
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Essex County Council. Specialist Healthcare Tasks. Contract award, 6 November 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/984129/specialist-healthcare-tasks (accessed 12 October 2026).