Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13d08-8b53-73af-864b-cdf340de2c37/early-help-family-support-service-market-engagement closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Early Help Family Support Service - Market Engagement [Salford City Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/salford-city-council) Pays 99% within 30 days Estimated value £65,000 Published 24 Sept 2025 Deadline Closed 15 Oct 2025 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Early Help Family Support Service ### NTRODUCTION Salford City Council currently commissions an early help family support service designed to: • Increase resilience and enable families to better meet their own needs with less reliance on local authority services, including programme exit-planning which links families to resources in their local community to provide longer term support • To empower parents and guardians to help their children to develop well and achieve success • To provide support and respite for parents or guardians The annual budget for this service is likely to £65,600. If, after considering the minimum output and outcome requirements of the service described below, you believe that your organisation could deliver this service in Salford and within the available budget, please complete the questionnaire at the end of this document and return it by 17.00hrs 15th October 2025, via The Chest. There will be an opportunity to attend a remote meeting with Salford's commissioning and procurement teams on 6th October at 1-2 pm to discuss any further queries you may have about the requirements of this market engagement process, please contact to request attendance. ### Service overview The service works in collaboration with Early Help and Children's Social Care teams to support families in four main areas:- Befriending - emotional and practical support to families with at least one child (from ages 0 to 19) from trained and supervised staff and volunteers, in person and by phone / online. Please note that this support will need to be available on evenings and weekends and not just during standard office hours. Provide overnight hosting stays and daytime breaks for children away from their family (helping to deal with short term crises, or maybe where a parent/guardian needs a break) Practical family resources help with sourcing charitable donations of goods / services and funds to help with critical expenses. Development of the family's connection to and involvement with social and community networks to broaden their support base and improve their resilience as part of a family's post-programme support. The service will mainly work alongside the Council's Early Help service when universal services are not meeting family need in a multi-agency 'team around the family' approach to provide support to families in line with our 'Thrive Model who are largely at the Getting Help / Targeted Early Help level of need. However the service will be expected to increasingly work with more families at the Getting More Help / Child In Need level and occasionally at Getting Risk Support / Child Protection level. See Salford's early-help-strategy-2023-26.pdf for further information. PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHMENT ON THE CHEST AGAINST THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Read full description ## CPV classification Social services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/7fcd5f26-051b-4a15-8d2e-44334c4bd515) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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