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Awarded· 12 Aug 2025

BLMK ICB Crisis Cafe & Peer Support Service

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · Central Bedfordshire, East of England

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board has awarded BLMK ICB Crisis Cafe & Peer Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire.

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Source: Find a Tender, published 1 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Mind Blmk

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 13:29

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board has awarded BLMK ICB Crisis Cafe & Peer Support Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire. The contract went to Mind Blmk. It was awarded on 12 August 2025.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 1 September 2025. The notice number is 052835-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059165.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board has announced an intention to award a contract for the "BLMK ICB Crisis Café & Peer Support Service" under a Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract pertains to health services, providing crisis café and peer support for adults with mental health needs in Milton Keynes.

The procurement process has reached the award stage, with the standstill period allowing for written representations by 11th September 2025. The NHS Executives approved this award on 13th August 2025, aimed at an existing provider, Mind BLMK, with a contract value approximating £681,600 for the period between 1st April 2026 and 31st March 2028. This limited procurement method involved a direct award process, exempt from the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Naturally, businesses specialising in health services, small to medium enterprises (SMEs), and those already established in mental health and peer support services could find this contract advantageous. The situation may also be favourable for companies capable of working within the specific regulatory framework of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Potential competitors should note that Mind BLMK has been deemed satisfactorily fulfilling the criteria of an existing contract.

The notice in full

Crisis Cafe & Crisis alternative support for Adults in MK with mental health needs that may be facing a mental health crisis.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    Crisis Cafe & Crisis alternative support for Adults in MK with mental health needs that may be facing a mental health crisis.

    The ICB is intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS681,600.

    The dates between which the service is intended to be provided are 1.4.26 - 31.3.28.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Mind Blmk
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Award Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
SME

Values

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
052835-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-059165
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board is based in Central Bedfordshire. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Town
Stevenage
Postcode
SG17 5TQ
Electoral ward
Shefford
Constituency
Hitchin
Delivery area
Milton Keynes
Region
East of England
Sub-region
Central Bedfordshire
Area
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Address
Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ · East of England · England

Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Mind Blmk
Awardee scale
SME
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about BLMK ICB Crisis Cafe & Peer Support Service

Who won the BLMK ICB Crisis Cafe & Peer Support Service contract?

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Mind Blmk on 12 August 2025.

Who is the buyer for BLMK ICB Crisis Cafe & Peer Support Service?

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, based in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

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