Awarded· 17 Dec 2024
Children and Young People's LLR Keyworker Programme
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb · Blaby, East Midlands
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb has awarded Children and Young People's LLR Keyworker Programme. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Blaby.
Source: Find a Tender, published 13 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Barnardo's
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:30
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 15:32
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb has awarded Children and Young People's LLR Keyworker Programme. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Blaby. The contract went to Barnardo's. It was awarded on 17 December 2024. The contract value is £790,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 13 June 2025. The notice number is 032398-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e20d.
Summary of the contracting process
The public procurement process for the "Children and Young People's LLR Keyworker Programme" is being managed by NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB, located in Leicester, United Kingdom. This contract falls under the industry category of health and social work services, as indicated by its CPV classification 85000000. The scope involves providing services from 1st April 2025 to 30th March 2027.
The procurement method used is a limited direct award under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), not subject to the Procurement Act 2023 or the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement stage is at the award phase, with Barnardo's being the selected supplier for this programme, following an assessment for quality, value, integration, and social value. The total contract value is £790,000.
The tender supports strategic objectives such as cost-effective service delivery and reducing healthcare demand by enabling community-based interventions.
The notice in full
The Children and Young People's Keyworker Programme is a NHS England and NHS Improvement initiative to provide keyworkers to support autistic children and young people (CYP) and those with learning disabilities to leave mental health hospitals and access suitable support in communities.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The service aims to ensure CYP with LD/ASD at potential risk of admission and in mental health hospitals receive timely, appropriate, personalised, integrated support. This includes the implementation of Care, Education and Treatment Review (CETR) recommendations, and targeting CYP on the Dynamic Support Register including those with complex needs, those at risk of harm, and those with adverse childhood experiences.
Keyworkers work across the system with and for families and CYP, capitalising on cross-system knowledge and experience to help families effectively navigate services. Keyworking practice is delivered in line with evidence-based approaches to working with this cohort of CYP and families, including Reciprocity, Trauma-Informed Practice, CBT/DBT, empathy, self-confidence and self-awareness, coping mechanisms, targeted intervention, resilience, emotional intelligence, solution-focused, mindfulness and Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) therapy.
The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C, where the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract, and the contract is not changing considerably, and the test for considerable change is not met. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS790,000.
The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01/04/2025 to 31/03/2027.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Learning Disability and Autism Support
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Barnardo's
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Buyer's portal
- Atamis
Values
- Contracts value
- £790,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 032398-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e20d
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Blaby
- Town
- Leicester
- Postcode
- LE3 8TB
- Electoral ward
- Glenfield Faire
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Delivery area
- Leicester, TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- Leicestershire CC and Rutland
- Area
- Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Paulo Sousa-Cabral
- Address
- Leicester, LE3 8TB · East Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Barnardo's
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Children and Young People's LLR Keyworker Programme
Who won the Children and Young People's LLR Keyworker Programme contract?
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb awarded the contract to Barnardo's on 17 December 2024.
How much is the Children and Young People's LLR Keyworker Programme contract worth?
The contract value is £790,000.
Who is the buyer for Children and Young People's LLR Keyworker Programme?
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb, based in Blaby, East Midlands. The named contact is Paulo Sousa-Cabral.
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