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Awarded· 18 Feb 2025

Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb · Blaby, East Midlands

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb has awarded Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Blaby.

Source: Find a Tender, published 17 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    First Steps Ed

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 16:54

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  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 11:03

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  4. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 14:44

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb has awarded Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Blaby. The contract went to First Steps Ed. It was awarded on 18 February 2025. The contract value is £1,000,000.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 17 November 2025. The notice number is 074438-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04eb3a.

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB has completed the procurement process for the "Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service" under the Health Services industry category. The awarded contract will see the services delivered between 1st October 2025 to 30th September 2027, with a possible extension until 2029, across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.

This tender was conducted under the Provider Selection Regime, which falls outside the traditional public contracts regulations, focusing on selecting the most suitable provider without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract, valued at £1 million over the potential four-year period, was awarded on 22nd September 2025, with an annual value of £250k.

SMEs like First Steps ED, the awarded supplier, demonstrate the viability for smaller enterprises to effectively deliver high-quality, innovative healthcare services that adhere to regulatory guidelines and local needs.

The notice in full

The aim of the service is to provide assessment and intervention to children and young people for mild to moderate eating disorders and disordered eating behaviours via a range of evidence-based therapies, guided self help, peer and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    The aim of the service is to provide assessment and intervention to children's and young people for mild to moderate eating disorders and disordered eating behaviours via a range of evidence-based therapies, guided self-help, peer and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis.

    The ICB requires a single provider who will work in an integrated way with the local CAMHS Eating Disorder Service to deliver an early intervention eating disorder service.The following are features of the MSP assessment: - Provider to be locally based with the ability to deliver the service to patients within Leicester,

    Leicestershire and Rutland. - Deliver services in line with NICE guidance and have the ability to develop and deliver innovation within eating disorder pathways. - Signed up to Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) data submissions or can be ready to ahead of contract start. - Able to provide virtual and telephony services alongside face to face services within Leicester,

    Leicestershire and Rutland. - Health inequalities: ability to tailor support services to meet the specific needs of minority groups and ensure that pathways remain accessible, are culturally sensitive and inclusive for all individuals. - Provider staff are experienced and have received training, supervision and are able to deliver CBT-E and CBT-T support. This notice is an Intention to Award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider process.

    The estimated value of the contract is PS1,000,000 for a duration of 2 years with the option of extending for up to 2 years - the expected annual value is PS250k (including of VAT) and therefore the total value is PS1m is across the whole possible 2+2 year term.

    The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01/10/2025 to 30/09/2027, plus an optional extension period 1/10/27 - 30/9/29. This is a new service with an existing provider.

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Children and Young People's Social Care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
First Steps Ed
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
£1,000,000

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
074438-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eb3a
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb is based in Blaby. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
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
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb
Category
Services
Phone
+44 1216110106
Address
Leicester, LE3 8TB · East Midlands · England

Not stated in the notice: contact.

Call +44 1216110106

Awarded supplier

Supplier
First Steps Ed
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 Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service

Who won the Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service contract?

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb awarded the contract to First Steps Ed on 18 February 2025.

How much is the Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service contract worth?

The contract value is £1,000,000.

Who is the buyer for Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service?

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Icb, based in Blaby, East Midlands.

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