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
2025
Contract awarded
First Steps Ed
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 16:54
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Tender notice updated
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Tender notice updated
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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)
- 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.
Key facts
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
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
- Phone
- +44 1216110106
- Address
- Leicester, LE3 8TB · East Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- First Steps Ed
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
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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