Awarded· 17 Sept 2025
Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board · Eastleigh, South East
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has awarded Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Eastleigh.
Source: Find a Tender, published 24 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Southmead Development Trust
2025
Contract starts
2025
Award notice published
UK7 - Contract Details Notice · 06:51
View noticeNext
2028
Contract ends
3 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has awarded Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Eastleigh. The contract went to Southmead Development Trust. It was awarded on 17 September 2025. The contract value is £397,750. The contract runs from 17 September 2025 to 17 September 2028. It lasts 3 years.
It is run as a below threshold - limited competition. Find a Tender published it on 24 October 2025. The notice number is 068012-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05d2ed.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has recently completed a procurement process for an Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol. This service, focusing on early intervention for children and young people, includes specialist support via a CYP link worker, one-on-one support for families, and wellbeing programmes in schools.
The contract was awarded through a limited competition, adhering to the Light Touch Regime under the Procurement Act 2023, and resulted in a partnership with Southmead Development Trust. The initial award date was 18th September 2025, with a contract period spanning three years and an optional extension of two years, bringing the potential total contract value to £397,750.
The industry fall under the Health and Social Work services category and will operate primarily within the UKK11 region of the United Kingdom.
The notice in full
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has commissioned an early intervention wellbeing service for Children and Young People (CYP), experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, Emotionally Based School Avoidance. This encompasses: *hosting a specialist CYP link worker
- offering 1:1 support to CYP and their families
- delivering wellbeing group programmes, responsive to need in schools, based around themes of physical activity, nature, art and emotional resilience. *leading, managing and overseeing the project.
A Prior Information Notice was published on the 16th of December 2024, ref 2024/S 000-040488. Which resulted in 13 responses.
A Request for Quote (RFQ) process was carried out inviting the 13 bidders to participate in accordance with the requirements of a Below Threshold contract (Light Touch Regime) pursuant to section 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 ('the Act'), since the contract is a Health and Social Care service and below the threshold of a Light touch contract. Following the RFQ process, the contract was awarded to Southmead Development Trust.
The total value of the contract is PS238,630 over the initial 3 year term, and there is an optional 2 year extension, thereby bringing the maximum contract value to PS397,750 if the extension period is utilised.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Children and Young People's Social Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 17 Sep 2025 to 17 Sep 2028 (3 years)
- Awarded to
- Southmead Development Trust
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £397,750
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 068012-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d2ed
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Eastleigh
- Town
- Bristol
- Postcode
- BS1 6AG
- Electoral ward
- Eastleigh Central
- Constituency
- Eastleigh
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- South Hampshire
- Area
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Bristol, BS1 6AG · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Southmead Development Trust
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol
Who won the Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol contract?
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Southmead Development Trust on 17 September 2025. It is due to end on 17 September 2028, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol contract worth?
The contract value is £397,750. The contract runs from 17 September 2025 to 17 September 2028 (3 years).
Who is the buyer for Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol?
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board, based in Eastleigh, South East.
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