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Lancs & South Cumbria - Children and Young People Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing - Lot 6 Resilience & Prevention (Multi-Lot)

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Published 1 Aug, 2025
Contract Value
Not specified
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Overview

Summary, notice description and lot information

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) has completed its procurement process for the provision of mental health and emotional wellbeing services aimed at children and young people in Lancashire and South Cumbria. This tender, titled "Lancs & South Cumbria - Children and Young People Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing - Lot 6 Resilience & Prevention," was conducted under specific rules, excluding the Provider Selection Regime due to its initiation before 2024. The procurement was organised as a multi-lot competition focusing on health and social work services, with a procurement method classified as "award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition."

The various contracts cover different regions including Blackpool, Lancashire East and Central, Blackburn with Darwen, and South Cumbria. The process involved several key dates, including the notice publication in March 2024, and submission deadlines in April 2024, with contracts being signed subsequently by October 2024. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health and social services, particularly those with capabilities in providing mental health support to young people.

Lancashire Mind, IMO Charity, and myHappyMind are examples of successful bidders that demonstrate the varied types of organisations that could benefit from such opportunities, ranging from large-scale organisations to small and medium enterprises. The contracts, with a total value reaching up to £500,000 for all lots over possible two-year terms, offer a platform for providers to establish or expand their services across key regions in the UK. Organisations with innovative approaches to emotional and mental health resilience and prevention services can leverage these contracts for further business growth within the public sector.

Notice Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board(ICB) who were looking to undertaking a multi-lot procurement for the provision of Children & Young People Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Services (Lot 6 Resilience & Prevention) in Lancashire & South Cumbria. The proposed model incorporated one service specification covering the 6 Lancashire and South Cumbria Places/lots. There was a maximum of 6 contracts (for each of the 6 places) totalling PS500,000 for the full contract length, including the optional extension.

Each contract length was for 1 year, with an option to extend for an additional 1 year. Please see below breakdown of lots and full contract values, including 1 year optional extension: Blackpool (Lot 6A) PS65,280 Blackburn with Darwen (Lot 6B) PS68,584 South Cumbria (Lot 6C) PS41,400 Lancs East (Lot 6D) PS124,544 Lancs Central (Lot 6E) PS120,030 Lancs North (Lot 6F) PS80,162 The ICB set an affordability threshold for each lot within the Procurement. Bidders who submitted a bid over the maximum contract values in the procurement documents, would not achieve the score of a pass.

Their bid was to be regarded as non-compliant and be a failed bid and the rest of the bid will be rejected and the scoring questions in each lot were not to be evaluated. This was to be checked during the preliminary stages of the evaluation during the compliance checks. This was not a competition on price.

The ITT was live on Monday 4th March 2024 on the Atamis Portal. The deadline for submissions was Monday 8th April 2024 12:00pm Mid-day. As part of this procurement process, the Authority was intending to identify a maximum of one provider for each of the 6 contracts.

To express interest and participate in the tender, providers were invited to register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal health-family.force.com/s/Welcome The relevant reference number for this tender was C250223 and the questionnaires were located within the requirements.

Lot Information3 Lots
16a - Blackpool, 6d - Lancashire East, 6e - Lancashire Central, 6f - Lancashire North
Cancelled

Lancashire Mind was the successful bidder for 4 sub-lots, covering all 4 places (6a - Blackpool, 6d - Lancashire East, 6e - Lancashire Central, 6f - Lancashire North). NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) previously published a Future Opportunity Notice on 3rd August 2023, advertising an Engagement Event for all lots, involved in the 'Lancashire & South Cumbria - Children & Young People Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Support' procurement. Following this, contract notices were published for: - Lots 1 - 4 on 15th September 2023 - Lot 5 on 16th October 2023 - Lot 6 on 4th March 2024 For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) did not apply to this opportunity (Lot 6), as the ICB had begun the procurement process for these services, before 1 January 2024, under the previous rules, before PSR came into force. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as an agent, for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.

26b - Blackburn with Darwen
Cancelled

IMO Charity was the successful bidder for 1 sub-lot, covering 1 place (6b - Blackburn with Darwen). NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) previously published a Future Opportunity Notice on 3rd August 2023, advertising an Engagement Event for all lots, involved in the 'Lancashire & South Cumbria - Children & Young People Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Support' procurement. Following this, contract notices were published for: - Lots 1 - 4 on 15th September 2023 - Lot 5 on 16th October 2023 - Lot 6 on 4th March 2024 For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) did not apply to this opportunity (Lot 6), as the ICB had begun the procurement process for these services, before 1 January 2024, under the previous rules, before PSR came into force. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as an agent, for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.

36c - South Cumbria
Cancelled

myHappymind was the successful bidder for 1 sub-lot, covering 1 place (6c - South Cumbria). NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) previously published a Future Opportunity Notice on 3rd August 2023, advertising an Engagement Event for all lots, involved in the 'Lancashire & South Cumbria - Children & Young People Emotional Wellbeing & Mental Health Support' procurement. Following this, contract notices were published for: - Lots 1 - 4 on 15th September 2023 - Lot 5 on 16th October 2023 - Lot 6 on 4th March 2024 For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) did not apply to this opportunity (Lot 6), as the ICB had begun the procurement process for these services, before 1 January 2024, under the previous rules, before PSR came into force. Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as an agent, for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.

Procurement Classification

Notice type, method, and CPV codes

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-056b7a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Awardee Scale
Large, SME
Current Stage
Award

Contract Values

Financial information and value estimates

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£500,000

Contract duration information not available.

Key Dates

Publication, submission, and award timeline

Notice Status

Current status of tender, lots, awards, and contracts

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority

Buyer organisation and contact details

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NHS LANCASHIRE & SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (ICB)
Services
Contact Name
Not specified
PRESTON
N/A
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Awarded Supplier

Supplier who was awarded this contract

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Not specifiedAwarded
Large, SME
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Number of Suppliers
3
Awards Value
Not specified

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OCDS RecordID: ocds-h6vhtk-056b7a

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