Awarded· 30 Mar 2021
Learning disability and autism programme
NHS England · Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber
NHS England has awarded Learning disability and autism programme. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Leeds.
Source: Find a Tender, published 3 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2021
Contract awarded
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:26
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS England has awarded Learning disability and autism programme. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Leeds. The contract went to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. It was awarded on 30 March 2021. The contract value is £6,100,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 3 March 2025. The notice number is 007620-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e8e1.
Summary of the contracting process
NHS England has finalised the contracting process for the "Learning disability and autism programme" within the health services industry. This programme, designed to enhance clinical skills and resources for NHS-led provider collaboratives, addresses the needs of autistic individuals and those with learning disabilities.
The contract has been directly awarded to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust due to the specialised HOPES clinical model they possess, which is critical for this 3-year project. The procurement process was conducted under a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, with the contract having been signed on 31st March 2021. The programme will be implemented on a national scale across the United Kingdom.
The unique nature of the HOPES model and its implementation across NHS provider collaboratives suggests that innovative healthcare solutions and collaboration with NHS organisations can play a pivotal role in ensuring the programme's success and scaling similar models nationally.
The notice in full
This is a direct award to Merseycare Foundation Trust to allow for the delivery of the HOPES model. This is a clinical model for patients with complex needs and is exclusive to Merseycare, who will share their model with NHS organisations and they are ready to deliver at scale.
This is a 3 year project for Merseycare delivery and secondment costs for staff across provider collaboratives, and a specific trauma focussed approach to working with families (family trauma model).
This programme will address the lack of clinical skills and resource across NHS led provider collaboratives to work with autistic individuals and individuals with a learning disability who are segregated in NHS funded mental health inpatient provision.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
STA - Single Source (Reg 32)
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Learning Disability and Autism Support
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £6,100,000
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
- 007620-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e8e1
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Town
- Leeds
- Postcode
- LS1 4AP
- Electoral ward
- Hunslet & Riverside
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Sub-region
- Leeds
- Area
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS England
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Natalie Rush
- Address
- Leeds, LS1 4AP · Yorkshire and the Humber · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Learning disability and autism programme
Who won the Learning disability and autism programme contract?
NHS England awarded the contract to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust on 30 March 2021.
How much is the Learning disability and autism programme contract worth?
The contract value is £6,100,000.
Who is the buyer for Learning disability and autism programme?
NHS England, based in Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber. The named contact is Natalie Rush.
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