Awarded· 15 Dec 2025
Lived Experience Recovery Service (LERS)
Portsmouth City Council · Portsmouth, South East
Portsmouth City Council has awarded Lived Experience Recovery Service (LERS). It is a contract for other health and social care in Portsmouth.
Source: Find a Tender, published 2 Jan 2026. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:06
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 15:28
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About this tender
In brief
Portsmouth City Council has awarded Lived Experience Recovery Service (LERS). It is a contract for other health and social care in Portsmouth. The contract went to Intuitive Thinking Skills. It was awarded on 15 December 2025. The contract value is £1,707,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 2 January 2026. The notice number is 000071-2026. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05f5f1.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process for the "Lived Experience Recovery Service (LERS)" is being managed by Portsmouth City Council and falls under the category of rehabilitation services. This tender was carried out through a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) process, which is governed by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, thus exempt from Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or Procurement Act Regulations 2023.
The contract has been formally awarded on 30th December 2025, with services scheduled from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029, and an option to extend for an additional three years, focusing on areas within Portsmouth (UKJ31). The contract’s value is £1,707,000 and the award process followed a limited procurement method without prior publication of a call for competition.
With a focus on quality, innovation, integration, collaboration, service sustainability, improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice, the contract can leverage growth for small and medium-sized enterprises with strengths in offering lived experience involvement in healthcare. INTUITIVE THINKING SKILLS LTD, identified as the most suitable provider, could pave the way for peer mentoring, advocacy, and recovery support, establishing the groundwork for making Portsmouth an Inclusive Recovery City.
The notice in full
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award.
The intention is to award this contract under the most suitable provider process. The contract is for the provision of Lived Experience Recovery services from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029, with the option to extend for a further 3 years.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process for the provision of lived experience recovery services. This is an existing service awarded to an existing provider, Intuitive Thinking Skills. The aim of the service is to promote and provide lived experience involvement, and co-production, throughout our drug and alcohol treatment system.
The Service will provide both harm reduction and recovery support. It will deliver independent advocacy, peer mentoring, peer support groups, recovery check-ins and training and support for volunteers. The service will be a key delivery partner in making Portsmouth an Inclusive Recovery City.
The lifetime value of the contract is PS1,707,000. The services are to be provided from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029, with the option to extend for a further 3 years.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Intuitive Thinking Skills
- 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
Values
- Contracts value
- £1,707,000
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
- 000071-2026
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f5f1
- CPV code
- 85312500 - Rehabilitation services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Town
- Portsmouth
- Postcode
- PO1 2AL
- Electoral ward
- Charles Dickens
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Delivery area
- Portsmouth
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Portsmouth
- Area
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Portsmouth City Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Portsmouth, PO1 2AL · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Intuitive Thinking Skills
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Lived Experience Recovery Service (LERS)
Who won the Lived Experience Recovery Service (LERS) contract?
Portsmouth City Council awarded the contract to Intuitive Thinking Skills on 15 December 2025.
How much is the Lived Experience Recovery Service (LERS) contract worth?
The contract value is £1,707,000.
Who is the buyer for Lived Experience Recovery Service (LERS)?
Portsmouth City Council, based in Portsmouth, South East.
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