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Coming up· published 25 Jul 2025

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board Learning Disabilities and Autism Engagement Service - Expressions of Interest

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board · Worcester, West Midlands

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board is planning this contract. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Worcester.

Source: Find a Tender, published 25 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Pipeline notice published

    Planning Notice · 06:56

    View notice
  2. 2025

    Tender notice expected

    Date given in the buyer's earlier notice

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board is planning this contract. It is a contract for learning disability and autism in Worcester. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.

Find a Tender published it on 25 July 2025. The notice number is 042981-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0565f2. Bids are made through the buyer's Atamis portal.

Summary of the contracting process

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is currently in the planning stage for its Learning Disabilities and Autism Engagement Service procurement. This process, beginning with a market engagement, invites expressions of interest by 12th August 2025. The ICB is based in Worcester, UK, and is seeking services related to improving health services for individuals with learning disabilities and autism within Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

The planned engagement service is anticipated to commence on 1st April 2026, with a contract spanning three years and an option to extend for an additional two years, making the total potential contract duration five years. The procurement is valued at approximately £110,000 per annum, with a total contract value of £550,000 for the full period, including the extension.

This initial stage is crucial for gathering feedback and interest to shape the forthcoming procurement process, which is governed by EU Directive 2014/24/EU.

About this tender

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board (the ICB) is seeking initial engagement and feedback from the market to deliver an engagement service on behalf of the ICB for people with lived experience of Learning Disabilities and Autism (LDA). The contract holder would support people who have have lived experience of LDA to engage in the following areas of work, intended to improve health inequalities for people in this population:

  • Admission avoidance to secure hospitals - including attendance at Care Education and Treatment Review (CETR) panels and delivery of CETR training
  • Tackling Health Inequalities for Adults with a Learning Disability - including supporting the ICB's annual health check quality programme, completing quality checks of agreed health settings and attending LDA Programme Board and related partner meetings
  • Learning from the Lives and Deaths of People with a Learning Disability (LeDeR) Programme - providing a lived experience perspective to focused reviews.

This service must capture and involve a broad range of people with lived experience of LDA living in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The service provider should have a physical presence in the area and be able to demonstrate strong engagement with local communities over a number of years, with reach extending into both localities.

This service is expected to commence on 1st April 2026 for three years with an option to extend for an additional two years.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Planned

    The proposed contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to another 2 years at the ICB's discretion. The ICB currently envisages the contract will mobilise from the 1st April 2026. The estimated contract value per annum is PS110,000 (exc VAT).

    The total lifetime value of the contract is PS550,000 (exc VAT) for the 3 year contract including the optional extension period of 2 years. Engagement and co-production with people who have lived experience of Learning Disabilities and Autism (LDA) is a crucial pillar of the ICBs LDA Programme.

    An existing contract through a local provider provides a mechanism for engagement with lived experience partners for the following aspects of the programme outlined in paragraph II.1.4 above. The health of the overall LDA Programme is also dependent on the assurance provided by lived experience partners as part of the LDA governance structure and the LDA Programme Board specifically.

    For further details relating to the aforementioned services, please refer to the draft Service Specification and other attachments in the Documents section at Atamis Project Reference: C377658. This notice has been issued subject to the Procurement Act 2023 to establish market interest in the services here described. It should be noted that this is not a procurement exercise at this stage and participating organisations are responsible for their own costs.

    All details provided by NHS Herefordshire ICB are in draft format, and the ICB reserves the right to change/amend any aspect of its requirement prior to any potential future procurement exercise. Additional information: INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST Interested providers that are suitably qualified and experienced in delivering this proposed contract are requested to respond by 5pm on Tuesday 12th August 2025.

    To express your interest, please register via the Atamis e-sourcing portal at the following hyperlink and submit responses to the questions in the Requirements section: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Please refer to Atamis Project Reference: C377658 The ICB reserves the right to reject expressions of interest that do not come in within this deadline.

    Please note those organisations that have expressed an interest will still be required to register for any future procurement and should not rely on their response to this Expression of Interest. The ICB is not bound to act on any information generated from the questionnaire, and participation does not automatically guarantee any standing with regards to any future procurement process adopted by the ICB.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Learning Disability and Autism Support
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
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Procedure

Notice type
Planning Notice
Current stage
Planning
Stages so far
Planning
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Buyer's portal
Atamis

Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.

Values

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Planned
Lots
Planned

Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.

References

Find a Tender notice
042981-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0565f2
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board is based in Worcester. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Worcester
Town
Worcester
Postcode
WR3 7NS
Electoral ward
Claines
Constituency
Worcester
Delivery area
Herefordshire, County of, TLG12 Worcestershire CC
Region
West Midlands
Sub-region
Worcestershire CC
Area
Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Country
England
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Buyer

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Lyle Lloyd, MCIPS, Senior Procurement Officer
Address
Worcester, WR3 7NS · West Midlands · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about this tender

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NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board, based in Worcester, West Midlands. The named contact is Lyle Lloyd, MCIPS, Senior Procurement Officer.

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