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Lewisham Sanctuary Seeking Wellbeing Service

N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

18 Aug 2025 at 15:03

Award Notice
TenderAmendment

20 Dec 2024 at 16:44

Tender Notice
Tender

12 Dec 2024 at 09:56

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The N E L Commissioning Support Unit is overseeing a procurement process for the 'Lewisham Sanctuary Seeking Wellbeing Service,' located in the Lewisham area, London, within the health and social work services industry category. This project has reached the award stage, with the contract being awarded on the 27th of June 2025 to the British Refugee Council. The service, valued at £180,000 per annum and totalling £360,000 for a 24-month period, focuses on providing culturally sensitive, community-based interventions. The procurement method used was a competitive quotation below the threshold, with tender submissions having been due by the 9th of January 2025, and the contract period running from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2027.

This tender offers substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in providing health and wellbeing services to refugee and resettled communities. Companies with expertise in psychoeducational and psychosocial interventions, particularly those fluent in Arabic, Dari, Pashto, and Ukrainian, would find themselves well-placed to compete for such contracts. Additionally, businesses capable of delivering trauma-informed care and community engagement workshops could contribute significantly to the project's objectives, fostering service integration and helping the Lewisham community better support its diverse population. With a strong focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs), this contract presents a growth opportunity for those aiming to expand in the public sector health services market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Lewisham Sanctuary Seeking Wellbeing Service

Notice Description

South East London ICB is seeking to procure a Sanctuary Seeking Wellbeing Service for the Lewisham borough area. The Lewisham Sanctuary Seeking Wellbeing Service has been funded to provide culturally sensitive community-based interventions, advice and practical support to optimise the ongoing health and wellbeing of Lewisham's resettled population and suitability of services for this community. The key objectives for the service are as follows: * Deliver a series of family-orientated, community-based psychoeducational and psychosocial interventions in four key languages: Arabic, Dari, Pashto and Ukrainian. * Provide trauma-informed and culturally sensitive services. * Deliver community training and education to support those who live and work in Lewisham to better understand the experiences of our resettled community and how to support them to make Lewisham home. * Engage with local services supporting the service user group (e.g. Refugee Council Resettlement Service, Lewisham Council Resettlement Team and Action for Refugees in Lewisham (AFRIL) and Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network (LRMN) who support asylum seekers. * Deliver effective stepped-care for service users and seamless integration into statutory services where and when required. * Develop an offer for children aged between 13-18 years. * Develop an appropriate management system to collect, monitor and report on the activities of the service. * Promote and develop a high level of service awareness amongst eligible service users and associated stakeholders. Please refer to the Service Specification for further information on this service. The contract will have a duration of 2 years (24 months). The funding available for this contract is PS180,000 (excluding VAT) per annum making the total cost of the contract PS360,000. This is a Request for Quotation exercise, interested organisations must submit a duly completed RfQ bid responses for this project via Atamis e-tendering portal. Bidders needs to register on Atamis if they are not registered already. This can be done by clicking the below link. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome For advice or support in registering please contact the Atamis helpdesk: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk Once registered, you can acces the RfQ and submit your response by clicking the following link to this specific project: Atamis contract reference: C324725 https://atamis-1928.lightning.force.com/lightning/r/ProSpend__Proc_Contract__c/a07Sr00000M0qKUIAZ/view Please note that any RfQ submissions by any other means will not be considered. The deadline for submission is 17:00 on 09 January 2025. Any RfQ submissions received after this deadline will not be considered. Please refer to the RfQ Guidance Document for further information and guidance on the Request for Quotation. Additional information: The proposed service is as follows: * Community Wellbeing Workshops: will provide our resettled and refugee populations with opportunities to learn more about their wellbeing and mental health, explore the services available to them in the borough and support one another to nurture and maintain their wellbeing * 1:1 Wellbeing Workshops: will offer time-limited psychosocial support and counselling to those within our resettled and refugee population who seek to explore issues related to their mental health outside of statutory services. These workshops will be culturally specific and those who deliver them should be fluent in the native tongue of those participating. * Community Engagement Workshops: will promote awareness and understanding of the experiences of our resettled and refugee population, available befriender programmes and culturally sensitive ways to support them as they move through their period of resettlement.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-cc8e70b0-bff8-4f57-bf30-974eac993ad6
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/22689793-de0c-4cce-a8f4-44307a9350d6
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Competitive quotation (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£360,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£360,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
16 Jan 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
26 Jun 20258 months ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E15 1DA
Post Town
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Newham
Electoral Ward
Stratford
Westminster Constituency
Stratford and Bow

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL

Further Information

Notice Documents

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