Notice Information
Notice Title
Mental Health Support Teams in Schools Service
Notice Description
The provision of a Mental Health Support Teams in Schools Service across Morecambe Bay.
Lot Information
Lot 1
A Mental Health Support Teams in Schools Service across Morecambe Bay. Mental Health Support Teams provide specific support agreed at a national level, to education settings to support low to moderate mental health. Contract Start Date: 01/09/2025 Contract End Date: 31/08/2028 The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS3,798,000 however the final contract value is still to be finalised. Mental Health School Teams are nationally funded by NHS England. Funding is allocated specifically for the provision of Mental Health School Teams and the funding received by the ICB is passed through directly to the provider for this purpose. Funding is allocated on an annual basis, however National guidance dictates that services should be commissioned as recurrent services. The ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C.
Procurement Information
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 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of the notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 28th February 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e2bd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003899-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,798,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS LANCASHIRE AND SOUTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- lscicb.procurement@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PRESTON
- Postcode
- PR1 8XB
- Post Town
- Preston
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD45 Mid Lancashire
- Delivery Location
- TLD4 Lancashire
-
- Local Authority
- Preston
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Preston
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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