Notice Information
Notice Title
Mental Health Prevention Services
Notice Description
Liverpool City Council has commissioned a qualified and experienced organisation to deliver a range of Preventative Mental Health Services. This forms part of the Council's transformation in mental health support, focusing on strength-based reablement, improved efficiency and effectiveness, and better outcomes for service users, while helping to reduce demand on statutory services. The service will support adults experiencing mild to moderate symptoms associated with poor mental health or common mental health problems (CMHP), with the aim of preventing, reducing, and delaying the need for access to acute or crisis mental health services. Key features of the Lead Provider Mental Health Prevention Service include: - Single Point of Referral / No Wrong Door approach - Neighbourhood-based services - Scaled-up interventions that work (e.g., Peer Mentoring) with flexibility over the contract term - Expanded volunteering, education, and training opportunities, creating pathways out of services - A menu of interventions offering autonomy, choice, and control to service users based on individual assessment - Robust monitoring and outcome evaluation for continuous improvement The lead provider will work collaboratively with delivery partners to provide a streamlined, responsive, and equitable mental health prevention service, maintaining a comprehensive timetable of interventions and a broad range of preventative services, strongly based on co-production with service users.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Authority may, at its absolute discretion, and subject to additional funding becoming available to the Authority, extend this contract beyond the Initial Term by a further period or periods of up to 2 years.
Planning Information
Liverpool City Council is looking to commission a qualified and experienced organisation to deliver a range of Preventative Mental Health Services. We're excited to be transforming our approach in this area, with a focus on strength-based reablement, improved efficiency and effectiveness, and better outcomes for service users, while also helping to reduce demand on statutory services. As part of this journey, we're hosting a Soft Market Engagement Event to share our plans and hear your thoughts. What to Expect at the Event We'll be covering: • Our current commissioning position and key themes for the future of Mental Health Prevention Services • The outcomes we're aiming to achieve • An overview of the proposed procurement process and timelines This is a great opportunity to hear directly from our Commissioning team, ask questions, and share your feedback. Your input will help us shape the final service model and ensure the procurement process is as smooth and effective as possible. We look forward to hearing your insights and working together to build a stronger preventative mental health offer for Liverpool. Who Should Attend? This event is open to any organisation interested in bidding to deliver Mental Health Prevention statutory services. If this is an area your organisation is passionate about, we'd love to have you join us. Can't Make It? No problem! If you're unable to attend, don't worry - we'll share all the presentation materials after the event. That way, you'll still have access to all the key information. How to Book Your Place To reserve your spot, please email the following details: ~Name of Organisation ~Your Full Name ~Contact Email Address to: Rebecca.Potter@liverpool.gov.uk The deadline for registration is 10:00am on 14th July 2025. After you've booked, we'll send the Microsoft Teams link and confirm your place at the event.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0554f4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000021-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85323000 - Community health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,691,086 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,691,086 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £4,227,715 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Aug 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 16 Dec 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercialprocurement@liverpool.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L3 1DS
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- TLD72 Liverpool
-
- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- Waterfront South
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000021-2026
2nd January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051615-2025
27th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036448-2025
1st July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036440-2025
1st July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035746-2025
27th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035715-2025
27th June 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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