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North Central London ICB Mental Health Employment Support (Individual Placement & Support, Information Advice and Guidance, and Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies)

NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

03 Sep 2026 at 14:22

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Tender

23 Jul 2025 at 16:35

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board commissioned a lead provider for mental health employment support services in North Central London. The requirement covers Individual Placement and Support, Information, Advice and Guidance, and Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies. The lead provider is contractually responsible for overseeing delivery, including services delivered by subcontractors, and for ensuring fidelity to approved models such as IPS and Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies. This is a specialist employment-support and recruitment-services requirement, with delivery across the NHS North Central London area. The appointed provider must coordinate its own provision and subcontracted activity as one service, supporting people with mental health needs into work and sustained employment.

The procurement is complete and was run as an above-threshold open procedure under the light-touch regime. It had one lot, evaluated on quality and innovation (55%), deliverability (30%) and social value (15%). The tender deadline was 12 September 2025 at 4pm, following an enquiry deadline of 15 August 2025 at 4pm; the award period ended on 26 November 2025. Hestia Housing and Support was awarded the contract and the contract was signed on 1 April 2026. The awarded value is £16,244,473 excluding VAT, or £19,493,368 including VAT. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029, with an Authority option to extend by two years, to 31 March 2031.

This opportunity indicates established NHS demand for integrated employment support linked to mental health services, with a lead-provider model that requires oversight of subcontractors and consistent delivery against approved approaches. Relevant competitors would need credible experience in Individual Placement and Support, employment advice, information and guidance, employer engagement, referral management and supporting people into paid work. They would also need systems for measuring referral response and appointment access, user experience, fidelity and quality assurance, co-production, recovery outcomes, job outcomes and sustained employment. The requirement favours organisations able to manage NHS-facing delivery at substantial scale, build and supervise an adviser workforce, maintain accurate outcome tracking for employed and unemployed clients, and demonstrate strong social value alongside service quality, innovation and dependable delivery.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

North Central London ICB Mental Health Employment Support (Individual Placement & Support, Information Advice and Guidance, and Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies)

Notice Description

NHS North Central London ICB Commissioned a Lead Provider who will have contractual responsibility for, and oversee the delivery of services, including both their own provision and those delivered by subcontractors, ensuring fidelity to approved models such as IPS and EA in TT.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: 3 Year contact with the option to extend for an additional 2 years.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0564de
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083515-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79600000 - Recruitment services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£16,244,473 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£16,244,473 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£16,244,473 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
12 Sep 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
N1 1TH
Postcode Area
North London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI43 Haringey and Islington
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Islington
Electoral Ward
Laycock
Westminster Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Hestia Housing and Support

Further Information

Notice Documents

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