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Mental Health Community Inclusion & Recovery Services

Peterborough City Council

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

28 Jul 2026 at 09:47

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

19 Mar 2026 at 11:08

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

03 Feb 2026 at 11:59

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

29 Aug 2025 at 15:48

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Peterborough City Council procured community mental health inclusion and recovery services, classified as welfare services delivered outside residential institutions. The service is designed for people living with mental health needs, providing early intervention and prevention support across all levels of need. Activities include peer support, light-touch information, advice and guidance, meaningful community engagement, relationship-building and help to maintain recovery. The wider purpose is to prevent lower-level needs such as anxiety and depression escalating to intensive secondary mental health services, and to prevent, reduce or delay adult social care needs for people with severe and enduring conditions. Delivery is focused on Peterborough, with the wider service geography covering Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. The buying organisation is Peterborough City Council.

This procurement has reached the award stage. It used a single-lot open procedure, with tenders assessed first on quality and then on price. Suppliers needed at least 60% on the weighted qualitative assessment before their financial submission was evaluated; the lowest total contract price then received the highest price score. The contract was awarded on 28 July 2026, subject to a standstill period ending 7 August 2026, to Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind Ltd for £620,508.73 excluding VAT, or £744,610.48 including VAT. The contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029, with two discretionary 12-month extensions available to 29 August 2031. Eleven bids were received, with seven reaching the final stage.

This award demonstrates demand for a specialist, community-based mental health service combining early intervention, prevention, peer support, recovery support and accessible information and guidance. A credible future competitor would need the clinical, community and partnership capabilities to support people with varied mental health needs without relying on residential provision, while connecting effectively with secondary mental health and adult social care services. The requirement is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises, so organisations with strong local engagement, lived-experience or peer-support models may be well placed. Providers should also be able to evidence robust service quality, outcomes, safeguarding, referral and partnership arrangements, and the capacity to deliver consistently across Peterborough and the surrounding Cambridgeshire area.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Mental Health Community Inclusion & Recovery Services

Notice Description

Services Agreement for Mental Health Community Inclusion & Recovery Services. The service focuses on early intervention and prevention support for those living with mental health needs. The Mental Health Community Inclusion and Recovery Service will provide opportunities for people with all levels of mental health needs to: * Access peer support * Access light-touch information, advice and guidance * Engage with the community in a meaningful way * Form valuable relationships * Better maintain their recoveries At a system level, the service will: * Prevent lower-level needs (e.g. anxiety and depression being treated in the community) from escalating * Contribute to a reduction in demand on intensive secondary mental health services (e.g. In-patient services or adult locality mental health teams provided by CPFT) * Contribute to the prevention, reduction or delay of adult social care needs for those with severe and enduring mental health conditions (e.g. schizophrenia, personality disorders). This agreement will commence 1st September 2026 with a 3+1+1 Contract Term.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: The Authority reserves the right to modify the contract in specific circumstances, including (but not limited to) modifications relating to Local Government Reform, and modifications to include additional funding from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board. With respect to Local Government Reforms: Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is the process in which the structure and responsibilities of local authorities are reconfigured. The Government has set out plans to move away from the current two-tier system of district and county councils in England, which is relevant to Cambridgeshire County Council, the five district councils in the county (Cambridge City Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, Fenland District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council), and Peterborough City Council as a neighbouring unitary council. Therefore, from 1 April 2028, the current seven councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will be replaced and no longer exist. Rather than dealing with separate county, city and district councils, residents will access all services through a unitary council(s). At this stage, no decisions have been made on how many unitary councils will cover the county and which geographical areas they will cover. Throughout the LGR process, the Authority's focus will remain on delivering essential services across Peterborough. Potential changes may occur during the term of the contract, and although the contract is likely to transfer to any new unitary authorities by statutory instrument or by agreement on LGR, the contract may need to be amended to reflect the new geographical, financial and contract scope. Therefore, to ensure the contract may adapt upon implementation of LGR and modify to reflect the implications of LGR, we state within this procurement documentation of the intention to rely on Section 74(1)(a) and Schedule 8(1) of the Procurement Act 2023 to permit modification of the of the contract (if modification is considered necessary), to reflect new geographical, financial and contract scope accordingly. Please note we cannot precisely confirm any modification, if any, to the geographical, financial and contract scope at this stage, and any proposed modification, if agreed, shall not be implemented until 1 April 2028 at the earliest. Any contract modification shall be in accordance with clause 28 of the contract. With respect to modifications to include additional funding from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board: Throughout the term of this contract, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board may choose to contribute to the Council's provision of this service, which shall increase the contract's annual value and require modification to its scope, albeit the modification shall not change the overall nature of the contract. For example, investment from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board could better enable groups to operate a place for peer support and as a first port of call for information, advice and guidance on mental health. In such circumstances, the Council shall rely on Section 74(1)(a) and Schedule 8, paragraph 1 of the Procurement Act 2023 to accommodate the increase in Contract value in line with the funding amounts given by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board, for the provision of additional services that are deemed to be in-scope of Appendix 1 - Service Specification.

Renewal: The Authority may extend the contract twice, for a period of 12 months per extension at its sole discretion (3+1+1).

Planning Information

Parties interested in responding to this soft market testing exercise should download, complete and upload the SMT document from the ProContract E-Tendering Portal no later than 13/02/2026. Interested parties can express interest and access the documents here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View?advertId=cc93a411-f400-f111-813c-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0590bc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071050-2026
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

85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£653,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£653,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
£620,508 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
20 Apr 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
2 Mar 2026Expired
Award Date
28 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 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
Peterborough City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
PETERBOROUGH
Postcode
PE2 8TY
Postcode Area
Peterborough
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH41 Peterborough
Delivery Location
TLH11 Peterborough, TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
Local Authority
Peterborough
Electoral Ward
Fletton and Stanground
Westminster Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PETERBOROUGH AND SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE (CPSL) MIND LTD

Further Information

Notice Documents

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