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Behavioural Intensive Community Support

NHS NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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23 Jul 2026 at 15:10

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03 Jul 2026 at 15:54

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board procured a Behavioural Intensive Community Support service for children and young people with a learning disability and/or autism. The service provides intensive behavioural support across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, including Bassetlaw, and is classified as a health service. It is a specialist community-based healthcare requirement for providers supporting young people and their families in these areas. The buyer is the NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board, based in Nottingham. The requirement covers the whole service rather than separate geographical or specialist packages, with delivery across the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire area. It is relevant to organisations experienced in behavioural support, learning disability and autism services for children and young people, particularly those able to operate across multiple local communities.

The contract was formally awarded under the Provider Selection Regime using direct award process C, without prior publication of a competition. Positive Support Group Limited (PSG) was selected as the supplier, and the contract was signed on 8 June 2026. The approximate lifetime contract value is £938,620. Services are intended to run from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028. The procurement used equal weighting for the key criteria: quality, assessing whether the existing provider was meeting the original contract and likely to meet the proposed contract to a sufficient standard, and value. Quality carried 100% importance and cost carried 0%. The award followed a single-provider process, with one bid recorded. The contract is active.

This award shows sustained NHS demand for intensive behavioural community support for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism in Nottinghamshire. A credible future competitor would need specialist clinical and behavioural-support capability, experience working with children and young people, and the ability to support people with complex needs in community settings. Providers should be able to demonstrate safe, consistent delivery across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Bassetlaw, with suitable staffing, governance and referral-management arrangements. The evaluation placed decisive emphasis on service quality and confidence that the provider could meet the required standard, rather than on price. Organisations with established outcomes, experienced practitioners, strong safeguarding and partnership-working arrangements, and capacity to provide responsive intensive support across the area would be well placed when this requirement is next considered.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Behavioural Intensive Community Support

Notice Description

Behavioural Intensive Community Support (BICS) service for Children and Young People (CYP) with a Learning Disability and/or Autism across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (including Bassetlaw)

Lot Information

Lot 1

Description of the services to be provided: Behavioural Intensive Community Support (BICS) service for Children and Young People (CYP) with a Learning Disability and/or Autism across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (including Bassetlaw) The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS938, 620 The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028.

Options: In line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023

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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight on 15 July 2026. 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-06c3c4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069836-2026
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
£938,620 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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 NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NOTTINGHAM
Postcode
NG5 6DA
Postcode Area
Nottingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF16 South Nottinghamshire
Delivery Location
TLF14 Nottingham, TLF15 North Nottinghamshire, TLF16 South Nottinghamshire
Local Authority
Gedling
Electoral Ward
Daybrook
Westminster Constituency
Gedling

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Positive Support Group Limited (PSG)

Further Information

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