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Integrated Children's Occupational Therapy Service

London Borough of Hackney

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31 Jul 2026 at 14:51

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Hackney is procuring an integrated children’s occupational therapy service, a community health service delivered across Hackney. The service will help children participate in everyday activities, including self-care, writing, learning, productive occupations, play and leisure. It will support children with illnesses and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), while giving parents, carers and professionals the tools and knowledge to support them. The requirement also includes occupational therapists for Hackney’s Experts at Hand team, working across the Virtual School and Disabled Children’s Service. The service is intended to help mainstream education settings respond more effectively to the needs of children and young people with SEND.

The process has reached tender: the buyer invited offers through a one-stage open procedure. Bidders must first complete and pass a Procurement Specific Questionnaire, including exclusion-ground checks, before their tenders are evaluated. The tender deadline was 6 September 2026 at 17:00, with evaluation and public bid opening scheduled from that time. The contract is expected to run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032, comprising an initial three-year term and two possible one-year extensions. The total estimated value is £4,766,122 including the single lot. Evaluation is weighted 70% quality and 30% price. Submissions must be electronic, in English, and variants are not allowed. The procurement is governed by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

This opportunity suits occupational therapy providers with experience supporting children to develop independence and participate in everyday activities, including self-care, learning, writing, play and leisure. Relevant capability includes working with children affected by illness or SEND, and providing practical advice and tools to parents, carers and professionals. Suppliers should be able to provide occupational therapists within an Experts at Hand team and work effectively across a virtual school, a disabled children’s service and mainstream education settings. Experience of improving education settings’ ability to meet children’s health and SEND needs would be particularly relevant. The requirement is suited to providers able to deliver an integrated community-based service for children, families, education professionals and wider support teams across Hackney.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Integrated Children's Occupational Therapy Service

Notice Description

Delivering interventions that support children take part in everyday activities; ensuring they can care for themselves, undertake productive occupations (e.g., writing, learning), play, and have fun. The service will also equip parents/carers, and professionals with the tools and knowledge to support children with illnesses or Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This provision will work across Hackney's Virtual School and Disabled Children's Service. This contract will include the provision of Occupational Therapists as part of the Hackney Experts at Hand team, in line with requirements related to the Department for Education's Experts at Hand initiative. This initiative is seeking to improve the capability of mainstream education settings to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND more effectively, by providing a new route to access expert advice and support from health professionals. The contract start date is expected to be 1st April 2027 with an initial term of 3 years, and two extension options each of a year; for a total possible contract length of 5 years.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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. This tender is a one stage procurement with the following discrete steps: 1) A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (including checking Exclusion Grounds). 2) Suppliers will need to pass the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, detailed above, in order to have their tender evaluated. 3) Evaluation of all tenders which pass the Procurement Specific Questionnaire. The award criteria have been weighted 70% Quality and 30% Price. Full details of the award criteria and bidding process are listed in the Invitation to tender. This opportunity closes to submissions on 6th September 2026 at 17:00.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d906
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072790-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85323000 - Community health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£4,766,122 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£4,766,122 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
6 Sep 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
London Borough of Hackney
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HACKNEY
Postcode
E8 1DY
Postcode Area
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Delivery Location
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Local Authority
Hackney
Electoral Ward
Hackney Central
Westminster Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch

Further Information

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