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Early Intervention Pathway Mental Health - Clinically Led Digital Support Offer to Children, Young People and Young Adults

NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board procured a children’s and young people’s mental health early-intervention pathway, delivered as a clinically led digital support service. It provides self-guided resources, moderated community content, journalling, live one-to-one practitioner support, safety planning and structured support pathways for children, young people and young adults. The service is for users across Derby and Derbyshire, including Derby, Amber Valley and Erewash, and South Derbyshire. This is a health service intended to provide accessible digital support alongside practitioner-led help, rather than a general technology platform purchase.

The contract was awarded to Soluna by Kooth (Kooth Digital Health Limited) through direct award process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract was signed on 14 September 2026. Its approximate lifetime value is £389,191.50 excluding VAT; the contract value is recorded as £389,192. The service period runs from 1 January 2027 to 31 March 2028. There was one lot, and one bid was recorded. The selection criteria were weighted equally: the assessment considered whether the existing provider was delivering the original contract to a sufficient standard and was likely to do so under the proposed contract; value was also listed as a criterion, with a stated weighting of zero. The service arrangement was not changing considerably.

This award shows demand from the ICB for a clinically led digital mental health pathway that combines self-guided tools and moderated online community content with direct practitioner support, safety planning and structured pathways. Suppliers seeking to compete for a comparable requirement would need to demonstrate that they can deliver this integrated offer to children, young people and young adults across Derby and Derbyshire, with dependable safeguarding and access to live one-to-one support. The decision favoured continuity: the existing provider was judged to be performing sufficiently and likely to continue doing so, while the stated assessment gave equal importance to the key criteria and listed value at zero weighting. A credible future competitor would therefore need evidence of service quality, safe delivery and the capacity to sustain the full pathway, not just a digital resource library.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Early Intervention Pathway Mental Health - Clinically Led Digital Support Offer to Children, Young People and Young Adults

Notice Description

Provides CYP with self-guided resources, moderated community content, journaling, live one-to-one practitioner support, safety planning and structured support pathways.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Description of the services to be provided: Provides CYP with self-guided resources, moderated community content, journaling, live one-to-one practitioner support, safety planning and structured support pathways. The ICB is intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS389,191.50 excluding VAT. The dates between which the service will be provided are 1 January 2027 to 31 March 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fb2e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093001-2026
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
£389,192 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Oct 20265 days 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 Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
DERBY
Postcode
DE1 2FS
Postcode Area
Derby
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF11 Derby
Delivery Location
TLF11 Derby, TLF12 East Derbyshire, TLF13 South and West Derbyshire
Local Authority
Derby
Electoral Ward
Darley
Westminster Constituency
Derby South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Soluna by Kooth (Kooth Digital Health Limited)

Further Information

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