{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-06658e-2026-05-05T16:40:40+01:00", "date": "2026-05-05T16:40:40+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06658e", "initiationType": "tender", "parties": [ { "id": "GB-PPON-PMQG-9965-CHZR", "name": "Department of Health & Social Care", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PMQG-9965-CHZR" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "39 Victoria Street", "locality": "London", "postalCode": "SW1H 0EU", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKI32" }, "contactPoint": { "name": "Victoria McLaren", "email": "victoria.mclaren@dhsc.gov.uk" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care", "classifications": [ { "id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment", "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE", "description": "Public authority - central government" } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-PPON-PMQG-9965-CHZR", "name": "Department of Health & Social Care" }, "planning": { "milestones": [ { "id": "engagement", "type": "engagement", "description": "The Department of Health and Social Care has now completed its preliminary market engagement phase and, through this notice, is publishing a consolidated document containing all supplier queries received during the PME, together with the corresponding official responses and the event presentation. In addition, and to support collaboration, DHSC is facilitating networking opportunities for suppliers who are interested in forming partnerships to deliver this service. Suppliers may submit their details via a dedicated Microsoft Form, which will remain open until 24 April 2026 7pm. The form is available via the PME Q&A document that can be found in Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome using the contract number or by clicking the following link https://forms.office.com/e/xtYgn8DSHm Details submitted via the form will be collated to support partnership-building and, once the tender is launched (scheduled for 27 April 2026), will be shared with suppliers on request ONLY. This notice does not represent a call for competition; it is issued solely to publish the questions and answers arising from the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME), which has now concluded.", "dueDate": "2026-04-24T23:59:59+01:00", "status": "scheduled" } ], "documents": [ { "id": "020989-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020989-2026", "datePublished": "2026-03-09T15:16:57Z", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "025049-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025049-2026", "datePublished": "2026-03-19T11:00:17Z", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "026685-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026685-2026", "datePublished": "2026-03-24T11:11:22Z", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "027230-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027230-2026", "datePublished": "2026-03-25T11:21:36Z", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "034633-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034633-2026", "datePublished": "2026-04-16T12:17:33+01:00", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "035310-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035310-2026", "datePublished": "2026-04-17T15:26:35+01:00", "format": "text/html" } ] }, "tender": { "id": "C428761", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "MH Act Code of Practice - Lived Experience Advisory Groups 2026", "description": "The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking suppliers to deliver a programme of engagement with people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice. This includes recruiting a diverse cohort of participants, co-producing engagement methods, delivering structured and ad hoc engagement activities, safeguarding participant wellbeing, and providing high-quality report that include summary of engagement, feedback and views. The service is divided into 4 different lots. Values are exclusive of VAT: Lot 1: Group 1 - General lived experience PS89,000 plus option PS20,000 total PS109,000 Lot 2: Group 2 - Children and young people PS50,500 plus option PS20,000 total PS70,500 Lot 3: Group 3 - People with a learning disability and autistic people PS101,500 plus option PS20,000 total PS121,500 Lot 4: Group 4 - Ethnic minority and racialised communities PS62,500 plus option PS20,000, total PS82,500 Estimated value of contracts (all lots) PS303,500+ options PS80,000 total PS383,500 excluding vat. The option relates to the possibility to add additional hours of engagement if needed. Term of the contract: An initial term of twenty-one (21) months, with the option to extend for one or more further periods up to a maximum of six (6) months. 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We do not anticipate that we will use the full optional scope value in all of the Lots." } }, { "id": "Lot 2", "title": "Group 2 - Children and young people", "description": "programme of engagement with children and young people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice", "status": "active", "value": { "amountGross": 84600, "amount": 70500, "currency": "GBP" }, "awardCriteria": { "weightingDescription": "The tenders will be evaluated on a 100% quality (award criteria) and then it will follow a price per quality point assessment.", "criteria": [ { "type": "quality", "name": "Quality", "description": "The Tender has a total of 5 questions per lot. Two of the questions are lot specific and the rest apply to all lots." } ] }, "selectionCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "type": "economic", "description": "Financial Standing Human Resourcing Capacity" }, { "type": "technical", "description": "Cyber Security" } ] }, "suitability": { "sme": true, "vcse": true }, "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2026-07-13T00:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2028-01-12T23:59:59Z", "maxExtentDate": "2028-07-12T23:59:59+01:00" }, "hasRenewal": true, "renewal": { "description": "the option to extend for one or more further periods up to a maximum of six (6) months." }, "hasOptions": true, "options": { "description": "It is not possible at this stage to predict how many additional engagement hours will be required for each Lot. DHSC has a total maximum budget of PS39,000 for additional hours across all Lots. For contractual purposes only, and to allow for the full range of potential optional spend, DHSC has assumed a notional maximum of PS20,000 per Lot for additional hours. We do not anticipate that we will use the full optional scope value in all of the Lots." } }, { "id": "Lot 3", "title": "Group 3 - People with a learning disability and autistic people", "description": "programme of engagement with people with learning disability and autistic people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice", "status": "active", "value": { "amountGross": 145800, "amount": 121500, "currency": "GBP" }, "awardCriteria": { "weightingDescription": "The tenders will be evaluated on a 100% quality (award criteria) and then it will follow a price per quality point assessment.", "criteria": [ { "type": "quality", "name": "Quality", "description": "The Tender has a total of 5 questions per lot. Two of the questions are lot specific and the rest apply to all lots." } ] }, "selectionCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "type": "economic", "description": "Financial Standing Human Resourcing Capacity" }, { "type": "technical", "description": "Cyber Security" } ] }, "suitability": { "sme": true, "vcse": true }, "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2026-07-13T00:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2028-01-12T23:59:59Z", "maxExtentDate": "2028-07-12T23:59:59+01:00" }, "hasRenewal": true, "renewal": { "description": "the option to extend for one or more further periods up to a maximum of six (6) months." }, "hasOptions": true, "options": { "description": "It is not possible at this stage to predict how many additional engagement hours will be required for each Lot. DHSC has a total maximum budget of PS39,000 for additional hours across all Lots. For contractual purposes only, and to allow for the full range of potential optional spend, DHSC has assumed a notional maximum of PS20,000 per Lot for additional hours. We do not anticipate that we will use the full optional scope value in all of the Lots." } }, { "id": "Lot 4", "title": "Group 4 - Ethnic minority and racialised communities", "description": "programme of engagement with ethnic minority and racialised communities who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice", "status": "active", "value": { "amountGross": 99000, "amount": 82500, "currency": "GBP" }, "awardCriteria": { "weightingDescription": "The tenders will be evaluated on a 100% quality (award criteria) and then it will follow a price per quality point assessment.", "criteria": [ { "type": "quality", "name": "Quality", "description": "The Tender has a total of 5 questions per lot. 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For contractual purposes only, and to allow for the full range of potential optional spend, DHSC has assumed a notional maximum of PS20,000 per Lot for additional hours. We do not anticipate that we will use the full optional scope value in all of the Lots." } } ], "communication": { "futureNoticeDate": "2026-04-27T23:59:59+01:00" }, "status": "active", "amendments": [ { "id": "025049-2026", "description": "To extend the submission deadline time for the PME questionnaire" }, { "id": "026685-2026", "description": "there is a discrepancy in the tender ad. It says 12 months +6 months extension which is what we originally thought but should read 21 months total, From July 2026 to March 2028" }, { "id": "027230-2026", "description": "there is a discrepancy in the tender ad. It says 12 months +6 months extension which is what we originally thought but should read 21 months total, From July 2026 to March 2028" }, { "id": "035310-2026", "description": "date incorrect in text updated to reflect correct date 27th April 2026" } ], "procurementMethod": "open", "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure", "submissionMethodDetails": "The opportunity will be available on the Health Family Atamis eTendering System. You must be registered to have full access to all documents. Select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so. Registration is free of charge. You can search for the project by using the contract reference. Once you have found the Opportunity, press the 'Register Interest' button to register your interest. This will make the project to appear on 'My proposals and quotes'. From there you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond, if you decide not to participate in the opportunity. For full details on the instruction to tender and terms of participations please refer to the Invitation to Tender document.", "submissionTerms": { "electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed", "languages": [ "en" ] }, "tenderPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-06-01T12:00:00+01:00" }, "enquiryPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-05-19T12:00:00+01:00" }, "awardPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-06-25T23:59:59+01:00" }, "lotDetails": { "maximumLotsAwardedPerSupplier": 2, "awardCriteriaDetails": "Suppliers may submit a Tender for one, multiple, or all Lots. However, no Supplier will normally be awarded more than two (2) Lots. A Supplier that has already been awarded two Lots may only be awarded an additional Lot where: a) that Lot has not received any other compliant and suitable Tenders, and b) the Supplier has submitted a compliant Tender for that Lot. The maximum award of two Lots applies where an organisation: a) is the Lead Bidder, and/or b) is named as a subcontractor or delivery partner that will deliver more than 20% of the total contract value for any Lot. Where, at the point of award, awarding a Lot would breach the maximum of two Lots for a Lead Bidder or for a subcontractor/delivery partner delivering more than 20% of the requirement, the affected Tender will be ineligible for award for that Lot. In such circumstances, the Authority will award the Lot to the next highest-scoring compliant Tender for that Lot. Following Tender submission, Bidders will not be permitted to replace or substitute a proposed subcontractor or delivery partner where the Tender has become ineligible for award under paragraph 48. Any such change would constitute a material change to the delivery model. Where a Supplier submits Tenders for more than two Lots, the Supplier must rank the Lots in order of preference. If a Supplier is otherwise successful on more than two Lots, awards will be made in accordance with that stated order of preference." }, "documents": [ { "id": "conflictOfInterest", "documentType": "conflictOfInterest" }, { "id": "041222-2026", "documentType": "tenderNotice", "noticeType": "UK4", "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041222-2026", "datePublished": "2026-05-05T16:40:40+01:00", "format": "text/html" } ] }, "language": "en" }