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title: "Chestnut Nursery (formerly Sheltered Work Opportunities) Support into Employment"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ebc6"
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buyer: "Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council"
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# Chestnut Nursery (formerly Sheltered Work Opportunities) Support into Employment

Buyer: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ebc6

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## Summary

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council commissioned Chestnut Nursery, formerly known as Sheltered Work Opportunities, to provide specialist support into employment. The service is for people recovering from mental health conditions who benefit from rehabilitation through therapeutic horticulture. It combines horticultural activity with support intended to help participants move towards employment. This is a health and social care service, classified under CPV 85000000, delivered in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council’s area. The council is the buying organisation and public authority responsible for the procurement. The requirement was arranged as a single service lot. It is relevant to organisations that deliver employment support, mental health rehabilitation, therapeutic horticulture, supported work opportunities or closely related health and social care services.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to PLANTS AND MINDS. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition, under the light-touch regime. The contract was signed on 25 March 2026 and runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029. Its value is £42,255 gross. The award is active and the contract is active. The procurement covered one lot, for the Chestnut Nursery support-into-employment service. The published outcome identifies PLANTS AND MINDS as the selected supplier. No scored evaluation criteria or competitive tendering process are recorded for this award. The contract is below the relevant threshold.

This procurement demonstrates a defined need from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council for specialist support linking mental health recovery, therapeutic horticulture and employment outcomes. A credible future supplier would need the practical ability to run horticultural activities safely and consistently, support people recovering from mental health conditions, and provide rehabilitation that helps participants progress towards employment. Experience across health, social care and supported employment would be directly relevant, particularly where it can be translated into structured therapeutic activity and individual participant support. The selected supplier is a large voluntary, community or social enterprise, indicating that the council has accepted delivery by an organisation with substantial capacity and a social-purpose operating model. Providers considering this requirement should be able to evidence both specialist capability and organisational scale.

## Notice

Specialist service for people recovering from mental health who benefit from the rehabilitation through therapeutic horticulture.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080936-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £42,255 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council |
| Locality | BOURNEMOUTH |
| Postcode area | Bournemouth |
| Postcode | BH2 6DY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset |
| ITL 3 | TLK63 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Local authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Electoral ward | Bournemouth Central |
| Westminster constituency | Bournemouth West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PLANTS AND MINDS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 25 Aug 2026 at 15:39 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080936-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080936-2026
  25th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.plantsandminds.org.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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