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title: "Partnership Boards Autism and Learning Disability"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077491"
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buyer: "Norfolk County Council"
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# Partnership Boards Autism and Learning Disability

Buyer: Norfolk County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077491

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## Summary

Norfolk County Council commissioned services to support Partnership Boards for autistic people and people with learning disabilities. The boards work collaboratively with members to co-produce refreshed strategies, annual plans and monitoring arrangements, and yearly “You Said, We Did” documents showing progress against the local autism strategy and learning disabilities plan. The requirement is a specialist health and social care support service, including partnership working, service planning, co-production, monitoring and communicating outcomes. Delivery is associated with Norfolk County Council and its local area, with the procurement seeking providers established and embedded in services for autistic and learning disabled people. The selected supplier, ASD Helping Hands, is based in Dereham and is a small voluntary, community or social enterprise-style provider. The work is classified under miscellaneous health services.

The procurement is complete and one supplier has been awarded the contract following a compliant below-threshold limited competition using an Invitation to Quote procedure. The contract was awarded to ASD Helping Hands on 17 September 2026 and signed on the same date. It covers one completed lot. The contract runs from 3 October 2026 to 2 October 2029, with an optional 24-month extension subject to funding and satisfactory performance; the maximum possible end date is 2 October 2031. Its value is £545,000 excluding VAT and £654,000 including VAT. The award is active and the contract is active. The available procurement information records the limited route and the service requirement, but does not set out separate scored evaluation criteria or weighting.

This award shows that Norfolk County Council buys structured partnership and co-production support for autism and learning disability services through a local, below-threshold limited competition. A credible future competitor would need established experience working with autistic people and people with learning disabilities, strong local relationships and evidence of being embedded in relevant support services. It would also need to facilitate collaborative Partnership Boards, bring together service users and other members, turn discussions into refreshed strategies and annual plans, monitor progress, and produce clear annual “You Said, We Did” reporting. The requirement suits a provider able to combine specialist health and social care knowledge with consultation, project management, communications and outcome monitoring. Familiarity with local authority commissioning and the ability to demonstrate satisfactory performance and secure funding for any extension would strengthen its position.

## Notice

Norfolk County Council invited a limited number of local providers that are established and embedded in the delivery of services for autistic and learning disabled people to an Invitation to Quote procedure. Norfolk County Council is responsible for supporting Partnership Boards to shape support and services. They do this through maintaining Partnership Boards to work collaboratively with its members to co-produce; * Refreshed strategies * Yearly plans and monitor them * Yearly "You Said, We Did" documents that share progress made towards achieving the local autism strategy and learning disabilities plan. One provider has been awarded a contract following a compliant procurement process.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088285-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 3 Oct 2026 - 2 Oct 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £545,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Norfolk County Council |
| Locality | NORWICH |
| Postcode area | Norwich |
| Postcode | NR1 2DH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH5 Norfolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk |
| Local authority | Norwich |
| Electoral ward | Lakenham |
| Westminster constituency | Norwich South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ASD Helping Hands |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 14:38 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088285-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088285-2026
  17th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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