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title: "NHSWYICB - Wakefield Community Builder - Transition to Adults"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078acc"
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buyer: "NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board"
published: "2026-10-19"
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# NHSWYICB - Wakefield Community Builder - Transition to Adults

Buyer: NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078acc

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## Summary

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board commissioned a Wakefield Community Builder role focused on helping young people transition to adult mental health support. The programme connects voluntary and community sector organisations with Connecting Care Hubs and Primary Care Networks, bridging community and statutory services and building on social prescribing. The work includes identifying and delivering training and engagement workshops, helping third-sector organisations find funding opportunities, and supporting them to work alongside the Connecting Care mental health offer. This is a health and social care service delivered in Wakefield, for organisations and partners contributing to the local community mental health offer.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Young Lives Consortium. It was let directly without competition as a below-threshold procurement. The contract was signed on 15 October 2026 and runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029, with an option to extend by one year, to 31 March 2030. The contract value is £144,521.22 including gross value as stated. The procurement was structured as one lot. The award was for health and social work services. The published information does not set out a separate scored evaluation basis; the supplier was selected through the direct award route.

For organisations serving Wakefield’s voluntary and community sector, this award shows demand for a connector able to work across community provision, primary care and statutory mental health services. A credible provider needs to understand local social prescribing and community mental health pathways, build trusted relationships with third-sector groups, and translate those links into practical support for young people moving into adult services. Relevant capability includes designing and delivering training and engagement workshops, helping organisations identify funding, and enabling them to contribute effectively to the Connecting Care mental health offer. The requirement is suited to a provider with established community-sector reach and the capacity to sustain partnership working and programme delivery over a multi-year service.

## Notice

The Community Builder programme, which commenced in 2022, works to ensure that Wakefield VCSE organisations become a fully integrated part of the community mental health offer. Community Builders work as the interface between the voluntary and community offer, Connecting Care Hubs and the Primary Care Networks and build on an existing rich social prescribing offer. This role has become an integral part of the Connecting Care mental health offer, bridging the gap between voluntary and statutory services. The Community Builder identifies opportunities for and delivers training, delivering specific engagement workshops, supporting third sector organisations in identifying funding opportunities and helping them to consider how they can work alongside the connecting care team mental health offer.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098509-2026 |
| 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 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £144,521 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board |
| Locality | BRADFORD |
| Postcode area | Bradford |
| Postcode | BD1 4AS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE41 Bradford |
| Local authority | Bradford |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Bradford West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | YOUNG LIVES CONSORTIUM |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 19 Oct 2026 at 14:01 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098509-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098509-2026
  19th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.westyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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