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title: "1st Contact Mental Health and Wellbeing Service"
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# 1st Contact Mental Health and Wellbeing Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1st-contact-mental-health-and-wellbeing-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b551). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Aberdeen City Council: "1st Contact Mental Health and Wellbeing Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,462,733. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Aberdeen City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/aberdeen-city-council-ons-s12000033)
- **Published Value:** £1,462,733 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 July 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM50
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,345,575 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b551`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1st-contact-mental-health-and-wellbeing-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b551#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1st-contact-mental-health-and-wellbeing-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02b551#participate

## Description
Aberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership requires a service which will provide a direct access first point of contact for people experiencing poor mental health and wellbeing working across all three localities in Aberdeen City, with particular focus on deprived areas.  The service will be flexibly developed, to meet local need and should have availability to provide support up to 7 days per week, including out of hours support at key times.  The service will operate on the principle of easy access and will focus on listening, immediate support and signposting.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,462,733
- **Description:** This service will provide direct access to a community-based team, based on a model of mental health practitioner, paid peer support and volunteers with lived experience.  The team will work together to help to signpost, de-escalate, provide empathet...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 028040-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Penumbra**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-169289`
  - Value: £1,345,575 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 028040-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,345,575
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028040-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-09T11:25:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T20:02:59.271Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b551