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Autism, Learning Disability or Neurodiversity

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BuyerLondon Borough of Barking and Dagenham
StatusAwarded
Deadline9 Jun 2026
Value£430,000
Published25 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is commissioning an innovative provider to deliver a borough-wide Peer Support and Lived Experience Leadership Programme for adults with learning disabilities, autism and wider neurodiversity (LDAN), including carers. This programme forms the first phase of a wider prevention and inclusion approach, focused on strengthening community-based support, improving accessibility and inclusion, and embedding lived experience leadership across the system. The Council is looking for a provider (or partnership of providers) who can design and deliver a programme that: builds sustainable peer support networks ensuring that approaches are appropriately tailored to the needs of specific groups establishes meaningful co-production and lived experience leadership structures improves inclusion and accessibility across community and public-facing services supports early intervention, improves health inequalities and reduces escalation to statutory services The programme will play a key role in shaping future service development, including potential expansion into a broader borough-wide prevention and navigation offer. The successful provider will play a key role in shaping future service development, including a wider borough prevention and navigation offer.

Lot details

Lot 1

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Statuscomplete

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Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

1

Statusactive
Value£489,013

Documents & submission route

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065e08
Latest release ID080776-2026
Latest release timestampTue Aug 25 2026 10:47:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041256-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
25 Aug 2026award, contract080776-2026
27 Jul 2026award, contract070805-2026
5 May 2026tender041256-2026
27 Feb 2026planning017780-2026

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Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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27 Feb 2026 · 017780-2026 · planning
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