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Published 10 Mar 2025, 16:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service

Authority: NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF21)

Awarded value£1,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 18 Feb 2025no call for competition

Awarded to First Steps ED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The aim of the service is to provide assessment and intervention to children and young people for mild to moderate eating disorders and disordered eating behaviours via a range of evidence-based therapies, guided self help, peer and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The aim of the service is to provide assessment and intervention to children's and…Awarded

The aim of the service is to provide assessment and intervention to children's and young people for mild to moderate eating disorders and disordered eating behaviours via a range of evidence-based therapies, guided self-help, peer and practical support on a 1:1 and group basis.

The ICB requires a single provider who will work in an integrated way with the local CAMHS Eating Disorder Service to deliver an early intervention eating disorder service.The following are features of the MSP assessment:

Provider to be locally based with the ability to deliver the service to patients within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Deliver services in line with NICE guidance and have the ability to develop and deliver innovation within eating disorder pathways.
Signed up to Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) data submissions or can be ready to ahead of contract start.
Able to provide virtual and telephony services alongside face to face services within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Health inequalities: ability to tailor support services to meet the specific needs of minority groups and ensure that pathways remain accessible, are culturally sensitive and inclusive for all individuals.
Provider staff are experienced and have received training, supervision and are able to deliver CBT-E and CBT-T support.

This notice is an Intention to Award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider process.

The estimated value of the contract is £1,000,000 for a duration of 2 years with the option of extending for up to 2 years - the expected annual value is £250k (including of VAT) and therefore the total value is £1m is across the whole possible 2+2 year term.

The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01/10/2025 to 30/09/2027, plus an optional extension period 1/10/27 - 30/9/29.

This is a new service with an existing provider.

Delivery: East Midlands

Extensions: The estimated value of the contract is £1,000,000 for a duration of 2 years with the option of extending for up to 2 years - the expected annual value is £250k (including of VAT) and therefore the total value is £1m is across the whole possible 2+2 year term. The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01/10/2025 to 30/09/2027, plus an optional extension period 1/10/27 - 30/9/29.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 10 Mar 2025, 16:54 GMT
Last source update: 17 Nov 2025, 14:44 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-074438
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04eb3a Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period, which begins the day after this notice is published. The standstill period ends at midnight on 21st March 2025.
Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 21st of March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period, which begins the day after this notice is published. The standstill period ends at midnight on 21st March 2025. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 21st of March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Email address where written representations should be sent: [email protected] Details of the award decision-makers: Strategic Commissioning Group, 18th of February2025. Any declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed: No conflicts were declared. Relative importance and rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria: Equal weighting has been applied to each of the key criteria, and the provider has met all the key criteria which includes, quality and innovation, value, integration, collaboration and service sustainability, improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice, and social value.

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender

Buyer details updated
17 Nov 2025, 14:44 GMT

Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)

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UPDATE - This is to correct the previously published F14 Corrigendum Notice and Confirmation of Award on the 1st of September 2025. That notice was published without the dates of award, see these corrected below. Therefore, this notice updates and supersedes that previous F14 notice This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded unde…

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Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 18 Feb 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
First Steps ED	£1,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Children's and Young Person's Community Eating Disorder Service · First Steps ED
Signed
18 Feb 2025
Value
£1,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QK1 · GB-NHS: QK1000 Room G30, Pen Lloyd Building, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 8TBContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

First Steps EDAwarded supplierGB-CHC: 1185092 Woburn House, Vernon Gate, Derby, East Midlands, DE1 1UL

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

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