Official UK procurement notice
Children & young peoples community mental health and wellbeing therapeutic services
Authority: NHS BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET, SWINDON AND WILTSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOTR delivers a comprehensive and accessible [direct/in person] emotional wellbeing service for children and young people across Bath and North East Somerset, providing school-based counselling in 14 secondary schools, community counselling in Keynsham and Midsomer Norton, and listening support and counselling for young adults aged 18-25. The service offers confidential, person-centred support for a wide range of emotional and mental health needs, including anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, bereavement, stress and self-esteem issues, through a combination of structured counselling and early-intervention listening sessions. The model is designed to improve resilience, wellbeing and clinical outcomes, while maintaining strong links with schools, CAMHS, primary care and wider community services. The enhanced delivery offer includes a dedicated Safeguarding Officer who provides specialist oversight, brief safeguarding interventions for young people presenting with increased risk, staff training, quality assurance, and partnership working, ensuring that support is safe, responsive, trauma-informed and aligned with statutory safeguarding requirements.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of a counselling service for children and young people who need supportive…Awarded
Provision of a counselling service for children and young people who need supportive counselling as a single intervention for the assessment and treatment of emotional distress which may include:
- bullying
- friendships
- stress
- anger
- grief
- anxiety
Service to be provided in two settings:
- School-based counselling
- Educational settings across Bath and North East Somerset.
- 6 hours per week of face-to-face counselling per week in each educational setting for 35 weeks of academic year.
- 'Listening sessions' no more than 60 mins per day
- Community- based counselling
- Two sites: Keynsham and Midsomer Norton.
- Support to hard to reach children and young people.
- Evening sessions for 50 weeks each year.
- Min. 700 hours of face-to-face provision per annum.
BSW ICB is directly awarding a contract to the existing provider Off the Record in accordance with the criteria outlined in Regulation 9 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023
Contract start date: 1 September 2026
Duration: 2 years (Expiry Date 31 August 2028)
Total value of contract award: £481,291
This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
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
- 24 Aug 2026, 15:05 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Aug 2026, 15:05 BST
- Authority reference
ICB PROC210- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080445- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06eac0Find 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.
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 decision to award this contract was approved by the Chief Officer for Strategic Finance and Resources on 5 August 2026 in line with BSW ICB Delegated Financial Limits (DFLs). No declared conflicts of interest among the award decision-makers at this time. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by Friday 4th September 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off The Record | £481,291 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 080445-2026-1 · Off The Record
- Signed
- 5 Aug 2026
- Value
- £481,291
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB)Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Off the RecordAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.