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title: "DORS - Venture People"
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# DORS - Venture People

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dors-venture-people-ocds-h6vhtk-05085b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: "DORS - Venture People". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sussex-partnership-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rx2)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services, Rehabilitation services, Residential health facilities services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,222,404 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05085b`

## 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/dors-venture-people-ocds-h6vhtk-05085b#tl-md)

## Description
The Trust commissions an independent provider to deliver the West Sussex Discharge, Outreach, and Recovery Support (DORS) service. DORS offers community-based support to adults using Trust mental health services for up to 6-weeks under the Trust's flow and admission alternative pathways.<br/><br/>DORS delivers a block of short-term (up to 6-weeks) community based mental health support hours that can be quickly tailored around the needs of people using our adult mental health services. The service aims to offer least restrictive community interventions that facilitate flow from adult mental health hospitals and enable safe alternatives to admission.<br/><br/>The contract with the current Provider is expiring and containing no function to extend, requires replacing. Both parties wish to continue the relationship, and SPFT are fully satisfied with the Provider's performance.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85144000, 85312500
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The Trust commissions an independent provider to deliver the West Sussex Discharge, Outreach, and Recovery Support (DORS) service. DORS offers community-based support to adults using Trust mental health services for up to 6-weeks under the Trust's fl...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 017304-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Venture-People Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-145281`
  - Value: £1,222,404 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 017304-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,222,404
  - Signed Date: 15/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F049146-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-15T12:52:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T23:43:41.417Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05085b