Official UK procurement notice
Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol
Authority: NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (Central government)·On behalf of: NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has commissioned an early intervention wellbeing service for Children and Young People (CYP), experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, Emotionally Based School Avoidance. This encompasses:
•hosting a specialist CYP link worker
- offering 1:1 support to CYP and their families
- delivering wellbeing group programmes, responsive to need in schools, based around themes of physical activity, nature, art and emotional resilience.
•leading, managing and overseeing the project.
A Prior Information Notice was published on the 16th of December 2024, ref 2024/S 000-040488. Which resulted in 13 responses. A Request for Quote (RFQ) process was carried out inviting the 13 bidders to participate in accordance with the requirements of a Below Threshold contract (Light Touch Regime) pursuant to section 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 ('the Act'), since the contract is a Health and Social Care service and below the threshold of a Light touch contract.
Following the RFQ process, the contract was awarded to Southmead Development Trust. The total value of the contract is £238,630 over the initial 3 year term, and there is an optional 2 year extension, thereby bringing the maximum contract value to £397,750 if the extension period is utilised.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Oct 2025, 07:51 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Oct 2025, 07:51 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068012- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d2edFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published24 Oct 2025, 07:51 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southmead Development TrustVCSE | £397,750 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Southmead Development TrustVCSE
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2025
- Value
- £397,750
- Period
- 18 Sept 2025 – 17 Sept 2028 · up to 17 Sept 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is the option to extend the contract by two years. This option is included in the contract.
3 agreed KPIs: • Number of children/families engaged in 1:1 sessions · • Improvement in self-reported wellbeing · • Improvement in school attendance (consider cut off point)
- • Number of children/families engaged in 1:1 sessions
- • Improvement in self-reported wellbeing
- • Improvement in school attendance (consider cut off point)
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)Beneficiary authority
- NHS South Central and West CSUProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement Support
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Southmead Development TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender