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title: "Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol"
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# Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/emotionally-based-school-avoidance-ebsa-service-in-north-and-west-bristol-ocds-h6vhtk-05d2ed). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board: "Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol". 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:** [NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-bristol-north-somerset-south-gloucestershire-integrated--nhs-quy)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - limited competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKK11
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £397,750 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/emotionally-based-school-avoidance-ebsa-service-in-north-and-west-bristol-ocds-h6vhtk-05d2ed#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d2ed`

## Before you bid
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- **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/emotionally-based-school-avoidance-ebsa-service-in-north-and-west-bristol-ocds-h6vhtk-05d2ed#tl-md)

## Description
NHS 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **Southmead Development Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-164713`
  - Value: £397,750 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £397,750
  - Signed Date: 17/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F068012-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-24T06:51:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T20:13:42.605Z
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