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Published 29 Aug 2025, 15:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Mental Health Community Inclusion & Recovery Services

Official notice

Authority: Peterborough City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UKEast of England (UKH11)
Published estimate£653,000≈ £218k / year · £783,600 inc. VAT5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Apr 2026awarded 28 Jul 2026
Award (standstill) to CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PETERBOROUGH AND SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE (CPSL) MIND LTD
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2029 · up to 29 Aug 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Services Agreement for Mental Health Community Inclusion & Recovery Services.

The service focuses on early intervention and prevention support for those living with mental health needs.

The Mental Health Community Inclusion and Recovery Service will provide opportunities for people with all levels of mental health needs to:

  • Access peer support
  • Access light-touch information, advice and guidance
  • Engage with the community in a meaningful way
  • Form valuable relationships
  • Better maintain their recoveries

At a system level, the service will:

  • Prevent lower-level needs (e.g. anxiety and depression being treated in the community) from escalating
  • Contribute to a reduction in demand on intensive secondary mental health services (e.g. In-patient services or adult locality mental health teams provided by CPFT)
  • Contribute to the prevention, reduction or delay of adult social care needs for those with severe and enduring mental health conditions (e.g. schizophrenia, personality disorders).

This agreement will commence 1st September 2026 with a 3+1+1 Contract Term.

CPV: Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£653,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 29 Aug 2031 with extensionsValue: £653,000 exc. VAT · £783,600 inc. VAT
Delivery: UK, East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The Authority reserves the right to modify the contract in specific circumstances, including (but not limited to) modifications relating to Local Government Reform, and modifications to include additional funding from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board. With respect to Local Government Reforms: Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is the process in which the structure and responsibilities of local authorities are reconfigured. The Government has set out plans to move away from the current two-tier system of district and county councils in England, which is relevant to Cambridgeshire County Council, the five district councils in the county (Cambridge City Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, Fenland District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council), and Peterborough City Council as a neighbouring unitary council. Therefore, from 1 April 2028, the current seven councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will be replaced and no longer exist. Rather than dealing with separate county, city and district councils, residents will access all services through a unitary council(s). At this stage, no decisions have been made on how many unitary councils will cover the county and which geographical areas they will cover. Throughout the LGR process, the Authority's focus will remain on delivering essential services across Peterborough. Potential changes may occur during the term of the contract, and although the contract is likely to transfer to any new unitary authorities by statutory instrument or by agreement on LGR, the contract may need to be amended to reflect the new geographical, financial and contract scope. Therefore, to ensure the contract may adapt upon implementation of LGR and modify to reflect the implications of LGR, we state within this procurement documentation of the intention to rely on Section 74(1)(a) and Schedule 8(1) of the Procurement Act 2023 to permit modification of the of the contract (if modification is considered necessary), to reflect new geographical, financial and contract scope accordingly. Please note we cannot precisely confirm any modification, if any, to the geographical, financial and contract scope at this stage, and any proposed modification, if agreed, shall not be implemented until 1 April 2028 at the earliest. Any contract modification shall be in accordance with clause 28 of the contract. With respect to modifications to include additional funding from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board: Throughout the term of this contract, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board may choose to contribute to the Council's provision of this service, which shall increase the contract's annual value and require modification to its scope, albeit the modification shall not change the overall nature of the contract. For example, investment from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board could better enable groups to operate a place for peer support and as a first port of call for information, advice and guidance on mental health. In such circumstances, the Council shall rely on Section 74(1)(a) and Schedule 8, paragraph 1 of the Procurement Act 2023 to accommodate the increase in Contract value in line with the funding amounts given by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board, for the provision of additional services that are deemed to be in-scope of Appendix 1 - Service Specification. · The Authority may extend the contract twice, for a period of 12 months per extension at its sole discretion (3+1+1).
85312400 Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Quality: Tenders will be evaluated on the basis of qualitative criteria, with an overall weighting of 100% Tenders are required to achieve a weighted qualitative score of at least 60% in order to progress to have their financial submission evaluated. Tenders scoring less than 60% for this qualitative element shall be rejected.
  • Price: Tenders which have achieved an overall weighted qualitative score of 60% or more will then have their financial submissions evaluated against a further overall weighting of 100%. At this point, the tender with the lowest total contract price will be allocated a score of 100%. All other tenders will be scored as an inverse proportion of the tender with the lowest total contract price. The tender with the lowest total contract price shall be awarded the Contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
29 Aug 2025, 15:48 BST
Last source update
28 Jul 2026, 09:47 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 15 Jun 2026
Authority reference
DN783308
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025063
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
Delivery area
UKEast of England (UKH11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0590bc Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
20 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tenders may only be submitted electronically via the ProContract e-Tendering Platform:

procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

Timeline

29 Aug 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    29 Aug 2025, 15:48 BST
  2. Market engagement255 days ago
    13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Parties interested in responding to this soft market testing exercise should download, complete and upload the SMT document from the ProContract E-Tendering Portal no later than 13/02/2026.

    Interested parties can express interest and access the documents here: procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/View ↗

  3. Next notice expected238 days ago
    2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Tender notice published222 days ago
    19 Mar 2026, 11:08 GMT
  5. Clarification questions by200 days ago
    10 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline190 days ago
    20 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected by133 days ago
    15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
  8. Assessment summaries sent91 days ago
    28 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
  9. Latest notice published91 days ago
    28 Jul 2026, 09:47 BST
  10. Standstill ends80 days ago
    7 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  11. Contract starts56 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Aug 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Aug 2025, 15:48 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Feb 2026, 11:59 GMT
    UK2
  3. Tender notice published
    19 Mar 2026, 11:08 GMT
    UK4
  4. Status changed to active
    19 Mar 2026, 11:08 GMT
  5. Procurement method changed
    19 Mar 2026, 11:08 GMT
  6. Deadline published: 20 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
    19 Mar 2026, 11:08 GMT
  7. Contract award notice published
    28 Jul 2026, 09:47 BST
    UK6
  8. Status changed to complete
    28 Jul 2026, 09:47 BST
  9. Contract signature expected
    14 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-08: 1 release · 29 Aug 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £620,5091 award exc. VAT
Bids received 73 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PETERBOROUGH AND SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE (CPSL) MIND LTD1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 29 Aug 2031Extensions: The Authority may extend the contract twice, for a period of 12 months per extension at its sole discretion (3+1+1). · Options: The Authority reserves the right to modify the contract in specific circumstances, including (but not limited to) modifications relating to Local Government Reform, and modifications to include additional funding from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board. With respect to Local Government Reforms: Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is the process in which the structure and responsibilities of local authorities are reconfigured. The Government has set out plans to move away from the current two-tier system of district and county councils in England, which is relevant to Cambridgeshire County Council, the five district councils in the county (Cambridge City Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, Fenland District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council), and Peterborough City Council as a neighbouring unitary council. Therefore, from 1 April 2028, the current seven councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will be replaced and no longer exist. Rather than dealing with separate county, city and district councils, residents will access all services through a unitary council(s). At this stage, no decisions have been made on how many unitary councils will cover the county and which geographical areas they will cover. Throughout the LGR process, the Authority's focus will remain on delivering essential services across Peterborough. Potential changes may occur during the term of the contract, and although the contract is likely to transfer to any new unitary authorities by statutory instrument or by agreement on LGR, the contract may need to be amended to reflect the new geographical, financial and contract scope. Therefore, to ensure the contract may adapt upon implementation of LGR and modify to reflect the implications of LGR, we state within this procurement documentation of the intention to rely on Section 74(1)(a) and Schedule 8(1) of the Procurement Act 2023 to permit modification of the of the contract (if modification is considered necessary), to reflect new geographical, financial and contract scope accordingly. Please note we cannot precisely confirm any modification, if any, to the geographical, financial and contract scope at this stage, and any proposed modification, if agreed, shall not be implemented until 1 April 2028 at the earliest. Any contract modification shall be in accordance with clause 28 of the contract. With respect to modifications to include additional funding from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board: Throughout the term of this contract, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board may choose to contribute to the Council's provision of this service, which shall increase the contract's annual value and require modification to its scope, albeit the modification shall not change the overall nature of the contract. For example, investment from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board could better enable groups to operate a place for peer support and as a first port of call for information, advice and guidance on mental health. In such circumstances, the Council shall rely on Section 74(1)(a) and Schedule 8, paragraph 1 of the Procurement Act 2023 to accommodate the increase in Contract value in line with the funding amounts given by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board, for the provision of additional services that are deemed to be in-scope of Appendix 1 - Service Specification.£620,50928 Jul 2026standstill to 7 Aug 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7final-stage tenders · 11 at stage one32—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Peterborough City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLXM-3229-WVQH Sand Martin House Peterborough, Bittern Way, Peterborough, East of England, PE2 8TYContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure