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Published 7 Mar 2025, 16:47 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Mental Health Lead for High Impact User (HIU) Service

Official notice

Authority: Cambridgeshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable
Published estimate£30,000≈ £30k / year · £36,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 Mar 2025
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cambridgeshire County Council are hosting a High Impact User (HIU) service, supporting individuals who are frequent attenders at Emergency Departments at Addenbrooke's, Hinchingbrooke and Peterborough City Hospitals. We are looking to procure Mental Health support in the form of a Mental Health Lead for the programme, through an individual or small team (maximum 4). The Mental Health Lead will be registered with a professional organisation such as BACP or UKCP, with significant experience working in in community-based settings or services, and/or with people who have complex health and social needs. They will use their expertise to support delivery of the High Impact Use programme, support the HIU Operational Team (Tier 1) to work effectively in a complex system. They will have local knowledge and or experience in HIU Service support. They must have current Professional Registration.

CPV: Miscellaneous services · Services provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 1 yrSMEPublished value£30,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (1 yr) · up to 31 Mar 2027 with extensionsValue: £30,000 exc. VAT · £36,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: The authority retain the right to extend the contract by a further year. This would be a one off extension.

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

Lot awarding rule: The bids received will be evaluated by a panel of evaluators before being moderated. There is a minimum quality threshold in which any bid receiving either a 0 (did not answer the question) or a 2 (poor response) to any question will be considered a fail. All bids that pass this stage will be assessed 100% on Price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
7 Mar 2025, 16:47 GMT
Last source update
7 Mar 2025, 16:47 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-008423
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous servicesServices provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies
Delivery area
East of England (UKH12)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
21 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please find all the tender documents and question sets here: procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

The authority will only be accepting bids through our E tendering portal.

Timeline

7 Mar 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Mar 2025, 16:47 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Mar 2025, 17:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Mar 2025, 16:47 GMT
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cambridgeshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJVB-3262-VGVJ New Shire Hall Emery Crescent Enterprise Campus,, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, East of England, PE28 4YEContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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