Official UK procurement notice
Mental Health Training Services
Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCountywide Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Training service for professionals and volunteers working with Oxfordshire residents. The service will deliver and coordinate needs-led training, including mental health awareness, suicide awareness, trauma-informed practice, neurodiversity and vicarious trauma, with evaluation, reporting, partnership engagement and optional Additional Services where demand or unmet need is identified.
The Contract period will initially be 3 years, with a unilateral option for the Council to extend by up to a further 2 years.
- No preliminary market engagement: This is a procurement for established service, and the council had sufficient information to develop the requirement through existing performance information.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Health training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,225,000
- Economic & financial standing
NA
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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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality: 90%
- Economic & financial standing
NA
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- 18 Jun 2026, 21:50 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 18:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
DN818435- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-057798- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b888Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
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- Risks
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Jun 2026 → 2 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published124 days ago18 Jun 2026, 21:50 BST
- Clarification questions by106 days ago6 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline95 days ago17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by57 days ago24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent6 days ago15 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published5 days ago15 Oct 2026, 18:36 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 6 days26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 12 days2 Nov 2026
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jun 2026- Tender notice published18 Jun 2026, 21:50 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published22 Jun 2026, 10:16 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published15 Oct 2026, 18:36 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Oct 2026, 18:36 BST
- Contract signature expected27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Incorrect CPV code was used on the notice. The Primary CPV code is Health training services - 80561000 Additional CPV code: Adult and other education services - 80400000
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANEEMO LIMITEDSMEVCSEMental Health Training2 Nov 2026 – 1 Nov 2029 · up to 1 Nov 2031Extensions: The Council has an option to unilaterally extend the contract period by 2 years on giving the service provider 6 months notice. Please note, all contract dates are estimated. However, the contract will not commence before the date stated above. · Options: Yes, the Council may specify an additional £65,000 per annum to be spent on additional courses and newly developed courses. This is at the Council's discretion and is included within the contract value displayed in this notice. | £829,350 | 5 Oct 2026standstill to 26 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12final-stage tenders | 9 | 4 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ANEEMO LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender