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# NHS England & NHS Improvement South East - Prior information notice for the provision of Life Planning Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-england-nhs-improvement-south-east-prior-information-notice-for-the-provision-of-life--ocds-h6vhtk-028b43). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England and NHS Improvement South East: "NHS England & NHS Improvement South East - Prior information notice for the provision of Life Planning Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England and NHS Improvement South East](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-and-nhs-improvement-south-east-GB-FTS-28311)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028b43`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/nhs-england-nhs-improvement-south-east-prior-information-notice-for-the-provision-of-life--ocds-h6vhtk-028b43#tl-md)

## Description
This notice is placed as a Prior Information Notice with regards to Life Planning Services on behalf of NHS England and Improvement (NHSEI) South East to determine potential provider capability and capacity to deliver this service. Publication or response to this notice does not commit commissioners or respondents to award any contracts or to any future procurement.
The Life Planning service has been commissioned as a direct response to the National Response to Winterbourne View: 
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/transform-care-nxt-stps.pdf
Building the Right Support, published in October 2015, is a national plan to develop community services and close inpatient facilities for people with learning disabilities and/or autism.  It gives commissioners a clear framework to develop more community services for people with learning disabilities and/ or autism who display behaviours that challenge, including those with a mental health condition, and close some inpatient facilities.
On 28th November 2018 and 17th December 2018, respectively, the Supreme Court handed down its judgments in relation to the following two linked cases: 
▪ Secretary of State for Justice (Respondent) v MM (Appellant) [2018] UKSC 60 
▪ Welsh Ministers v PJ [2018] UKSC 66
There has continued to be concern raised nationally about the impact of these judgments on the ability or otherwise to discharge some patients from hospital into the community, in particular those with learning disabilities, autism, or both. However, the judgment also has the potential to have an impact on the care of patients with mental illness and personality disorder and is a challenge where people who present high-risk behaviours are detained in hospital, have come into the system via the criminal courts and are subject to restrictions under section 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983. 
The NHS long term plan continues to reflect government policy in maintaining a commitment to people with learning disabilities, autism or both, who have a mental illness or whose behaviour challenges services, with a particular focus on reducing the need for long term detention in hospital and meeting their needs wherever possible in the community.
Life Planning is a person-centred approach. Starting with the person and their family, the Life Planner will work with, and listen to those who know them best by helping people to understand the person's story, strengths, interests, skills and hopes for the future. From this both a Life Plan and a Support Plan is developed.  The Life Plan will be deliverable, fit for purpose and detail who the person is, what they like doing, what they are good at, their network of support, how they want to live and who they want to live with (if anyone).  The support plan outlines how a person should be supported to have a safe, meaningful and fulfilling life.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI, UKJ, UKK

- **Description:** Evidence from programmes across the country have shown that a process known as Life Planning (also known as Service Design) is effective at:
•	Engaging a person with a learning disability/autistic spectrum condition in planning for their own futures
...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001005-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-18T18:04:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T17:44:49.645Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028b43