Official UK procurement notice
PRJ-2263 - Emotional Support and Advocacy Service for Children and Young People who have experience Child Sexual Abuse
Authority: NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (Central government)
The notice relates to mental health care services to support the wellbeing of children and young people who have experienced child sexual abuse. This notice is an intention to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 09/04/26.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe notice relates to mental health care services to support the wellbeing of children and young people who have experienced child sexual abuse.
This notice is an intention to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C.
The lifetime Value of the contract is £158,036.00.
The contract term will be 1 year.
The contract will start on 01/04/2026 and end 31/03/2027.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award noticeAwarded
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 09/04/26. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Written representations should be sent to [email protected]
Key Criteria
- Quality and Innovation: 25%
- Value for Money: 25%
- Integration, Collaboration, and Service Sustainability: 20%
- Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities, and Facilitating Choice: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
The criteria were applied with their respective weightings as specified, with scoring against a number of sub-categories for each criteria.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2026, 09:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2026, 09:54 GMT
- Authority reference
PRJ-2263- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027160- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067384Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
PSR Direct Award C process followed.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 09.04.2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to [email protected] Enter details of the decision makers: ADof Mental Health Commissioning & Contracting Conflicts of interest : COIs were managed in-line with ICB policy and none were reported during the DAC process. The ICB chose a set of key criteria against which the provider was assessed based on delivery of the current and future contract. These particular criteria covered Quality and Innovation, Value for Money, Integration, Collaboration, and Service Sustainability & social value.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnardo's | £158,036 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 027160-2026-1 · Barnardo's
- Signed
- 24 Mar 2026
- Value
- £158,036
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS South East London ICBReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Barnardo'sAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.