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Public Mental Wellbeing Programme - Lot 1: Community Bereavement Support Service for Children Young People and Families; Lot 2:Community Bereavement Support Service for Adults

Buyer: Blackburn with Darwen →

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BuyerBlackburn with Darwen
StatusClosed
Deadline2 Mar 2026
Value£540,000
Published30 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is looking to procure for Public Mental Wellbeing Programme: Lot 1: Community Bereavement Support Service for Children Young People and Families; Lot 2: Community Bereavement Support Service for Adults. How we respond to those who are bereaved can have a long-term impact on how they grieve, their health and their memories of the individual who has died. Bereavement can result in clinical depression, anxiety states, panic syndromes, and posttraumatic stress disorder and is associated with increased risk of mortality, greater use of health services, and subsequent poor mental and physical health. Bereavement can also trigger loneliness, and increased social isolation. For many people, bereavement also brings life changes and practical challenges, including dealing with the administration of the death and taking on new responsibilities, just at a time when they may feel vulnerable and overwhelmed. Lot 1: The overall aim of this service is to provide low level emotional and practical support to Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) who have been bereaved, reducing stigma, supporting them to grieve and preventing the escalation of distress by offering early intervention. Lot 2: The overall aim of this service is to provide low level emotional and practical support to Adults who have been bereaved, reducing stigma, supporting them to grieve and preventing the escalation of distress by offering early intervention. Both Services will provide a range of support options to address the social, emotional, and practical needs of those who have been bereaved. Both lots will be delivered independently but remain connected to Blackburn with Darwen's wider Public Mental Wellbeing Programme, complementing two existing contracted services already being delivered: (1) Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Training and Engagement (2) Men's Mental Wellbeing Service.

Delivery location

UKD41, GB · UKD41, GB

Categories

Health and social work services 85000000

Lot details

Public Mental Wellbeing Programme - Lot 1: Community Bereavement Support Service for Children Young People and Families

Lot 1: The overall aim of this service is to provide low level emotional and practical support to Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) who have been bereaved, reducing stigma, supporting them to grieve and preventing the escalation of distress by offering early intervention.

Statusactive
Value£270,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Public Mental Wellbeing Programme - Lot 1: Community Bereavement Support Service for Children Young People and Families; Lot 2: Community Bereavement Support Service for Adults — 1) Overall Service - 15% weighting 2) Experience, Knowledge and Skills - 20% weighting 3) Implementation Plan - 10% weighting 4) Communication and Marketing Strategy - 10% weighting 5) Health Inequalities - 10% weighting 6) Safeguarding - 5% weighting 7) Innovation - 5% weighting 8) Social Value (Schedule 6 of ITT) - 15% weighting 9) Price (Schedule 7 of ITT) - 10% weighting (100%)

Public Mental Wellbeing Programme - Lot 2: Community Bereavement Support Service for Adults

Lot 2: The overall aim of this service is to provide low level emotional and practical support to Adults who have been bereaved, reducing stigma, supporting them to grieve and preventing the escalation of distress by offering early intervention

Statusactive
Value£270,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Public Mental Wellbeing Programme - Lot 1: Community Bereavement Support Service for Children Young People and Families; Lot 2: Community Bereavement Support Service for Adults — 1) Overall Service - 15% weighting 2) Experience, Knowledge and Skills - 20% weighting 3) Implementation Plan - 10% weighting 4) Communication and Marketing Strategy - 10% weighting 5) Health Inequalities - 10% weighting 6) Safeguarding - 5% weighting 7) Innovation - 5% weighting 8) Social Value (Schedule 6 of ITT) - 15% weighting 9) Price (Schedule 7 of ITT) - 10% weighting (100%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Health and social work servicesNot published
2Health and social work servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health and social work services (85000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8511,5931 median · 41.5 average (4,854 of 11,593 with a bid count)2.2 average (5,552 of 11,593 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer11Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD41913 median · 13.5 average (4 of 9 with a bid count)2.4 average (5 of 9 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5122 median · 3.6 average (22 of 512 with a bid count)1 average (24 of 512 with named award suppliers)3 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£351,324 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £540,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsPlease refer to relevant ITT document (viewable as an attachment on The Chest)

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f68b
Latest release ID008520-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jan 30 2026 14:36:21 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008520-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-03-02T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-02-13T12:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-04-01T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://www.the-chest.org.uk/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£540,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Jan 2026tender008520-2026
16 Dec 2025planning083274-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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        "locality": "Blackburn",
        "postalCode": "BB1 7DY",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Town Hall, King WIlliam Street"
      },
      "details": {
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        "id": "PYGR-1856-CVXM",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
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      "contactPoint": {
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  "initiationType": "tender"
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16 Dec 2025 · 083274-2025 · planning
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  "date": "2025-12-16T11:44:17Z",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-05f68b",
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-PPON-PYGR-1856-CVXM",
    "name": "Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council"
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  "tender": {
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    "title": "Public Mental Wellbeing Programme - Community Bereavement Support Service for Children and Families (Lot 1); Community Bereavement Support Service for Adults (Lot 2)",
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    "description": "Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is looking to procure two Community Bereavement Support Services and is holding online pre-market engagement events on Monday 12th January 2026.\nThese engagement events aim to develop a clearer understanding of the market and gather insight into supplier capabilities, innovations, and delivery models for the provision of bereavement support services in Blackburn with Darwen. \nThe sessions will also support providers in understanding procurement requirements and will help inform the development of value-driven service specifications.\nThe engagement events will cover the following separate service areas:\n1)\tChildren and Families Bereavement Support Service (Lot 1)\n2)\tAdults' Bereavement Support Service (Lot 2)\nEach service will be discussed in a separate engagement session. Suppliers are welcome to attend either session or both, depending on their areas of interest, skills, and expertise. \nBACKGROUND\nThe intended aims of both proposed services would be to provide low level emotional and practical support to those who have been bereaved; reducing stigma, supporting them to grieve, and preventing the escalation of distress by offering early intervention. \nBoth lots will be delivered independently but remain connected to Blackburn with Darwen's wider Public Mental Wellbeing Programme, complementing two existing contracted services already being delivered:\n(1) Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Training and Engagement\n(2) Men's Mental Wellbeing Service\nMEETING INFORMATION\nThe pre-market engagement events will be held ONLINE on Microsoft Teams on Monday 12th January 2026. The times will be as follows: \n•\tChildren and Families = 11:00-12:00\n•\tAdults = 13:00-14:00\nIf you would like to attend either or both online meetings, please complete the relevant registration form: \n•\tChildren and Families = https://forms.office.com/e/qHZ6zhWktN \n•\tAdults Bereavement Service = https://forms.office.com/e/1Qz5SJwSKb \nOnce registered, you will be sent a MS Teams invite in advance of the meeting, with joining instructions included. \nEach attendee who wishes to attend should register individually. \nRegistration closes at 12:00 noon on Friday 9th January 2026.",
    "communication": {
      "futureNoticeDate": "2026-01-26T23:59:59Z"
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Blackburn",
        "postalCode": "BB1 7DY",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Town Hall, King WIlliam Street"
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      }
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  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
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      {
        "id": "083274-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083274-2025",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "datePublished": "2025-12-16T11:44:17Z"
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        "description": "MEETING INFORMATION\nThe pre-market engagement events will be held ONLINE on Microsoft Teams on Monday 12th January 2026. The times will be as follows: \n•\tChildren and Families = 11:00-12:00\n•\tAdults = 13:00-14:00\nIf you would like to attend either or both online meetings, please complete the relative form to register yourself for the event:\n•\tChildren and Families = https://forms.office.com/e/qHZ6zhWktN \n•\tAdults Bereavement Service = https://forms.office.com/e/1Qz5SJwSKb \nOnce registered, you will be sent a MS Teams invite in advance of the meeting, with joining instructions included. \nEach attendee who wishes to attend should register individually. \nRegistration closes at 12:00 noon on Friday 9th January 2026."
      }
    ]
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}