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# Specialist Mental Health Guideline Development Support Unit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-mental-health-guideline-development-support-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-03809f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: "Specialist Mental Health Guideline Development Support Unit". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £10,069,002. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Dec 2022, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Institute for Health and Care Excellence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-institute-for-health-and-care-excellence-gov-pb474)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £10,069,002 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 December 2022 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03809f`

## 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/specialist-mental-health-guideline-development-support-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-03809f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contractsfinder.service.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F2e7b1950-c16e-460b-a91d-05a43a8a6cd4%2C)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-mental-health-guideline-development-support-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-03809f#participate

## Description
Specialist Mental Health Guideline Development Support Unit (SMHGDSU) to support its guidelines programme. The SMHGDSU will act as a credible source of subject matter expertise in mental health guideline development across NICE. The SMHGDSU will work with NICE to support committee decision making by producing evidence reviews, economic evaluations and other evidence-based products.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,006,902
- **Description:** See original notice.

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011447-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **THE ANNA FREUD CENTRE**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-145364`
  - Value: £1,006,902 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011447-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,006,902
  - Signed Date: 17/04/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011447-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-21T09:41:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:48:00.713Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03809f