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title: "St Helens Arts On Prescription Service"
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# St Helens Arts On Prescription Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/st-helens-arts-on-prescription-service-ocds-h6vhtk-054686). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** St Helens Council: "St Helens Arts On Prescription Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [St Helens Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/st-helens-council-ons-e08000013)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Health services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD71
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £234,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-054686`

## 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/st-helens-arts-on-prescription-service-ocds-h6vhtk-054686#tl-md)

## Description
An Arts on Prescription programme to adults in the borough of St Helens, with the primary aim of being to improve mental health and wellbeing to participants. The programme will run on a weekly basis with two sessions per week which are currently held at St Helens Town Hall. Other location options can be explored but need to be in a central/accessible location for residents and have good transport links. The contractor will supply all the materials and tutors who will be trained to not only deliver engaging and interesting sessions but have qualifications skills or experience with working with adults with mild to moderate mental health conditions such as anxiety, stress or low-level depression. The contractor will be able to work in a self-sufficient basis to achieve positive outcomes in mental health and wellbeing via key performance indicators.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** An Arts on Prescription programme to adults in the borough of St Helens, with the primary aim of being to improve mental health and wellbeing to participants. The programme will run on a weekly basis with two sessions per week which are currently hel...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 031460-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ALEF TRUST CIC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:08303520`
  - Value: £234,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 031460-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £234,000
  - Signed Date: 07/05/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031460-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-11T09:58:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T16:54:53.654Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-054686