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title: "Strength and Balance Service for West Essex, Mid Essex, Southwest Essex and Southeast Essex"
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# Strength and Balance Service for West Essex, Mid Essex, Southwest Essex and Southeast Essex

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/strength-and-balance-service-for-west-essex-mid-essex-southwest-essex-and-southeast-essex-ocds-h6vhtk-04ad06). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Strength and Balance Service for West Essex, Mid Essex, Southwest Essex and Southeast Essex". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,333,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** £3,333,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 February 2025 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,247,899 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/strength-and-balance-service-for-west-essex-mid-essex-southwest-essex-and-southeast-essex-ocds-h6vhtk-04ad06#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ad06`

## 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/strength-and-balance-service-for-west-essex-mid-essex-southwest-essex-and-southeast-essex-ocds-h6vhtk-04ad06#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Dcc0a33ee-fec9-ef11-8133-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/strength-and-balance-service-for-west-essex-mid-essex-southwest-essex-and-southeast-essex-ocds-h6vhtk-04ad06#participate

## Description
The aim of the strength and balance training service is to reduce the risk of falls, thereby improving health outcomes and reducing demands on health and social care services. This service offers expert instruction for those at risk of falling to improve their muscular strength and balance to reduce the risk and fear of falls improving individuals' wellbeing and their long-term independence. The service is most used by those who are elderly and frail. The service will be recommissioned and delivered in West, Mid-, Southwest and Southeast Essex.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The aim of the strength and balance training service is to reduce the risk of falls, thereby improving health outcomes and reducing demands on health and social care services. This service offers expert instruction for those at risk of falling to imp...
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/07/2031

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 010767-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **North East London NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RAT`
  - Value: £3,247,899 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 010767-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,247,899
  - Signed Date: 21/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F072218-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-07T17:42:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T21:07:47.816Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ad06