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# Tower Hamlets NHS Talking Therapies

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tower-hamlets-nhs-talking-therapies-ocds-h6vhtk-03eb30). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS North East London Integrated Care Board: "Tower Hamlets NHS Talking Therapies". 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:** [NHS North East London Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-north-east-london-integrated-care-board-nhs-qmf)
- **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 services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £8,494,500 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03eb30`

## 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/tower-hamlets-nhs-talking-therapies-ocds-h6vhtk-03eb30#tl-md)

## Description
NHS NEL has a requirement to ensure the continued provision of NHS Talking Therapies (NTT) across all its borough based areas that meet the Long Term Plan (LTP) five-year plan to 23/24 requirements: 
-	Increase access to NTT services as outlined in the LTP trajectories
-	Offer NTT-Long Term Conditions (NTT-LTC) services (including
co-location of therapists in primary care)
-	Meet NTT referral to treatment time and recovery standards: 50% NTT recovery rate; 75% of people accessing treatment within 6 weeks NTT waiting time; and 95% of people accessing treatment within 18 weeks NTT waiting time
-	First to Second appointment waits (assessment to treatment) 90% under 90 days. 
The existing Tower Hamlets Primary Care Psychological Therapies contract, known locally as Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies, with East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) will end on 30 September 2023 and it is NHS NEL's intention to re-award the contract to the incumbent provider for 12 months with an option to extend for 6 months. 
Annual contract value: £5,663,000

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** NHS NEL intends to re-award the Tower Hamlets Primary Care Psychological Therapies contract, known locally as Tower Hamlets Talking Therapies, to the incumbent provider, East London NHS Foundation Trust. 
The contract includes provision of the Tower ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 021961-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **North East London NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RAT`
  - Value: £8,494,500 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 021961-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,494,500
  - Signed Date: 13/07/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021961-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-07-28T10:22:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:19:52.880Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03eb30