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NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board

Crisis Text Helpline Services

HealthcareCPV 85323000
Value£1.8m
Deadline2 Sept 2026
Published4 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 4 Aug 202628 days leftCloses 2 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Nichola Lane
nichola.lane2@nhs.net

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.8mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 47 notices, roughly one every 1 day. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

This is a Competitive Process PSR 2023 tender, for the delivery of a Text Crisis helpline to run in conjunction with the 111 service specifically to North West and North Central London areas.

The contract will run for a 12 month period from Mid-end November 2026 following the completion of the tendering exercise with an extension available for 36 months.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06daf6
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
073600-2026
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