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Department of Health & Social Care
MH Act Code of Practice – Lived Experience Advisory Groups 2026
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will enter into a contract to deliver a programme of engagement with people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice. This includes recruiting a diverse cohort of participants, co‑producing engagement methods, delivering structured and ad hoc engagement activities, safeguarding participant wellbeing, and providing high‑quality report that include summary of engagement, feedback and views.
The service is divided into 4 different lots. Values are exclusive of VAT:
Lot 1: Group 1 - General lived experience
Lot 2: Group 2 - Children and young people
Lot 3: Group 3 – People with a learning disability and autistic people
Lot 4: Group 4 - Ethnic minority and racialised communities
The value of contracts (all lots) £299,680+ options £80,000 total £379,680 excluding vat.
The option relates to the possibility to add additional hours of engagement if needed.
Term of the contract: An initial term of twenty-one (21) months, with the option to extend for one or more further periods up to a maximum of six (6) months.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 79315000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
9 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 9 Mar 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 9 March 2026.
Release 020989-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 19 Mar 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 19 March 2026. Stated change: To extend the submission deadline time for the PME questionnaire
Release 025049-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 24 Mar 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 24 March 2026. Stated change: there is a discrepancy in the tender ad. It says 12 months +6 months extension which is what we originally thought but should read 21 months total, From July 2026 to March 2028
Release 026685-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 25 Mar 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 25 March 2026. Stated change: there is a discrepancy in the tender ad. It says 12 months +6 months extension which is what we originally thought but should read 21 months total, From July 2026 to March 2028
Release 027230-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 16 Apr 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 16 April 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 034633-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 17 Apr 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 17 April 2026. Stated change: date incorrect in text updated to reflect correct date 27th April 2026
Release 035310-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 5 May 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 5 May 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Mon 1 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST.
Release 041222-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 6 Jul 2026Notice
Notice published 6 July 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 063385-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 13 Aug 2026Notice
Notice published 13 August 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 077345-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
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- Last verified
- Thu 20 Aug 2026, 08:10 BST
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