Official UK procurement notice
Mental Health Primary School Offer
Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe aim of service is to provide an early mental health prevention offer for primary school aged children and their families. The service will enable staff to have the confidence to lead mental wellbeing sessions for children using the appropriate language and techniques as part of a whole school approach to mental health. This will include a professional development programme for school staff and ongoing support to embed the approach throughout the school curriculum.
The Council anticipates that the contract will commence on 4 January 2027, for a period of 3 years. The Council will have an option to extend the contract period by a further 12 months.
- How the procedure runs: Please refer to the Invitation to Tender, available via the South East Business Portal - https://sebp.due-north.com/ The Council will evaluate tender responses in 3 stages. Stage 1 will assess mandatory and discretionary exclusion criteria. Stage 2 will evaluate quality, social value, and price. Phase 3 will assess economic and financial standing of the most advantageous tenderer.
CPV: Health training services · Specialist training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£800,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the tender documents for conditions of participation
- Technical & professional ability
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality criteria consisting of: - Mobilisation - Service Model - Working in partnership - Monitoring and evaluation - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Service improvement and innovation - Social Value A full breakdown of sub-weightings is provided in the Invitation to Tender.
- Price: The Council has specified a maximum budget of £200,000 (ex VAT) for each contract year. Any offer exceeding £200,000 (ex VAT) in any contract year will be deemed non-compliant. For the full evaluation methodology, please refer to the Invitation to Tender
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the tender documents for conditions of participation
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the tender documents for conditions of participation
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Aug 2026, 17:56 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Aug 2026, 17:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
DN827120- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080107- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e9ffFind a Tender
- How it runs
Please refer to the Invitation to Tender, available via the South East Business Portal - sebp.due-north.com ↗
The Council will evaluate tender responses in 3 stages. Stage 1 will assess mandatory and discretionary exclusion criteria. Stage 2 will evaluate quality, social value, and price. Phase 3 will assess economic and financial standing of the most advantageous tenderer.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Aug 2026 → 4 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published67 days ago21 Aug 2026, 17:56 BST
- Clarification questions by34 days ago23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline22 days ago5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 5 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 67 days4 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Aug 2026, 17:56 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications The Invitation to tender will be available from (estimated) Monday 24 October 2026. The Invitation to Tender will be accessible free of charge via the South East Business Portal; https://sebp.due-north.com/ The portal opportunity reference is DN827120. Searching for this referen…
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: The Invitation to tender will be available from (estimated) Monday 24 October 2026. The Invitation to Tender will be accessible free of charge via the South East Business Portal; https://sebp.due-north.com/ The portal opportunity reference is DN827120. Searching for this reference in the portal will take you to the opportunity, where you will be able to express interest and access the Invitation to Tender
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender