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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Specialist Mental Health Outreach Service for Rough Sleepers

London Borough of Lewisham · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 10:39.

Opportunity overview

This notice is for the direct award of a 12-month contract to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) to deliver the Lewisham START Team, a specialist mental health outreach service for rough sleepers. The service will be funded through the in-year Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Grant (RSPARG) increased allocation, alongside contributions from South East London (SEL) RSPARG and existing funding for the Dual Diagnosis Homeless Outreach Practitioner. The service will provide trauma-informed, multidisciplinary care aligned with NICE guidance and national homelessness priorities. The START Team will address a critical gap in provision identified through borough-wide service mapping. Under the Provider Selection Regime, officers utilised the Direct Award Process A to identify the provider. The annual contract value will be £269,932 for the duration of the 12 month contract. This notice is placed to set out Lewisham Council's award of contract under the Direct Award Process A of the Provider Selection Regime.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services
  • CPVS85000000-EA09 — For homeless

Lots

  • Lewisham is one of the few South East London boroughs without a dedicated mental health multidisciplinary outreach service for rough sleepers. Neighbouring boroughs such as Lambeth and Greenwich benefit from established START and RAMP teams respectively, offering integrated care across health and housing systems. The START Team for Lewisham, to be delivered by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), directly responds to this gap. It will expand the DD HOP model into a full multidisciplinary team, incorporating consultant psychiatry, care coordinators, and support workers. The service will be embedded within the existing START framework operating in Lambeth, Southwark, and Croydon, and will deliver trauma-informed, NICE-compliant care to rough sleepers across Lewisham. The key criteria that was used for selection was: 1. Quality and innovation; 2. Value; 3. Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability; 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice; 5. Social Value This is an award notice under the Direct Award Process A of the Provider Selection Regime.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05ac7b
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
This contract will be awarded under the PSR Direct Award Process A, which permits a direct award where: •There is an existing provider of healthcare services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate •The authority is satisfied that the provider is the only provider that can provide the services •The type of service means that there is no realistic alternative to existing provider. Lewisham Council has determined that SLaM is the only possible provider as the following PSR Direct Award Process A conditions have been met: •Is there an existing provider or group of providers? SLaM currently run the DD HOP post, the START team will be the expanded full service from the DD HOP. •Does the nature of the service mean that there is no realistic alternative to the current provider or group of providers? The service must be run by a statutory NHS mental health service to be able to carry out the core functions of the work. SLaM is the local mental health NHS trust and so is there only suitable provider

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000-EA09
Scheme
CPVS
Description
For homeless

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
Lewisham is one of the few South East London boroughs without a dedicated mental health multidisciplinary outreach service for rough sleepers. Neighbouring boroughs such as Lambeth and Greenwich benefit from established START and RAMP teams respectively, offering integrated care across health and housing systems. The START Team for Lewisham, to be delivered by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), directly responds to this gap. It will expand the DD HOP model into a full multidisciplinary team, incorporating consultant psychiatry, care coordinators, and support workers. The service will be embedded within the existing START framework operating in Lambeth, Southwark, and Croydon, and will deliver trauma-informed, NICE-compliant care to rough sleepers across Lewisham. The key criteria that was used for selection was: 1. Quality and innovation; 2. Value; 3. Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability; 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice; 5. Social Value This is an award notice under the Direct Award Process A of the Provider Selection Regime.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI44

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-159946
Name
London Borough of Lewisham

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI44
Locality
Catford
Postal Code
SE64RU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
4th Floor Laurence House

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
London Borough of Lewisham
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-163533
Name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI44
Locality
London
Postal Code
SE5 8AZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Maudsley Hospital , Denmark Hill

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-161503
Name
High Court Royal Courts of Justice

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
WC24 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
High Court Royal Courts of Justice

Award information

Award 1
Id
064055-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-163533
Name
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
064055-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
064055-2025-1
Date Signed
3 Oct 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
269,932
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Catford · UKI44 · SE64RU · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI44

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05ac7b-2025-10-10T10:35:03+01:00compiled ·