AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board has awarded and signed a direct, below-threshold contract to Young Lives Consortium for the Wakefield Community Builder – Transition to Adults service. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029, with an option for a one-year extension.
Published outcomeOne active award and contract cover lot 1. Young Lives Consortium is the named supplier. The published gross contract value is £144,521.22.
Market significanceThe procurement supports integration of VCSE organisations with community mental-health provision, Connecting Care Hubs and Primary Care Networks in Wakefield. It was awarded without competition under a below-threshold direct procedure.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Young Lives Consortium
100% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £144,521.22 gross shared contract value GBP · Active award; active contract
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Award 1 names Young Lives Consortium as its supplier and relates to lot 1. Contract 1, linked to award 1, states a gross value of GBP 144,521.22.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
100% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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The source labels the notice as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Award status
100% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
100% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status “active”.
Contract signed
100% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract 1 gives dateSigned as 2026-10-15.
Scheduled contract period
100% confidence1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2027-04-01 and endDate is 2029-03-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
100% confidence£144,521.22 gross
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Contract 1 value states amountGross 144521.22 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceThe published value is contract-level and relates to the single named award and supplier.
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One contract is linked to award 1, which names one supplier.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
100% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-15.
Notice published
100% confidence19 October 2026
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The contract-details document datePublished is 2026-10-19.
Scheduled start
100% confidence1 April 2027
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Contract 1 startDate is 2027-04-01.
Scheduled end
100% confidence31 March 2029
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Contract 1 endDate is 2029-03-31.
Maximum possible end date
100% confidence31 March 2030
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Contract 1 maxExtentDate is 2030-03-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
100% confidenceWakefield Community Builder – Transition to Adults
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This is the tender and contract title.
Category
100% confidenceHealth and social work services (CPV 85000000)
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Award item 1 lists CPV 85000000, described as health and social work services.
Delivery focus
98% confidenceSupporting integration of VCSE organisations within the community mental-health offer, including engagement, training, funding opportunities and collaboration with Connecting Care teams.
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The published description sets out these Community Builder activities and interfaces with Connecting Care Hubs and Primary Care Networks.
Lot coverage
100% confidenceLot 1
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Award 1 and contract 1 are linked to lot 1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
100% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender procurementMethod is “direct”.
Procedure detail
100% confidenceBelow threshold - without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Above-threshold status
100% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 states aboveThreshold: false.
Competition information
99% confidenceNo bidder count, evaluation results or award rationale was supplied in the published data.
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No such fields are present in the supplied notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
100% confidenceTwo years scheduled, from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029
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Contract 1 period gives these start and end dates.
Extension option
100% confidenceOption to extend for one year
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Contract 1 hasRenewal is true and its renewal description says “Option to extend for 1 Year”.
Maximum term
100% confidenceUp to three years, ending 31 March 2030 if the extension is used
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The maximum extent date is 2030-03-31.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
100% confidenceA single-supplier, single-lot direct award with a published gross value of £144,521.22.
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One active award names one supplier for lot 1; the linked contract gives the gross value.
Route-to-market implication
100% confidenceThe notice records a below-threshold procurement without competition; it does not provide comparative bidder or scoring information.
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The stated procedure detail is “Below threshold - without competition”, and no competition data is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
100% confidenceSupplier name is reported from the published notice; no separate verified legal company name was supplied.
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supplier_identity_status is “not_applicable” and verified_company_name is null.
Lot detail
100% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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The supplied lot record contains null title, description and value fields.
Competition and evaluation
100% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, tender submissions, scoring, evaluation or award-rationale fields are provided.
Pricing detail
100% confidenceNo pricing breakdown or net-versus-tax treatment beyond the stated gross amount was supplied.
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Contract value provides amount and amountGross, both GBP 144521.22, without a pricing breakdown.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No bidder count, evaluation methodology, scores, award rationale or comparative pricing was published.
- The published lot record has no title, description or individual lot value.
- No separate verified legal company name was supplied for Young Lives Consortium; the supplier name is reported as published.
- No detailed pricing breakdown, service volumes or performance measures were supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Young Lives ConsortiumNHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care BoardWakefield Community BuilderTransition to Adultscommunity mental healthVCSEdirect award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Wakefield Community Builder – Transition to Adults contract?
Young Lives Consortium is the named supplier for award 1.
What is the contract value?
The published gross contract value is £144,521.22.
When does the contract run?
It is scheduled to run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029, with an option to extend by one year.
Was the procurement competed?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
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