MH Act Code of Practice – Lived Experience Advisory Groups 2026
Awarded to Article 39, MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH), Rethink Mental Illness +1 more
Department of Health & Social Care(buyer)
- Published
- Published 9 March 2026
- Deadline
- Closed 1 June 2026
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Overview
Contracting authority
1 live opportunity · 46 awarded contracts
London, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PMQG-9965-CHZR
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Lots (4)
Group 1 - General lived experience
programme of engagement with general people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice
£108,992Won by MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)Group 2 – Children and young people
programme of engagement with children and young people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice
£70,500Won by Article 39Group 3 – People with a learning disability and autistic people
programme of engagement with people with learning disability and autistic people who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice
£117,750Won by The Public Service Consultants Limited T/A The PSCGroup 4 – Ethnic minority and racialised communities
programme of engagement with ethnic minority and racialised communities who have lived experience of the Mental Health Act, ensuring their perspectives meaningfully inform the drafting of the updated Code of Practice
£82,437Won by Rethink Mental Illness
Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £383,500
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 9 March 2026
- Questions by
- 19 May 2026
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £379,679
- Award date
- 5 July 2026
- Contract period
- 12 July 2026 → 12 January 2028
- Contract length
- 1 year 6 months
- Could run to
- 20 October 2028
- Against estimate
- 1% below
- Bids received
- 4
- Article 39
- MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)
- Rethink Mental Illness
- The Public Service Consultants Limited T/A The PSC
This contract ends on 12 January 2028, or 20 October 2028 if every extension is used.
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
4
Open and restricted tenders in Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 21% received only one.
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- Quality
Market context
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£73,970
Median of 18,950 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 5.1× the median.
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
13 August 2026
Contract
6 July 2026
Contract Notice
5 May 2026
Planning Update
17 April 2026
Prior Information Notice
16 April 2026
Planning Update
25 March 2026
Planning Update
24 March 2026
Planning Update
19 March 2026
Prior Information Notice
9 March 2026
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