Market Engagement - NHS Lincolnshire ICB - Night Light Cafes Service
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care BoardEstimated Value
Up to £1
Deadline
Not specified
Published
8 October 2025
Type
services
Overview
*THIS ADVERT IS FOR MARKET ENGAGEMENT * NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) are seeking to commission a Night Light Cafes Service.
Night Light Cafes provide safe places for people to go when struggling with their mental health and wellbeing to receive non-clinical, out-of-hours support, offering an alternative to statutory emergency services. The Commissioner is considering commissioning intentions including moving from the current provision of a management oversight provider and separate contracts for sub-sites to a Lead Provider Model with the selected provider sub-contracting the sub sites.
This notice intends to identify providers who would like to express an interest in providing the above service and to invite all interested parties to attend a Market Engagement Event with NHS Lincolnshire ICB. The contract value and duration information will be covered as part of the market engagement presentation pack.
Additional details
The event details are as follows: Date: Thursday 23rd October 2025 Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Venue: Online via MS Teams The agenda will be: 1 - Welcome & Introductions 2 - Specification & Service Model 3 - Procurement Process 4 - Close
If you wish to attend the event, please register on Atamis using the link below. Closer to the event you will receive a calendar invite detailing how to access the event and a link to Microsoft Teams.
Please note interest is limited to two persons per organisation. To register your interest in this event please access project C393162 via Atamis: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Please note the deadline for confirmation of attendance is 12pm on the 22nd October 2025 after which the access details will then be shared.
A draft service specification detailing the requirements of the service can be found within the attachments area of the project on Atamis. Once registered, providers will have the option to respond to questions regarding their experience and capability of delivering similar services.
The deadline to respond to these questions is 12pm on the 22nd October 2025. Please note, this is a draft Service Specification which may be subject to changes. Please note this is a market testing exercise and does not commit the ICB to carry out a procurement process.
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Lincoln Bishop University
2 contracts wonlatest 10 Aug 2026£75,654
total awarded
- 2
The University of Lincoln
- 3
Lincolnshire Rural Support Network
£289,497
total awarded
- 4
Listening Ear
1 contract wonlatest 6 Jul 2026 - 5
Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Services (LIVES)
1 contract wonlatest 18 Jun 2026
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NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care BoardKey Dates
Published
8 October 2025
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Notice type
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