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*THIS ADVERT IS FOR MARKET ENGAGEMENT *<br/><br/>NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) are seeking to commission Community Connectors & Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs.

This is a notice to inform the market of the intention to award a contract for a Community‑Based Weight Management Service via the Most Suitable Provider Process

This notice intends to identify suppliers who would like to express an interest in providing the following service and to invite all interested parties to attend a Market Engagement Event. This event will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams.

NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) are seeking to commission Community Connectors & Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs. Community Connectors lead on local community development initiatives with the aim of re-connecting people with their communities, understanding not only what communities provide but how to make the best use of community assets. These roles provide on the ground support to individuals, groups and communities to change the conversation from ‘providing services to communities’; to ‘how we can work with and help communities to help themselves’. The role is more than simply one of community development; it is about listening to communities, uncovering what is important and what will lead to the greatest impact for a community and for our services. Community Connectors help to facilitate ‘grass roots problem solving’ and take an asset-based approach to building and connecting communities together to become stronger and resilient. Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs are an integral part of community development initiatives with the aim of re-connecting people with their communities, understanding not only what communities provide but how to make the best use of community assets. They provide safe spaces, giving on the ground support to individuals, groups, and communities to change the conversation from providing services to communities; to how we can work with, and help communities to help themselves. This notice intends to inform providers that NHS Lincolnshire ICB will be undertaking a procurement process for the above services, is it intended that these services will be split into multiple lots as below. Lot-1 Trent Lot-2 Lincoln North Lot-3 Lincoln City Lot-4 Lincoln South Lot-5 Boston Lot-6 East Coast & Rural (incl. Mablethorpe) Lot-7 East Lindsey North Lot-8 East Lindsey South Lot-9 Sleaford Lot-10 Grantham Lot-11 Stamford (incl. Bourne) Lot-12 Spalding (incl. SLR) For transparency a market engagement event was held on the 23rd October 2025 and was advertised on the link below. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063460-2025?origin=SearchResults&p=1 *** IMPORTANT INFORMATION *** In order to participate in this process, you must be registered on the Central Digital Platform (CDP), and once registered you must be able to submit up to date core supplier information. Link: https://signin.account.gov.uk/sign-in-or-create For further information on how to register, please visit here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-your-organisation-and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-html

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (NHS Arden & GEM CSU) on behalf of Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (the Commissioner) would like to invite potential Bidders to a Market Engagement Webinar which will take place on Wednesday 17th May 2023 between 5.15pm and 6.15pm. To attend the webinar, please register your interest by 10:00 Wednesday 17th May 2023. <br/><br/>The webinar has been organised to inform the market about a procurement opportunity for providing Personal Dental Services (PDS) within Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire.

This notice intends to identify suppliers who would like to express an interest in providing these services and to invite all interested parties to attend Market Engagement Events. <br/>2 events are scheduled, one virtually via Microsoft Teams and one in person.

NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in delivering a Diabetes Structured Education Programme.<br/>The aim of the service is to facilitate and provide the people of Lincolnshire with a practitioner-led education programme to support the management of Type 2 diabetics. The service should offer both face-to-face and online/video support to patients across the County including areas of high prevalence and deprivation.

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (The Commissioner) would like to notify the market of a potential opportunity to provide initial health services for people seeking asylum and invite all interested providers to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire.<br/><br/>Please note the deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00PM on Friday 16th June 23.

NHS Lincolnshire ICB is holding a Market Engagement Event to inform the market of its intention to procure a Social Prescribing Service in Lincolnshire. This service aims to have both dedicated Primary Care and also mental health social prescribing link workers working with those with mental ill health and SMI (serious mental illness).<br/><br/>The event will take place virtually, on Wednesday 14th June from 09:30 to 11:00.<br/><br/>To register your interest, please follow the link below, and search for the project reference/name as detailed:<br/><br/>https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome<br/>Project reference: C173262<br/>Project Name: Market Engagement Event for Social Prescribing in Lincolnshire<br/><br/>The market engagement event will be run via Microsoft Teams and Outlook diary invites for the event will be sent to those who register, so email addresses are a minimum requirement.

NHS Lincolnshire ICB is seeking to engage with the market to understand it’s interest in providing a Social Prescribing Service in Lincolnshire. This service aims to have both dedicated Primary Care and also mental health social prescribing link workers working with those with mental ill health and SMI (serious mental illness)

NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) are seeking to commission a Community Connectors & Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub for Spalding (Including South Lincs Rural) Lot-12. Community Connectors lead on local community development initiatives with the aim of re-connecting people with their communities, understanding not only what communities provide but how to make the best use of community assets. These roles provide on the ground support to individuals, groups and communities to change the conversation from ‘providing services to communities’; to ‘how we can work with and help communities to help themselves’. The role is more than simply one of community development; it is about listening to communities, uncovering what is important and what will lead to the greatest impact for a community and for our services. Community Connectors help to facilitate ‘grass roots problem solving’ and take an asset-based approach to building and connecting communities together to become stronger and resilient. Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs are an integral part of community development initiatives with the aim of re-connecting people with their communities, understanding not only what communities provide but how to make the best use of community assets. They provide safe spaces, giving on the ground support to individuals, groups, and communities to change the conversation from providing services to communities; to how we can work with, and help communities to help themselves. This notice intends to inform providers that NHS Lincolnshire ICB will be undertaking a procurement process for Lot 12 - Spalding (including South Lincs Rural) as this was the only Lot not able to be awarded from the previous procurement process. For transparency a market engagement event was held on the 23rd October 2025 and was advertised on the link below. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063460-2025?origin=SearchResults&p=1 For transparency a competitive process for Lots 1-12 was undertaken Dec 2025 to January 2026 and was advertised on the link below. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079455-2025 This process is being undertaken to Commission Lot 12 only *** IMPORTANT INFORMATION *** In order to participate in this process, you must be registered on the Central Digital Platform (CDP), and once registered you must be able to submit up to date core supplier information. Link: https://signin.account.gov.uk/sign-in-or-create For further information on how to register, please visit here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-your-organisation-and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-html