Procurement

Autism, Learning Disability or Neurodiversity

  • London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-065e08

Description

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is seeking to commission an innovative provider to deliver a borough-wide Peer Support and Lived Experience Leadership Programme for adults with learning disabilities, autism and wider neurodiversity (LDAN), including carers.

This programme forms the first phase of a wider prevention and inclusion approach, focused on strengthening community-based support, improving accessibility and inclusion, and embedding lived experience leadership across the system.

The Council is looking for a provider (or partnership of providers) who can design and deliver a programme that:

builds sustainable peer support networks ensuring that approaches are appropriately tailored to the needs of specific groups

establishes meaningful co-production and lived experience leadership structures

improves inclusion and accessibility across community and public-facing services

supports early intervention, improves health inequalities and reduces escalation to statutory services

The programme will play a key role in shaping future service development, including potential expansion into a broader borough-wide prevention and navigation offer.

The successful provider will play a key role in shaping future service development, including a wider borough prevention and navigation offer.

Contract value: £215,000 per annum

Contract duration: 2 years

Procurement route: Competitive process

Further information and tender documents are available on our e-tendering portal https://lbbd.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml and central digital platform Suppliers: How to register your organisation and first administrator on Find a Tender in three easy steps (HTML) - GOV.UK. Any questions regarding the tender should be addressed through the portal in the messaging section

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a new, inclusive and community-led approach for the borough.

Closing date for this tender is no later than noon on 9th June 2026

Notices

UK4: Tender notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-041256
Published
5 May 2026, 7:03pm

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-017780
Published
27 February 2026, 10:59am