Liaison & Diversion and RECONNECT Services, Enhanced RECONNECT Services and Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services

NHS England
North West
1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027

Delivery of Liaison and Diversion, RECONNECT, Enhanced RECONNECT, and Mental Health Treatment Requirement services across Lancashire and Cumbria. These services support individuals transitioning from custody to community settings, ensuring continuity of care and mental health treatment. This is an urgent, short-term contract award to incumbent providers to maintain service stability while a comprehensive procurement process is conducted.

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Awarded value: £6.5m; As published
Published: 14 July 2026
Awarded: 10 June 2026; Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust and Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Contract length: 12 months; Ends 31 March 2027

What the contract covers

Healthcare service contract

Provision of specialist mental health liaison, diversion, and offender rehabilitation support services for individuals within the criminal justice system.

Deliver Liaison and Diversion and RECONNECT services
Deliver Enhanced RECONNECT Services for Lancashire and Cumbria
Deliver Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services for Lancashire and Cumbria

Lot	Estimated value	SMEs
Liaison and Diversion and RECONNECT	Not stated	Not stated
Enhanced RECONNECT	Not stated	Not stated
Mental Health Treatment Requirement	Not stated	Not stated

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Healthcare service contract
Initial term: 12 months
Extensions: 6 months
Longest it can run: 18 months
Contract dates: 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 3
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Services
CPV codes: 85100000, 85323000

Services in this contract

Liaison and diversion and community sentence treatment servicesMain service£3.8m typicalLiaison and Diversion, RECONNECT, Enhanced RECONNECT and Mental Health Treatment Requirement services

Lifecycle

Published
14 July 2026
Contract awardedto Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust and Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
10 June 2026
Contract starts
1 April 2026
Contract ends
31 March 2027

The buyer

NHS England

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The suppliers

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/3638086/liaison-and-diversion-and-reconnect-services-enhanced-reconnect-services-and-men
Buyer reference: Not published
Last checked: 5 November 2026

NHS England. Liaison & Diversion and RECONNECT Services, Enhanced RECONNECT Services and Mental Health Treatment Requirement Services. Contract award, 14 July 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/3638086/liaison-and-diversion-and-reconnect-services-enhanced-reconnect-services-and-men (accessed 5 November 2026).