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Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Enhanced Care Unit

HealthcareCPV 85111500
Value£48.4m
Deadline27 Jul 2026
Published30 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 30 Jun 2026ClosedCloses 27 Jul 2026
Who to contact
Michael Sum
michael.sum1@nhs.net

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Contract value in context
£48.4mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£52.3m

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The brief

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of Birmingham Women and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, as Lead Provider of the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative (https://toucanwestmids.nhs.uk/), are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of an Enhanced Care Unit.<br/><br/>The service and provider will need to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide mental health services.<br/><br/>The service must be located within the geography of the West Midlands.<br/><br/>As a result of this Competitive Process, a subcontract under the Lead Provider(s) head contract will be awarded to the successful Provider for a period of 3 years, with the Commissioner having the option to extend for up to a further 2 years.<br/><br/>The annual value is £4,841,515 based on the award of 1 contract to 1 provider or £9,683,030 based on the award of 2 contracts to 2 providers.

The Commissioner at their absolute and sole discretion reserves the right to award either one or two contracts.<br/><br/>It is anticipated that the contract award (for the provision of an Enhance Care Unit) will be from 1 April 2027.

Birmingham Women and Children's NHS Foundation Trust confirm that they currently intend to run a compliant process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (as amended) to award a new contract for a lead provider (s) of specialised child and adolescent mental health services in the West Midlands from 1 April 2027.

Should there be a change in lead provider (s), all existing sub-contracts will be transferred under the same terms, to the new lead provider contract using the relevant contract terms.<br/><br/>Further details are provided in II.2.4.1

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The service and provider will need

The service and provider will need to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide mental health services.

02

The service must be located within

The service must be located within the geography of the West Midlands.

03

Should there be a change in lead

Should there be a change in lead provider (s), all existing sub-contracts will be transferred under the same terms, to the new lead provider contract using the relevant contract terms.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

CQC registrationsays mustRegulator registrations
…suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of an Enhanced Care Unit.<br/><br/>The service and provider will need to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide mental health services.<br/><br/>The service must be located within the geography of the West Midlands.<br/><br/>As a result…

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
061383-2026
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