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DHSC: GPH: Addiction Psychiatry Credential and Regional Tutors

Department of Health & Social Care · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 03:12.

Opportunity overview

The Addiction Psychiatry project is a DHSC‑funded initiative to develop a new Addiction Psychiatry (AP) credential, in delivered by Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych), to address the long‑standing shortage of specialist addiction psychiatrists within the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery (DATR) workforce.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Contract value
£1.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
29 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£2m
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PNYR-7511-BDRN
Location
London, UKI42, E1 8BB, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C397385
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
RCPsych is the only body that meets the criteria need to deliver the credential. Neither policy officials nor national clinical advisors have uncovered any other GMC-accredited or legally regulated addiction speciality in the whole of UK healthcare, including medicine, nursing, and psychology.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department of Health & Social Care
Id
GB-PPON-PMQG-9965-CHZR

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMQG-9965-CHZR

Address

Street Address
39 Victoria Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1H 0EU
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Id
GB-PPON-PNYR-7511-BDRN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNYR-7511-BDRN

Address

Street Address
21 Prescot Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
E1 8BB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI42

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
Yes
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85100000
Description
Health services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PNYR-7511-BDRN
Name
Royal College of Psychiatrists

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Award ID
2
Title
DHSC: GPH: Addiction Psychiatry Credential and Regional Tutors
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
30 Mar 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2029, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
1,954,584
Amount
1,628,820
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
A-14475
Document Type
contractSigned
Format
application/pdf
Entry 2
Id
032107-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
8 Apr 2026, 16:25
Format
text/html

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Reporting
Description
The reporting on existing, new and at risk higher training placements which the network supported to be maintained

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1H 0EU · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 023202-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 023285-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 032107-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·