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Eating Disorder Services; Day Care and Intensive Support at Home

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 20:16.

Opportunity overview

Toucan, the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative (WMCPC) (https://toucanwestmids.nhs.uk/) hosted by Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust as Lead Provider have commissioned an Eating Disorder Day Care Service: Standalone unit for children and young people aged 13-18 within the West Midlands, and an Eating Disorder Intensive at Home (ED-ISH) Support Service for children and young people aged 13-18 within the North region of the West Midlands who require intensive mental health treatment to support discharge and step down from hospital.<br/><br/>This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice, following the publication of FTS Intention to Award Notice 2025/S 000-008680. The contracts for Lot 1a and Lot 2a have been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the Competitive Process.<br/><br/>The contract award concluded 29th July 2025 with the contract period being July 2025 until March 2027<br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £2,975,264.72<br/><br/>No reviews were applicable during the standstill period.<br/>There were no declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision.

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.

MIDLANDS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

No match
Contract value
£0
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
10 Mar 2025
Award ID
008680-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
00998485
Location
Stafford, UK, ST16 3SR, United Kingdom

MIDLANDS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

No match
Contract value
£1.8m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
10 Mar 2025
Award ID
008680-2025-2
Status
active
Identifier
00998485
Location
Stafford, UK, ST16 3SR, United Kingdom

MIDLANDS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

No match
Contract value
£1.3m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
10 Mar 2025
Award ID
008680-2025-3
Status
active
Identifier
00998485
Location
Stafford, UK, ST16 3SR, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85111500 — Psychiatric hospital services

Lots

  • Key Criteria - Lot 1 Eating Disorder Services; Day Care£3.7m
  • Key Criteria - Lot 1 Eating Disorder Services; Day CareValue not stated
  • Key Criteria - Lot 2 Eating Disorder Intensive Support at Home (ED-ISH)£4m
  • Key Criteria - Lot 2 Eating Disorder Intensive Support at Home (ED-ISH)Value not stated
  • Basic Selection Criteria£1

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
ocds-h6vhtk-04bea7
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
Contract Award has now been concluded

Bid Opening

Date
26 Nov 2024, 10:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Lot Details

Maximum Lots Bid Per Supplier
9,999,999

Expected award period

Starts
26 Nov 2024, 10:00

Tender Period

Ends
15 Jan 2025, 17:00

Communication

Classification

Id
85111500
Scheme
CPV
Description
Psychiatric hospital services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days
120

Submission Method

electronicSubmission
written

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
The service and provider will need to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to<br/>provide mental health services.

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
Qualification
Title
Basic Selection Criteria
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
This notice serves as the intention to award a contract under the Competitive Process. <br/>The successful provider will deliver an Eating Disorder Day Care Services: Standalone unit for children and young people aged 13-18 within the West Midlands, and an Eating Disorder Intensive at Home (ED-ISH) Support for children and young people aged 13-18 within the North region of the West Midlands who require intensive mental health treatment to support discharge and step down from hospital.<br/>This service is an enhanced specialised service and has been awarded to a new provider.<br/>As a result of this Competitive Process a contract will be awarded to the successful provider for a period of 2 years, commencing from 01st April 2025. It is anticipated that the service provision resulting from this Competitive Process will have a value of £2,975,264.72 for the contract period. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

Value

Amount
1
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Basic Selection Criteria
Type
quality
Description
Pass/Fail
Criterion 2
Name
Basic Selection Criteria (zero cost)
Type
cost
Description
N/A

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2025, 00:00

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed
Entry 2
Id
1a
Title
Key Criteria - Lot 1 Eating Disorder Services; Day Care
Status
active
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
WMCPC intends to commission Eating Disorder day care provision for children and young people within the West Midlands (aged 13-18).<br/>The service and provider will need to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide mental health services.<br/>The indicative services aims are to:<br/>• Support young people with a diagnosed Eating Disorder to receive timely and effective care<br/>in the least restrictive environment<br/>• Reduce inpatient admissions to Specialist Eating Disorder Units (and/or reduce lengths of<br/>stay for those already admitted)<br/>• Provide an alternative, sustainable model to inpatient care as described within NHSE’s<br/>draft commissioning guidance for children and young people’s intensive mental health<br/>services.<br/>• Provide specialist eating disorder interventions on an outpatient basis<br/>• Be NICE Guideline (NG69) compliant<br/>• Provide a treatment option for the young person where there may be reluctance for<br/>inpatient admission and/or they require a more structured treatment approach to interventions than can be achieved within a current community setting.<br/><br/>The proposed service model should cover the following minimum requirements (these may<br/>be subject to amendment due to concurrent development work):<br/>• Service model should focus on highly structured programme of day care provision, with range of evidence based therapeutic treatment approaches, supplemented with educational support to maintain a structured environment for the young person<br/>• Interventions should be tailored to meet young person’s needs at time of assessment as<br/>well as support to family/carer.<br/>• Service should be operational seven days per week 8am-8pm.<br/>• Service should be committed to principles of least restrictive practice<br/>• Service should have capacity to provide day service places up to 8 young people at any one time<br/><br/>This is a new service model for Children and Young People’s Intensive Mental Health<br/>Services (CYPIMHS), as such, the successful Provider is expected to be fully operational,<br/>providing services ideally from 1st January 2025, but at the latest from 1st April 2025. Additional information: Any award of contract for this requirement is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider<br/>Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the<br/>Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply. In addition, neither the placement of this<br/>notice nor any subsequent notice shall bind the Commissioner to the award of any contract.

Value

Amount
3,654,622
Currency
GBP

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2025, 00:00

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed
Entry 3
Id
2
Title
Key Criteria - Lot 2 Eating Disorder Intensive Support at Home (ED-ISH)
Status
active
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
WMCPC intends to commission Eating Disorder Intensive Home Support provision for children and young people within the West Midlands (aged 13-18) who require intensive mental health treatment to support discharge and step down from hospital.<br/><br/>The first 12 months of provision will focus on step down’s from Specialist Eating Disorder Units whilst developing the admission avoidance element to be operational from year 2.<br/><br/>The service and provider will need to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide mental health services.<br/><br/>The indicative services aims are to:<br/>• Support young people to receive timely and effective care in the least restrictive environment<br/>• To enable re-feeding including NG feeding to be undertaken at home.<br/>• Reduce lengths of stay within a Specialist Eating Disorder Unit<br/>• Provide time-limited intensive intervention within the young person’s home environment<br/>• Be NICE Guideline (NG69) compliant<br/>• Work alongside existing Community Eating Disorder Services, providing higher level of expertise and intensive intervention.<br/><br/>The proposed service model should cover the following minimum requirements (these may be subject to amendment due to concurrent development work):<br/>• Service should focus on intensive support within the young person’s home environment, with a range of therapeutic, evidence based treatment approaches deployed<br/>• Interventions should be tailored to meet individual young person’s and their family’s needs at time of assessment<br/>• Service should be operational seven days per week and provide support as appropriate into the young person’s home and/or school setting, with the accepted young people having intervention(s) up to four times daily (as determined appropriate at time of assessment and formulated within their care plan<br/>• Most interventions from the ED-ISH should aim for around 14 weeks of input, though length of time input required should be based on clinical need<br/>• The ED-ISH should provide a highly structured programme of intensive support that combines education, therapy and support with meal times and meal planning.<br/>• ED-ISH should also consider support to parents/carers and families of the young person, which may be undertaken separately to the intervention with the young person.<br/>• The service should have capacity to provide intensive input up to four times daily for at least 14 weeks to between 5 and 8 young people at one time. Additional information: Any award of contract for this requirement is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply. In addition, neither the placement of this notice nor any subsequent notice shall bind the Commissioner to the award of any contract.

Value

Amount
4,020,156
Currency
GBP

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2025, 00:00

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed
Entry 4
Id
1a Standalone Unit
Title
Key Criteria - Lot 1 Eating Disorder Services; Day Care
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
This notice serves as the intention to award a contract under the Competitive Process. <br/>The successful provider will deliver an Eating Disorder Day Care Services: Standalone unit for children and young people aged 13-18 within the West Midlands.<br/>This service is an enhanced specialised service and has been awarded to a new provider.<br/>As a result of this Competitive Process a contract will be awarded to the successful provider for a period of 2 years, commencing from 01st April 2025. It is anticipated that the service provision resulting from this Competitive Process will have a value of £1,825,943.80 for the contract period. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 24th March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/>Any representations should be sent to kimberley.walker13@nhs.nhs<br/>The award decision-makers are West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative. The decision to award the contract was made by West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative Chief Finance Officer. <br/>Conflicts of interest identified amongst the group: 1. The non-conflicted members have assessed the nature and risk of the conflicts and decided which steps to take to avoid or manage them. The conflicted member was excluded from participating in the assessments. <br/>The Basic Selection Criteria scoring methodology was either Pass/Fail or For Information<br/>The Key Criteria were scored sub-weighted questions, as follows:<br/>Quality and Innovation – 25.00%<br/>Value – 10.00%<br/>Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability – 40.00%<br/>Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice – 15.00%<br/>Social value – 10.00%<br/>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust passed the Basic Selection Criteria and received the highest combined overall weighted Key Criteria score out of 100.00%. As a result, they are awarded the contract, subject to agreement.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality & Innovation
Type
quality
Description
25.00
Criterion 2
Name
Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability
Type
quality
Description
40.00
Criterion 3
Name
Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice
Type
quality
Description
15.00
Criterion 4
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
10.00
Criterion 5
Name
Value
Type
cost
Description
10.00
Entry 5
Id
2a North
Title
Key Criteria - Lot 2 Eating Disorder Intensive Support at Home (ED-ISH)
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
This notice serves as the intention to award a contract under the Competitive Process. <br/>The successful provider will deliver an Eating Disorder Intensive at Home (ED-ISH) Support for children and young people aged 13-18 within the North region of the West Midlands who require intensive mental health treatment to support discharge and step down from hospital.<br/>This service is an enhanced specialised service and has been awarded to a new provider.<br/>As a result of this Competitive Process a contract will be awarded to the successful provider for a period of 2 years, commencing from 01st April 2025. It is anticipated that the service provision resulting from this Competitive Process will have a value of £1,149,320.92 for the contract period. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight 24th March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.<br/>Any representations should be sent to kimberley.walker13@nhs.nhs<br/>The award decision-makers are West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative. The decision to award the contract was made by West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative Chief Finance Officer. <br/>Conflicts of interest identified amongst the group: 1. The non-conflicted members have assessed the nature and risk of the conflicts and decided which steps to take to avoid or manage them. The conflicted member was excluded from participating in the assessments. <br/>The Basic Selection Criteria scoring methodology was either Pass/Fail or For Information<br/>The Key Criteria were scored sub-weighted questions, as follows:<br/>Quality and Innovation – 30.00%<br/>Value – 10.00%<br/>Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability – 40.00%<br/>Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice – 10.00%<br/>Social value – 10.00%<br/>Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust passed the Basic Selection Criteria and received the highest combined overall weighted Key Criteria score out of 100.00%. As a result, they are awarded the contract, subject to agreement.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality and Innovation
Type
quality
Description
30.00
Criterion 2
Name
Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability
Type
quality
Description
40.00
Criterion 3
Name
Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice
Type
quality
Description
10.00
Criterion 4
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
10.00
Criterion 5
Name
Value
Type
cost
Description
10.00%

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
Qualification
Related Lot
Qualification

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG
Entry 2
Region
UKG

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85111500
Scheme
CPV
Description
Psychiatric hospital services
Item 2
Id
1a
Related Lot
1a

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85111500
Scheme
CPV
Description
Psychiatric hospital services
Item 3
Id
2
Related Lot
2

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85111500
Scheme
CPV
Description
Psychiatric hospital services
Item 4
Id
1a Standalone Unit
Related Lot
1a Standalone Unit

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85111500
Scheme
CPV
Description
Psychiatric hospital services
Item 5
Id
2a North
Related Lot
2a North

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85111500
Scheme
CPV
Description
Psychiatric hospital services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-8526
Name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKG
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B4 6NH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Steelhouse Lane

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Legal Name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Contact

Name
Kimberley Walker
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-1661
Name
The High Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Strand

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
The High Court
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-140299
Name
MIDLANDS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Stafford
Postal Code
ST16 3SR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Trust Headquarters Corporation St

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
00998485
Legal Name
MIDLANDS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Award information

Award 1
Id
008680-2025-1
Title
Basic Selection Criteria
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-140299
Name
MIDLANDS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Award 2
Id
008680-2025-2
Title
Eating Disorder Services; Day Care
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-140299
Name
MIDLANDS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Related lots

1a Standalone Unit
Award 3
Id
008680-2025-3
Title
Eating Disorder Intensive Support at Home (ED-ISH)
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-140299
Name
MIDLANDS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Related lots

2a North

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
008680-2025-1
Title
Basic Selection Criteria
Status
active
Award ID
008680-2025-1
Date Signed
10 Mar 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
0.01
Currency
GBP
Entry 2
Id
008680-2025-2
Title
Eating Disorder Services; Day Care
Status
active
Award ID
008680-2025-2
Date Signed
10 Mar 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
1,827,311
Currency
GBP
Entry 3
Id
008680-2025-3
Title
Eating Disorder Intensive Support at Home (ED-ISH)
Status
active
Award ID
008680-2025-3
Date Signed
10 Mar 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
1,340,052
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG · B4 6NH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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