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Opportunity overview
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 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 25 March 2025 to gail.bloxham@nhs.net. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
The award decision was approved by BSMHFT MHPC Commissioning Committee on 3 March 2025. No conflicts were declared. Key criteria were presented and the current provider is able to demonstrate that they have delivered under their previous contractual arrangement and BSMHFT is confident that this delivery will continue under a new contract.
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04ec6f
Main Procurement Category
services
Legal basis
Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX
Classification
Scheme
CPV
Id
85140000
Description
Miscellaneous health services
Amendments
Entry 1
Id
3
Description
Contract details:
Contract services: Provision of bereavement counselling services
Contract start date: 01/04/2025
Contract end date: 31/03/2027
Buyer, suppliers and contacts
Organisation 1
Name
BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Id
GB-FTS-140442
Identifier
Legal Name
BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust published an intention-to-award notice for bereavement counselling under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The notice states that the contract had not yet been formally awarded and that providers could make representations during a standstill period.
Who this may suit
This does not appear to be an open competitive opportunity: it is an intention to award under PSR, using an award procedure without prior competition. The notice states that the current provider's prior delivery supported the decision.
Key points identified
Service requiredBereavement counsellingEvidence: Opportunity title: "Bereavement counselling".
Prior delivery evidenceThe current provider was considered able to demonstrate delivery under its previous contractual arrangement.Evidence: Description: "the current provider is able to demonstrate that they have delivered under their previous contractual arrangement".
Provider representationsProviders could make representations to the decision makers by 25 March 2025, by email.Evidence: Description: "Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 25 March 2025 to gail.bloxham@nhs.net."
91% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust published an intention-to-award notice for bereavement counselling under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The notice states that the contract had not yet been formally awarded and that providers could make representations during a standstill period.
Who this may suit
This does not appear to be an open competitive opportunity: it is an intention to award under PSR, using an award procedure without prior competition. The notice states that the current provider's prior delivery supported the decision.
Key deliverables
Bereavement counselling services
Continuation of service delivery under a new contract, as referenced in the award rationale
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Service required
99% confidence
Bereavement counselling
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Opportunity title: "Bereavement counselling".
Prior delivery evidence
94% confidence
The current provider was considered able to demonstrate delivery under its previous contractual arrangement.
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Description: "the current provider is able to demonstrate that they have delivered under their previous contractual arrangement".
Provider representations
98% confidence
Providers could make representations to the decision makers by 25 March 2025, by email.
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Description: "Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 25 March 2025 to gail.bloxham@nhs.net."
Other supplier eligibility conditions
98% confidence
Unknown.
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No further eligibility, economic, technical, insurance, location, size, or accreditation conditions are supplied.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Contract value
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No minimum or maximum value or currency is supplied.
Commercial terms
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No pricing, payment, or other commercial terms are supplied.
Delivery
Delivery location
82% confidence
Buyer location: Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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Locations record: "Buyer location", locality "Birmingham", country "United Kingdom".
Contract start and end dates
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Contract start and end dates are null.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Regime
99% confidence
Provider Selection Regime (PSR) under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
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Description explicitly identifies a "Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice" and cites the 2023 Regulations.
Procedure
99% confidence
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.
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Procurement method details: "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition".
Public Contracts Regulations 2015
99% confidence
Stated not to apply to this award.
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Description: "the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award".
Award status
98% confidence
Intention to award; the contract was stated not to have been formally awarded at the time described.
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Description: "This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR."
Decision approval
98% confidence
Award decision approved by BSMHFT MHPC Commissioning Committee on 3 March 2025.
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Description explicitly states the approval body and date.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Status and timetable inconsistency
99% confidence
The record display status is "open", but the narrative describes an intention to award rather than an invitation to compete, and gives a representation deadline of 25 March 2025. The supplied publication timestamp is 4 April 2025, after that deadline.
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Display status: "open". Description: "intention to award" and representations due "by 25 March 2025". Published at: "2025-04-04T15:17:35+01:00".
Source date inconsistency
99% confidence
The supplied source URL identifies notice number 096659-2026 and the source update timestamp is in 2026, while the notice narrative and publication timestamp refer to 2025. The supplied data does not resolve this discrepancy.
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Source URL: "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096659-2026"; source updated at: "2026-10-13T15:24:51+01:00"; narrative dates and published-at value are in 2025.
Competition availability
98% confidence
The stated procedure is without prior publication of a call for competition, and the rationale refers to the current provider. New supplier bidding is not evidenced.
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Procurement method details state "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition"; description refers to "the current provider".
Contract scope and commercial detail
98% confidence
Detailed service scope, duration, value, contract dates, evaluation criteria and terms are not supplied.
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No lots, documents, value, currency, contract dates, or detailed specification are provided.
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