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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) Placement

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 03:41.

Opportunity overview

This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8 for Direct Award Process B, where the Trust is awarding this contract having conducted spot purchasing analysis and has concluded that this is the only available option. The Trust has a choice of providers and is not seeking to restrict the number of providers. The service is for specialised Psychiatric care for a named patient. Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) are specialist wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder. The contract has been awarded following direct award process B at £1022.00 per day for a nominal period of 4 weeks as the duration is unknown. The patient would be reviewed daily Mon-Fri and would be repatriated where clinically appropriate. Estimated total cost is £28616.00 from 16th July 2026 to not known. The Trust had a spot purchasing arrangement with this provider in the past, and this is a continuation of this service for a new placement, now coming directly through the Trust whereas previously it sat under the ICB. The contract is new as the Trust are placing the contract directly, but the arrangements have been previously in place under spot purchasing via the ICB.

Awarded to

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Priory Hospital

Match pending…
Contract value
£28.6k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
15 Jul 2026
Award ID
076443-2026-LDRB50-1
Status
active
Location
Lickey, Birmingham, UKG, B45 8ER, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85111500 — Psychiatric hospital services

Lots

  • This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8 for Direct Award Process B, where the Trust is awarding this contract having conducted spot purchasing analysis and has concluded that this is the only available option. The Trust has a choice of providers and is not seeking to restrict the number of providers. The service is for specialised Psychiatric care for a named patient. Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) are specialist wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder. The contract has been awarded following direct award process B at £1022.00 per day for a nominal period of 4 weeks as the duration is unknown. The patient would be reviewed daily Mon-Fri and would be repatriated where clinically appropriate. Estimated total cost is £28616.00 from 16th July 2026 to not known. The Trust had a spot purchasing arrangement with this provider in the past, and this is a continuation of this service for a new placement, now coming directly through the Trust whereas previously it sat under the ICB. The contract is new as the Trust are placing the contract directly, but the arrangements have been previously in place under spot purchasing via the ICB.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
LDRB50
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
The patient has no legal right to choose, but the Trust does not want to restrict the number of providers. Award is therefore conducted under PSR Direct Award B. This is highly specialised psychiatric services with limited availability nationally. All known providers were contacted to ascertain whether they could provide the required service, only this supplier responded in the required timeframe

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
85111500
Description
Psychiatric hospital services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_PROC_OPEN
Description
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Entry 2
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8 for Direct Award Process B, where the Trust is awarding this contract having conducted spot purchasing analysis and has concluded that this is the only available option. The Trust has a choice of providers and is not seeking to restrict the number of providers. The service is for specialised Psychiatric care for a named patient. Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) are specialist wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder. The contract has been awarded following direct award process B at £1022.00 per day for a nominal period of 4 weeks as the duration is unknown. The patient would be reviewed daily Mon-Fri and would be repatriated where clinically appropriate. Estimated total cost is £28616.00 from 16th July 2026 to not known. The Trust had a spot purchasing arrangement with this provider in the past, and this is a continuation of this service for a new placement, now coming directly through the Trust whereas previously it sat under the ICB. The contract is new as the Trust are placing the contract directly, but the arrangements have been previously in place under spot purchasing via the ICB.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Price and availability
Type
cost
Description
100

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG

Delivery Location

Description
Barnt Green, Birmingham

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement
Id
GB-FTS-141718

Identifier

Legal Name
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Lawton House, Bellringer Road
Locality
Trentham
Region
UKG
Postal Code
ST4 8HH
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Geraldine Hickman
Telephone
+44 7767006153

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
07
Description
Health
Organisation 2
Name
Priory Hospital
Id
GB-FTS-185713

Identifier

Legal Name
Priory Hospital
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Barnt Green
Locality
Lickey, Birmingham
Region
UKG
Postal Code
B45 8ER
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Id
GB-FTS-21552

Identifier

Legal Name
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Street Address
Lawton House, Bellringer Road
Locality
Trentham
Postal Code
ST4 8HH
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
076443-2026-LDRB50-1
Title
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-185713
Name
Priory Hospital

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
076443-2026-LDRB50-1
Award ID
076443-2026-LDRB50-1
Title
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement
Status
active
Date Signed
16 Jul 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
28,616
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Trentham · UKG · ST4 8HH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 076443-2026award, contract ·