Notice Information
Notice Title
Mental Health Inpatient Beds
Notice Description
Mental health inpatient beds, located in the county of Essex
Lot Information
Lot 1
The purpose of the PIN is to gauge interest and connect with providers within this market-place to better understand market interest, capability and capacity to deliver the requirements. This notice is for information only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to not proceed to tender or at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notice or notices or at any other time.
As part of this pre-tender strategy EPUT is issuing this market engagement in connection with the potential procurement to establish an approach to market to support mental health inpatient beds that are located in the county of Essex. We are therefore asking for assistance through completion of our questionnaire. The information provided will help us to form and shape the service. This tender will run under the PSR regulations competitive process.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system, Atamis, in any resulting procurement exercise.
The questionnaire will run on:
The Atamis portal:
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
How to access the Questionnaire on the portal:
* Suppliers should register on the portal, if not already registered:
* To Express an Interest in this market engagement, search and Select contract reference - C388654 Market Engagement - Mental Health Inpatient Beds
* Please complete the questionnaire within the requirements section
* Suppliers can contact the Atamis helpdesk at -
support-health@atamis.co.uk or by calling 0800 9956035 for technical assistance when completing responses
The closing time and date for the return of your responses are 12.00pm on 12th September 2025. Responses received after this date may be considered at EPUTs discretion. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest and participation.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0599c6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056601-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85111500 - Psychiatric hospital services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £12,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Frances Britton
- Contact Email
- frances.britton2@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WICKFORD
- Postcode
- SS11 7XX
- Post Town
- Southend-on-Sea
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLH3 Essex
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Rettendon and Runwell
- Westminster Constituency
- Maldon
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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