Notice Information
Notice Title
Community Forensic Services
Notice Description
This service will provide a specialist forensic mental health offer for adults who require clinical support in the community instead of an inpatient forensic admission. It will operate within the scope of the national secure and specialised mental health service specification which defines community forensic delivery.<br/><br/>The team will deliver multidisciplinary clinical assessment, treatment and risk management for people whose needs require specialist forensic input. It will support diversion from hospital, earlier transition from secure care and sustained stability in the community.<br/><br/>Key components of delivery are:<br/>- Multidisciplinary clinical assessment and interventions<br/>- Support to maintain community placement and avoid admission<br/>- Liaison with secure inpatient services and local criminal justice partners.<br/><br/>This is an intention to follow the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) route under the Provider Selection Regime.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach 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.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The intention is to award a contract using the most suitable provider process.
Providers who consider themselves suitable providers must make the authority aware. Providers must make award decision makers aware by midnight on 13th January 2026 via email to Catherine.Swaile@cpft.nhs.uk.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fdb4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086289-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
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
85100000 - Health services
85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,812,500 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Dec 2025Today
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 14 Jan 20263 weeks to go
- 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
- Catherine Swaile
- Contact Email
- catherine.swaile@cpft.nhs.uk
- 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
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Rettendon and Runwell
- Westminster Constituency
- Maldon
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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