Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Notice Description
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is looking to procure providers to support the delivery of timely access to mental health assessment, diagnosis and support for children and young people in the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Area. Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform its decision-making on the most appropriate route to market under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This PIN also signals the Trust's intention to gather provider insight, understand market capacity, and assess levels of supplier interest, ahead of selecting a formal PSR process (Direct Award, Most Suitable Provider, or Competitive Process).
Lot Information
Digital
The service will provide patient facing digital tools for Children, Young People and/or their parents or carers. The tools will provide NICE recommended evidence-based interventions for common mental health presentations (with specified target populations e.g. age range). The tool with align with NICE guidance and activity and outcomes aligning with the NHSE CYP Access and Waiting Times Standard, with reporting directly into The Mental Health Services Data Set.
WorkforceThe service will deliver neurodevelopmental assessments, psychological therapies and creative therapies for children and young people, addressing gaps in provision and supporting those affected by waiting times. The service will provide timely, structured interventions with some flexibility expected in mode of delivery as a complementary or bridging offer within existing pathways.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-064cdc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011996-2026
- 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 31 Mar 20262 months 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
- MIDLANDS PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Bethan Davies
- Contact Email
- bethan.davies@mpft.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 03007907000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STAFFORD
- Postcode
- ST16 3AG
- Post Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
-
- Local Authority
- Stafford
- Electoral Ward
- Coton
- Westminster Constituency
- Stafford
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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