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Specialist Inpatient Peer Support Worker Programme

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Tender

31 Jul 2026 at 11:41

Tender Notice
Planning

16 Jun 2026 at 13:02

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, as lead provider for the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative, is procuring a Specialist Inpatient Peer Support Worker Programme. NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit is supporting the procurement. The service will support children and young people aged 13 to 17 admitted to Tier 4 inpatient mental health units across the West Midlands. It will provide peer support, supportive care and mentoring during inpatient stays, using shared lived experience to promote recovery, engagement with treatment and positive discharge. The approach is patient-centred, trauma-informed and psychologically informed, with an emphasis on wellbeing, relationship-building, emotional regulation, community reintegration and reducing the risk of institutionalisation. The procurement is for services, including community health service elements.

The procurement has reached tender: the buyer invited offers through an open procedure. Bids must be submitted electronically through the eTendering portal by 3 September 2026 at 12:00 British Summer Time, in English; variants are not allowed and bids must remain valid for 120 days. The contract is expected to run from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2028, with the Commissioner’s sole-discretion option to extend it by up to one further year. The published annual value is £300,000 and the estimated total value is £900,000. There is one lot. Evaluation includes quality and innovation at 33%, integration, collaboration and service sustainability at 30%, access, health inequalities and choice at 12%, social value at 10%, and an unseen presentation at 15%; basic selection and value are pass/fail.

This opportunity suits providers with relevant experience delivering peer support to young people in specialist or inpatient child and adolescent mental health settings. Strong candidates will be able to recruit or deploy peer support workers whose own lived experience can inspire hope and support recovery, while maintaining safe, encouraging and inclusive relationships with service users. The service requires capability in patient-centred, trauma-informed and psychologically informed support, mentoring, wellbeing work and education about emotional dysregulation. Providers should be able to work collaboratively with inpatient services and contribute to treatment engagement, discharge planning, community reintegration and reduced institutionalisation. The evaluation gives substantial weight to quality, innovation, integration, collaboration, sustainability and improved access, alongside social value and a scored presentation, so service design and partnership delivery will be important.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Specialist Inpatient Peer Support Worker Programme

Notice Description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of Birmingham Women and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, as Lead Provider of the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative (https://toucanwestmids.nhs.uk/), are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of an Specialist Inpatient Peer Support Worker Programme<br/><br/>The Specialist Inpatient Peer Support Worker (PSW) Programme is for the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative (WMCPC). The programme is for Children and Young people who are admitted to a Tier 4 inpatient unit aged 13-17 years (inclusive).<br/><br/>As a result of this Competitive Process, a subcontract under the Lead Provider(s) head contract will be awarded to the successful Provider for a period of 2 years, with the Commissioner having the option to extend for up to a further 1 year.<br/><br/>The annual value is PS300,000. <br/><br/>It is anticipated that the contract award (for the provision of a Specialist Inpatient Peer Support Worker Programme will be from 1 January 2027. Birmingham Women and Children's NHS Foundation Trust confirm that they currently intend to run a compliant process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (as amended) to award a new contract for a lead provider (s) of specialised child and adolescent mental health services in the West Midlands from 1 January 2027. <br/><br/>Further details are provided in II.2.4.1

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Specialist Inpatient Peer Support Worker (PSW) Programme is for the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative (WMCPC). The programme is for Children and Young people who are admitted to a Tier 4 inpatient unit aged 13-17 years (inclusive).

NHSE recognises peer support as a supported self-management intervention. It happens when people with similar long-term conditions, or health experiences, come together to support each other - either on a one-to-one or group basis. It is enabled through relationships that build mutual acceptance and understanding. Peer support is a valuable resource for people and their families and carers; empowering them to take ownership of, and have more control over, their health and wellbeing. It enables people to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to self-manage and address other issues that might be affecting their health, such as loneliness or self-esteem. The power of peer support lies in connecting people with shared experience to create an encouraging, inspiring, and safe space. This personalised, holistic support focuses on wellbeing and understanding lived experience, rather than clinical interventions.
This peer support service, majoratively delivered within CAMHS inpatient settings aims to:
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Contribute to a reduction in length of admission by increasing a young persons level of engagement in their treatment plan, promoting recovery and a positive experience of discharge.
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Deliver patient-centred, trauma-informed, psychologically informed support, via the PSW approach.
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Deliver supportive care and mentorship to young people with a focus on relationship building during their inpatient stay.

Desired Outcomes:

* Improved experience of the inpatient journey because of the peer support intervention.
* PSW, through their own lived experience, to inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible.
* Reducing the risk of a young person's care and identity becoming institutionalised.
* To contribute to the improved experience of reintegration into the community and being 'community ready' working towards recovery.
* An increase in young people's understanding of their emotional dysregulation through education provided by the PSW.

Award Criteria:
Basic Selection Criteria - Pass/Fail or For Information only
Quality and Innovation - 33.00%
Value - Pass/Fail
Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 30.00%
Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - 12.00%
Social Value - 10.00%
Unseen Presentation - 15.00%

The evaluation process covers a number of discrete stages which are outlined in Document 1 at 27.2.1. Evaluators will score answers for each question as either pass or fail or using a scale of 0-5 (where 0 is unacceptable and 5 is excellent) for scored questions as above and detailed within Document 1 at 27.3.2. Evaluations will be carried out by a panel made up of representatives ("evaluators") from Commissioners and their advisors. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (as amended). For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023, save for those requirements detailed in regulation 28 of the Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025, do not apply to this award. In addition, neither the placement of this notice nor any subsequent notice shall bind the Commissioner to the award of any contract.

Providers wishing to bid for this opportunity should access the eProcurement portal, as detailed below, where they can find submission requirements and relevant information of the services. Providers should read the instructions carefully before compiling their submission. Providers must submit their bid via the eTendering portal only.

To access the relevant documentation relating to this opportunity, please follow the instructions below on how to access the eTendering portal:
1) Go to https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and click the link to register (if your organisation has not registered previously)
2) Once registered, login to the system and look for Quote/tender "C459086 - Specialist Inpatient Peer Support Worker Programme"

Renewal: Option to extend for up to a further 1 year at the sole discretion of the Commissioner

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b5e4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072637-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85312500 - Rehabilitation services

85323000 - Community health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£900,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£900,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Jul 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
3 Sep 20261 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
20 Jul 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2028 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B4 6NH
Postcode Area
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Ladywood
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

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