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Psychological Therapies

MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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30 Jul 2026 at 08:50

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17 Jul 2026 at 08:54

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Summary of the contracting process

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is buying psychotherapy support for children and young people in Cheshire. The service is an insourced clinical provision for children and young people diagnosed with diabetes or epilepsy, intended to address immediate patient clinical needs. Delivery is centred at Leighton Hospital in Crewe. The procurement is for health services, covering psychological and psychotherapy support rather than general counselling or unrelated clinical services. The Trust is the buying organisation and the selected provider is Think Therapy Limited, based in Widnes. This requirement is therefore most relevant to providers with experience delivering child and adolescent psychotherapy within or alongside NHS services, particularly for patients living with diabetes or epilepsy and requiring coordinated clinical support at a hospital or comparable healthcare setting.

The procurement has reached the award stage. The Trust used the Provider Selection Regime under Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, specifically Direct Award Process C, without publishing a prior call for competition. The contract was awarded to Think Therapy Limited on 1 August 2026. Its indicative lifetime value is £160,720 including the stated contract value, and the contract period runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 March 2027. The requirement was assessed on price. One bid was recorded, and it came from an SME. The process concerns one service requirement for children and young people with diabetes or epilepsy. The award is recorded as active and the contract is recorded as active; the contract was signed on 16 July 2026.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the award demonstrates a defined need for specialist psychotherapy for children and young people with diabetes or epilepsy within the Mid Cheshire hospital service. A credible competitor would need the clinical capability to assess and support this patient group, provide psychotherapy in an NHS-linked setting, and work effectively with hospital teams and existing care pathways. The requirement also indicates that the Trust values a provider able to respond to immediate clinical needs and deliver an insourced service at Leighton Hospital. Relevant providers should be able to show appropriate child and adolescent psychotherapy expertise, dependable clinical capacity, safeguarding and governance arrangements, and experience coordinating treatment with medical services. The selected supplier is an SME, indicating that delivery may be achievable for a focused specialist provider rather than only a large national organisation.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Psychological Therapies

Notice Description

To provide psychotherapy support to children, young, people (CYP)

Lot Information

Lot 1

To provide an insourced service to support children and young people (CYP) who have been diagnosed with diabetes or epilepsy with psychotherapy support

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by the 29th July 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR Direct Award C.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cd64
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071967-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

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
£160,720 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CREWE
Postcode
CW1 4TQ
Postcode Area
Crewe
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD62 Cheshire East
Delivery Location
TLD6 Cheshire
Local Authority
Cheshire East
Electoral Ward
Leighton
Westminster Constituency
Crewe and Nantwich

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Think Therapy

Further Information

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