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Individual Placement Support (IPS) services for Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Summary of the contracting process

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust commissioned Individual Placement Support (IPS) services for people with serious mental illness (SMI). The service is a specialist healthcare support offer intended to help people with SMI access and sustain employment through individual placement and employment support. Delivery relates to Greater Manchester, including the IPS Greater Manchester commissioning context. This is a services contract, classified under health services. The buyer is Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS foundation trust based in Ashton-under-Lyne. The requirement is for a provider able to deliver IPS services for SMI across the relevant Greater Manchester service area, working within the Trust’s commissioning and implementation arrangements and meeting the applicable healthcare service standards.

The procurement has reached the awarded stage: the contract was formally awarded to Pure Innovations Limited under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Health Care Services Regulations 2023, using Direct Award Process C without a prior call for competition. The award date was 4 September 2026, and the contract was signed on 20 August 2026. The contract runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2028, with an approximate lifetime value of £6,500,000, dependent on ICB investment decisions. The award decision was based entirely on quality, with price given zero weighting. The existing provider was assessed on a pass/fail basis against the PSR decision criteria and passed. The arrangement is intended to be followed by a competitive process for a contract starting on 1 April 2028.

This award indicates established demand from Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust for specialist IPS provision supporting people with serious mental illness in Greater Manchester. A credible future competitor would need demonstrable experience delivering IPS or closely comparable employment-support services for people with SMI, with the clinical, safeguarding and operational capability to work within NHS commissioning arrangements. The selection outcome shows that service quality and the ability to satisfy the buyer’s existing requirements are more important than price in this procurement route. Providers should therefore be able to evidence consistent outcomes, suitably qualified staff, effective partnership working across mental health and employment services, and the capacity to operate across the relevant Greater Manchester service area at NHS scale.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Individual Placement Support (IPS) services for Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

Notice Description

Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services for SMI

Lot Information

Lot 1

Services to be provided: Individual Placement Support (IPS) Services for SMI
PCFT is intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C for a period of one year, with the intention of running a Competitive Process for contract starting 1st April 2028
Approx lifetime value of contract: up to PS6,500,000 depending on ICB investment decisions
Contract dates: 1st April 2027 to 31st March 2028

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 Procurement Act do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 3rd September 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e938
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089277-2026
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
Large

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
21 Sep 2026Today
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
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Postcode
OL6 7SR
Postcode Area
Oldham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD35 Greater Manchester South East
Delivery Location
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Local Authority
Tameside
Electoral Ward
St Peter's
Westminster Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Pure Innovations Limited

Further Information

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