--- title: "Enhanced Care Unit" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05929d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05929d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05929d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05929d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" published: "2025-09-02" --- # Enhanced Care Unit Buyer: BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05929d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05929d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05929d.json) ## Summary The procurement process for establishing an Enhanced Care Unit is in the planning stage, led by the Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of West Midlands Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Provider Collaborative. This initiative falls under the Psychiatric hospital services category, aimed at developing an Enhanced Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) within the West Midlands region. Prospective providers are invited to participate in a market engagement event scheduled for 18th September 2025, followed by individual 1:1 sessions on 19th September 2025. Interested parties must register their interest by 17th September 2025. The contract, valued at approximately £6.3 million, is anticipated to last up to 15 months and will adhere to the NHS Standard Contract terms. This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in psychiatric healthcare services to expand their operations. Firms experienced in providing intensive care and trauma-responsive environments, particularly for young people, would find this tender well-suited to their capabilities. The enhanced service model aims to deliver autism-sensitive care and specialise in handling cases with disordered eating as a risk factor, presenting a strategic opportunity for providers to set new benchmarks in Young People’s Intensive Mental Health Services (CYPIMHS). Businesses entering this process will gain access to a substantial contract and have the potential to influence care delivery standards within the region. ## Notice ***THIS NOTICE IS FOR A MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT ONLY*** NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of West Midlands Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Provider Collaborative (WMCPC) (https://toucanwestmids.nhs.uk/), for which Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) is the Lead Provider are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of an Enhanced Care Unit. The service(s) must be located within the geography of the West Midlands. Contract Length is expected to be a maximum of 15 months, in line with the Lead Provider contract commissioned by NHSE. The contract awarded will be a 'Lead Provider sub-contract' for the purposes of fulfilling our responsibilities under our 'Lead Provider contract' with the Commissioner. Should the Lead Provider arrangements change during the term of the contract, relevant responsibilities will be transferred to an alternative organisation as appropriate. The General Condition 12 'Assignment and Sub-Contracting' of the NHS Standard Contract, as per the obligations of the commissioner, will set out the terms and conditions under which the contract will be transferred or assigned to the relevant Lead Provider or relevant commissioning authority. The Contract to be entered into will be in accordance with the general NHS Standard Contract issued by the Commissioner(s), which can be found at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/ Further details are provided in II.2.4 below. The Commissioner intends to hold a market engagement event via MS Teams on 18th September 2025 at 14:00 - 15:30, with follow up 30 minute 1:1 sessions being held on 19th September 2025 between 09:00 - 17:00. You will only be invited to a 1:1 session if you have attended the market engagement event, to ensure all attendees have access to the same information. Sessions will be scheduled on a first come first serve basis. Interested parties should express an interest in attending by completing a short questionnaire which can be found on the Atamis Health Family portal (https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome and search for project C384582. A link to the event can be accessed via the invitation located within the Documents area of the Atamis project. Please ensure that you have registered your interest in attending the market engagement event by 17th September 2025 at 12 noon. ### Lot Information Lot 1 ***THIS NOTICE IS FOR A MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT ONLY*** The service will offer an enhanced Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) environment and level of care. The clinical model will be trauma responsive, sensory adjusted to provide autism sensitive care and will be skilled to include diagnosis where disordered eating features are a risk factor. Delivering an intensive level of care, through specialist care planning and risk assessment with a skilled MDT. The service aim is ensuring that young people are stepped down as soon as clinically appropriate from highly restrictive levels of care. The service aims to provide a specialist inpatient option for young people in a clinical pathway of care for young people who might otherwise be referred to a Low Secure pathway of care due to a lack of suitable options. ECU will prevent unnecessary escalation by offering intensive, needs-led support in a less restrictive environment. Further details regarding this requirement can be found in the service specification which is available to download from the Atamis portal. This is a new service model for Children and Young People's Intensive Mental Health Services (CYPIMHS), as such, the successful Provider is expected to be fully operational, providing services from April 2026. The Commissioner intends to hold a market engagement event via MS Teams on 18th September 2025 at 14:00 - 15:30, with follow up 30 minute 1:1 sessions being held on 19th September 2025 between 09:00 - 17:00. You will only be invited to a 1:1 session if you have attended the market engagement event, to ensure all attendees have access to the same information. Sessions will be scheduled on a first come first serve basis. Interested parties should express an interest in attending by completing a short questionnaire which can be found on the Atamis Health Family portal (https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome and search for project C384582. A link to the event can be accessed via the invitation located within the Documents area of the Atamis project. Please ensure that you have registered your interest in attending the market engagement event by 17th September 2025 at 12 noon. Additional information: ***THIS NOTICE IS FOR A MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT ONLY*** Interested parties should express an interest in attending by completing a short questionnaire which can be found on the Atamis Health Family portal (https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome and search for project C384582. A link to the event can be accessed via the invitation located within the Documents area of the Atamis project. Please ensure that you have registered your interest in attending the market engagement event by 17th September 2025 at 12 noon. Please note that this notice does not bind either AGEM CSU or the Commissioner to any act, including but not limited to carrying out a procurement for the services described in this notice or in any accompanying documentation which may be made available to the market at this time. In the event that a procurement process is pursued following this notice, providers should note that it will be carried out under the requirements of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Furthermore, the requirements 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053319-2025 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Sep 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 5 Oct 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £6,300,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B4 6NH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Ladywood | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG3 West Midlands | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85111500 - Psychiatric hospital services ## Release History - 2 Sep 2025 at 16:06 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053319-2025 ## Notice URLs - https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://toucanwestmids.nhs.uk/ - https://www.bwc.nhs.uk/ - https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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