--- title: "Hillingdon Retreat Crisis House" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05f8c7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f8c7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f8c7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f8c7.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" published: "2025-12-18" --- # Hillingdon Retreat Crisis House Buyer: CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f8c7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f8c7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f8c7.json) ## Summary The Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is currently in the planning stage of a public procurement process for the Hillingdon Retreat Crisis House. This initiative is categorised under residential health facilities services within the healthcare sector. It aims to establish a six-bed facility providing crisis respite care in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The planned procurement process invites feedback via a market engagement survey, which closes on 23rd January 2026, with a full tender notice expected by 16th February 2026. The contract is set to start on 1st October 2026 and potentially extend till 2030. This pre-tender engagement is critical for understanding market interest and ensuring the project is financially viable, contributing to the NHS's efforts to reduce strain on emergency and inpatient services. This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those equipped to offer responsive, person-centred support for adults experiencing mental health crises. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to express interest, highlighting the Trust's commitment to fostering diverse supplier participation. Those capable of delivering 24/7 non-medical crisis support sets may find this tender particularly advantageous for business growth as it aligns with an identified service gap, fostering improved mental health care accessibility in the region. ## Notice Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is carrying out a preliminary market engagement exercise in preparation for a formal procurement of the Hillingdon Crisis House. The Trust seeks to engage with suppliers capable of providing a six bedded Crisis House within the London Borough of Hillingdon. This will provide up to 5 days respite for up to 6 people at any one time, who are experiencing a mental health crisis but do not require in-patient admission or detention under S136 or any other section of the Mental Health Act 1983. It will be a flexible, responsive, person-centred support for individuals aged 18 and over from the boroughs of Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent. It will be open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Hillingdon Crisis House will accept guests who are in crisis who require a level of support to reduce risk/crisis in a non-medical setting. The Hillingdon Crisis House will support guests in crisis to better self-manage their symptoms and distress in a safe and appropriate environment, in order to reduce activity in Emergency Departments and the wider system including mental health inpatient setting. ### Planning Information Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) invite interested providers to register their interest and respond to the brief questionnaire in advance of publication of a procurement for Hillingdon Crisis House. Please note, the main objectives of the market engagement are to: • Gauge and generate interest around the opportunity. • Measure whether the requirements are achievable within the financial envelope available. • Obtain feedback on the requirement as currently defined. • Provide an opportunity for providers to make suggestions on potential improvements and efficiencies. IMPORTANT: Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement should respond to the questionnaire via the online form on the Health Family Single eCommercial System Portal (Atamis) by 17:00 on 23 January 2026 https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Please search for C407368 The purpose of this market engagement notice is to maximise transparency and competition for the upcoming tender and to ensure as wide an audience as possible are aware and informed of the Authority’s intentions. It is not a formal invitation to tender. You will need to respond to the subsequent tender notices to be considered. This Market Engagement will also help to form the tender process as currently the route to market is not defined. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084236-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Dec 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Feb 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | WC1X 8AQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden | | Local authority | Camden | | Electoral ward | Holborn & Covent Garden | | Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras | | Delivery location | TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85144000 - Residential health facilities services ## Release History - 18 Dec 2025 at 11:11 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084236-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084236-2025 18th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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