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title: "North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) Placement"
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# North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) Placement

Buyer: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e09b

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## Summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust commissioned specialised psychiatric intensive care for a named patient. The service is inpatient mental health care for someone experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder, including assessment and comprehensive treatment in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The patient is to be reviewed daily from Monday to Friday and repatriated when clinically appropriate. The work is delivered at Cygnet Hospital in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton. This is a healthcare services requirement, classified under CPV 85111500, and is bought directly by North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust rather than through the previously used integrated care board arrangement. The requirement represents a new placement and a continuation of earlier spot-purchasing arrangements with the provider.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Cygnet Hospital on 29 July 2026. The contract is active and was signed on the same date. Its estimated value is £28,980, with a stated rate of £1,035 per day and a nominal four-week contract period. The Trust used the Provider Selection Regime 2023 Direct Award Process B, an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. It carried out spot-purchasing analysis and contacted known providers; the published rationale states that only Cygnet Hospital responded within the required timeframe for this highly specialised service with limited national availability. Evaluation was based entirely on price and availability, with the criterion given a weighting of 100.

This requirement is most relevant to established mental health providers operating specialist Psychiatric Intensive Care Units, particularly those able to accept acutely disturbed patients and provide secure, intensive inpatient assessment and treatment. A credible future competitor would need clinical capacity for named-patient placements, reliable availability at short notice, weekday clinical review arrangements and the ability to support repatriation when clinically appropriate. The award indicates that the Trust values immediate access to highly specialised psychiatric care and may assess providers on both price and confirmed availability. Previous spot-purchasing experience with the buyer, or a demonstrable ability to respond quickly when other known providers are contacted, would be commercially relevant. The service is delivered in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, so local operational capability may support responsiveness.

## Notice

This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation8 for Direct Award Process B, where the the Trust is awarding this contract having conducted spot purchasing analysis and concluded that this is the only available option. The Trust has a choice of providers, and is not seeking to restrict the number of providers. The service is for specialised Psychiatric care for a named patient. Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) are specialist wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder. The contract has been awarded following direct award process B at PS1035.00 per day for a nominal period of 4 weeks as the duration is unknown. The patient would be reviewed daily Mon-Fri and would be repatriated where clinically appropriate. Estimating total cost is PS28980.00 from 29th July 2026 to not known. The Trust had a spot purchasing arrangement with this provider in the past, and this is a continuation of this service for a new placement, now coming directly through the Trust whereas previously it sat under the ICB. The contract is new as the Trust are placing the contract directly, but the arrangements have been previously in place under spot purchasing via the ICB.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation8 for Direct Award Process B, where the the Trust is awarding this contract having conducted spot purchasing analysis and concluded that this is the only available option. The Trust has a choice of providers, and is not seeking to restrict the number of providers. The service is for specialised Psychiatric care for a named patient. Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) are specialist wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder. The contract has been awarded following direct award process B at PS1035.00 per day for a nominal period of 4 weeks as the duration is unknown. The patient would be reviewed daily Mon-Fri and would be repatriated where clinically appropriate. Estimating total cost is PS28980.00 from 29th July 2026 to not known. The Trust had a spot purchasing arrangement with this provider in the past, and this is a continuation of this service for a new placement, now coming directly through the Trust whereas previously it sat under the ICB. The contract is new as the Trust are placing the contract directly, but the arrangements have been previously in place under spot purchasing via the ICB.

### Procurement Information

Under PSR Direct Award B, the patient has no legal right to choose for this service, but the Trust does not want to restrict the number of providers. This is highly specialised psychiatric services with limited availability nationally. All known providers were contacted to ascertain whether they could provide the required service, only this supplier responded in the required timeframe.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075919-2026 |
| Notice type | Award 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £28,980 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement |
| Locality | TRENTHAM |
| Postcode area | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Postcode | ST4 8HH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG23 Stoke-on-Trent |
| Local authority | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Electoral ward | Hanford, Newstead & Trentham |
| Westminster constituency | Stoke-on-Trent South |
| Delivery location | TLG3 West Midlands |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Cygnet Hospital |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85111500 - Psychiatric hospital services

## Release History

- 10 Aug 2026 at 16:48 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075919-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.combined.nhs.uk/contact/contact-us/

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