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title: "Individual Placement Support (IPS) services for Serious Mental Illness (SMI)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e938"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust"
published: "2026-08-21"
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# Individual Placement Support (IPS) services for Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

Buyer: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e938

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## Summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust commissioned Individual Placement Support (IPS) services for people with serious mental illness (SMI). The service supports people with SMI into employment and provides specialist employment support alongside health services. Delivery is in Greater Manchester, under the Trust’s responsibility. This is a health service requirement rather than a general recruitment, staffing or facilities contract. The buyer is Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, based in Ashton-under-Lyne. The selected provider is Pure Innovations Limited, a large organisation based in Stockport. The requirement is focused on delivering IPS for SMI through an established provider relationship, with service performance and continuity central to the commissioning decision. Organisations with experience of specialist employment support for people with serious mental illness are the closest fit.

The procurement has reached the award stage under the Provider Selection Regime. Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust used Direct Award Process C, without a prior call for competition, because the existing provider was judged to be performing satisfactorily and likely to meet the proposed requirement. Pure Innovations Limited was selected. The contract was signed on 20 August 2026 and covers 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2028. Its estimated lifetime value is up to £6,500,000, subject to ICB investment decisions. The evaluation was pass/fail against the PSR decision-making criteria, with quality weighted at 100% and price at 0%. One bid was recorded. The procurement is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, not the Procurement Act.

This award indicates established demand from Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust for specialist IPS provision for people with serious mental illness in Greater Manchester. A credible future competitor would need to demonstrate effective delivery of IPS alongside mental health services, supporting service users towards and into employment. Evidence that an existing contract is being delivered to a sufficient standard is particularly important, so suppliers should be able to show robust outcomes, reliable service management and continuity of provision. The decision placed all evaluation weight on quality rather than price, indicating that service capability, performance and fit with the PSR criteria matter more than offering the lowest cost. Local knowledge of Greater Manchester and the capacity to deliver a substantial health service programme would also be relevant.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079741-2026 |
| 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 | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Aug 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 | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE |
| Postcode area | Oldham |
| Postcode | OL6 7SR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD35 Greater Manchester South East |
| Local authority | Tameside |
| Electoral ward | St Peter's |
| Westminster constituency | Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Delivery location | TLD3 Greater Manchester |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Pure Innovations Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 21 Aug 2026 at 09:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079741-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://pureinnovations.co.uk
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/how-commissioning-is-changing/nhs-provider-selection-regime/independent-patient-choice-and-procurement-panel/
- https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/

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