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title: "Enhanced Mental Health Services in Schools (EMHS)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f030"
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buyer: "Stoke-on-Trent City Council"
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# Enhanced Mental Health Services in Schools (EMHS)

Buyer: Stoke-on-Trent City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f030

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## Summary

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is procuring enhanced mental health services in schools for children and young people within Stoke-on-Trent. The service falls within health services and is intended to provide enhanced mental health support in educational settings. The named provider is Changes Health and Wellbeing, an SME based in Stoke-on-Trent. The requirement is focused on delivering the EMHS service across the city rather than supplying general health goods or unrelated school services. Businesses relevant to this opportunity are organisations able to provide children’s and young people’s mental health support in schools, working with educational settings and the local authority. Local knowledge of Stoke-on-Trent and the ability to deliver a consistent city-wide service would be relevant to this requirement.

The procurement has reached the award stage, with Stoke-on-Trent City Council selecting Changes Health and Wellbeing under Provider Selection Regime 2023 Direct Award Process C, without a prior call for competition. The intended award was published on 2 September 2026 and the contract was signed on the same date. The contract value is £341,081 in total: £121,150 for September 2026 to March 2027 and £219,931 for April 2027 to March 2028. The stated initial contract period is seven months from 1 September 2026, with an option described in the requirement for one 12-month extension. Evaluation was weighted 90% to quality and 10% to price, based on the existing provider’s satisfactory performance. Representations were due by 15 September 2026.

This award demonstrates a defined local authority requirement for enhanced mental health provision for children and young people in schools, delivered through a health-services contract and assessed primarily on quality. A credible future competitor would need a strong record of delivering school-based children’s mental health services, with evidence that its clinical or support model produces reliable outcomes and meets the needs of pupils, schools and the council. Providers would also need the workforce, safeguarding arrangements, governance and operational capacity to deliver consistently across Stoke-on-Trent. The successful supplier is an SME, indicating that the requirement can be delivered by a suitably capable specialist provider rather than only by a large national organisation. Familiarity with the Provider Selection Regime and Direct Award Process C would also help a potential challenger understand the buying route.

## Notice

The Contracting Authority intends to award a contract to Changes Health and Wellbeing via Direct award Process C under PSR 2023 Regulations, for the delivery of an Enhanced Mental Health Services in Schools (EMHS) service for Children and Young People in Stoke-on-Trent.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Contracting Authority intends to award a new contract with Changes Health and Wellbeing to deliver an Enhanced Mental Health Service in Schools (EMHS) for Children and Young People in Stoke-on-Trent. The recommended award has been made following direct award process c under the provider Selection Regime2023. The contract is for 7 months (with an option to extend for 1 x 12 months ) from 1st September 2026 to utilise a budget of PS121,150 (September 26 to March 27) and PS219,931 (April 27 to March 28) =PS341,081 total budget. Additional information: Quality: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard / Weighting: 90%. Price: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard / Weighting: 10%.

### 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 decision makers by 15 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/082966-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £341,081 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Locality | STOKE-ON-TRENT |
| Postcode area | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Postcode | ST4 1HH |
| 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 | Hartshill Park & Stoke |
| Westminster constituency | Stoke-on-Trent Central |
| Delivery location | TLG23 Stoke-on-Trent |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Changes Health & Wellbeing |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 2 Sep 2026 at 10:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082966-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.stoke.gov.uk
- http://www.stoke.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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