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title: "Enhanced Mental Health Pathway"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077e71"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS England"
published: "2026-10-01"
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# Enhanced Mental Health Pathway

Buyer: NHS England  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077e71

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## Summary

NHS England’s Enhanced Mental Health Pathway provides specialist consultation, assessment and intervention for adult victims and survivors of sexual abuse or assault whose complex trauma-related mental health needs cannot be met by existing services. It also supports the wider care system through specialist advice, partnership working, training and co-production. This is a specialist mental health service for people affected by sexual violence, rather than a general counselling or support provision. The service is delivered in Hertfordshire. Its scope combines direct help for people with complex trauma-related needs and work to strengthen the organisations and partnerships involved in their care.

The process used the Provider Selection Regime’s Direct Award Process C, without a prior competition. NHS England selected Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, the existing provider, on the basis of its satisfactory performance and assessment against the regime’s criteria. The award decision was ratified on 14 September 2026; the contract was signed that day. The contract is valued at £1,270,390.86 and runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030. The notice describes a 12-month term with two optional 12-month extensions. Quality, value, integration and collaboration, sustainability, improving access and reducing health inequalities, choice, and social value formed the assessment; the criteria were treated as equally important. One bid was recorded. The notice also stated a deadline of 14 October 2026 for provider representations during the standstill process.

For a supplier assessing comparable future work for NHS England, this award shows demand for an integrated specialist pathway addressing the complex mental health needs of adult survivors of sexual abuse and assault. A credible provider would need to demonstrate the clinical expertise and capacity to deliver specialist consultation, assessment and intervention, alongside effective partnership working, workforce training and co-production. The selection favoured continuity backed by evidence: the existing provider was assessed on its performance under the previous contract and its ability to meet the proposed requirements. Suppliers would also need to show strength across quality and innovation, value, integration, collaboration and sustainability, equitable access, reduced health inequalities, patient choice and social value. The route used was a direct award under the Provider Selection Regime, rather than an open competition.

## Notice

Enhanced Mental Health Pathway (EMHP) for sexual assault and abuse

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This award relates to an existing service and NHS England is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following a Direct Award process C.

The EMHP provides specialist consultation, assessment and intervention for adult victims and survivors of sexual abuse and/or assault whose complex trauma-related mental health needs cannot otherwise be met by existing services. It also strengthens the wider system through specialist consultation, partnership working, training and co-production

The lifetime value of the contract is PS1,270,390.86 

The services commencement date is 01/04/2027 until 31/03/2030. The contract length is for 12 months, with two optional 12-month extensions.

### 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 2023 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 14th October 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/092754-2026 |
| 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 | 1 Oct 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 | £1,270,390 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS England |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 8UG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth |
| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank |
| Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green |
| Delivery location | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 1 Oct 2026 at 11:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092754-2026

## Notice URLs

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

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