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title: "Enhanced Mental Health Pathway"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077e72"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
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-077e72

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## Summary

NHS England is commissioning an Enhanced Mental Health Pathway for adult victims and survivors of sexual abuse or assault whose complex trauma-related mental health needs cannot be met by existing services. The service provides specialist consultation, assessment and intervention. It also supports the wider care system through partnership working, training, co-production and specialist consultation. The work is a specialist health and social care service, delivered in Norfolk and Suffolk. It is intended to maintain provision of an existing service and requires expertise in complex trauma and in supporting people affected by sexual abuse and assault.

The process used the Provider Selection Regime and a Direct Award Process C, without a competition. Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust was selected as the existing provider. The contract is active and was signed on 14 September 2026. Its stated value is £1,425,318. Services are scheduled to run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030; the lot description also states a 12-month term with two optional 12-month extensions. The assessment gave equal priority to five key criteria: quality and innovation, value, integration, collaboration and sustainability, improving access and reducing health inequalities while facilitating choice, and social value. Basic selection criteria were assessed on a pass/fail basis. One bid was recorded.

For suppliers seeking comparable future work from NHS England, this award shows demand for a specialist pathway serving adults with complex trauma-related needs following sexual abuse or assault, alongside support to the wider system. A credible provider would need to demonstrate satisfactory delivery of an existing service and the ability to sustain the required standard of care. Relevant strengths include specialist consultation, assessment and intervention, effective partnership working, training and co-production. The assessment also valued quality and innovation, value, integration, collaboration, sustainability, improved access, action to reduce health inequalities, patient choice and social value. The selection route was a direct award to the incumbent under the Provider Selection Regime, so evidence of continuity, performance and readiness to meet the service requirements was central to the decision.

## 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 PS1,425,318. 

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/092755-2026 |
| 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 | £1,425,318 |

## 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 | TLH1 East Anglia |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Norfolk and Suffolk 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 11:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092755-2026

## 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/

## Provenance

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