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title: "Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust CAMHS Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078f60"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST"
published: "2026-10-23"
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# Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust CAMHS Services

Buyer: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078f60

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## Summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust procured the provision of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), classified as health services. The service is for patients in Northamptonshire. The procurement description identifies the service but does not set out a more detailed breakdown of the care to be delivered. The selected provider is Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, an existing provider of the service. The Trust’s stated rationale describes an ongoing healthcare service in which patients are placed according to bed availability and clinical presentation, with limited patient choice. This is a local NHS mental health service requirement rather than a general supply of goods or a construction project.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. It was made through Direct Award A under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, without a prior competition. The buyer said the existing provider was assessed against key criteria, that the service had not changed considerably from the previous contract, and that there was no realistic alternative provider. The stated evaluation gave 100% to quality, described as no realistic alternative provider or patient choice, and 0% to cost. The contract is for one year, from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. The contract was signed on 14 September 2026 and is valued at £12,790,085.34. The lot is marked cancelled, while the award and contract are active.

For providers considering comparable future work from this Trust, this award indicates demand for an established CAMHS service serving patients in Northamptonshire, delivered at substantial scale through an NHS provider. The route used was a direct award rather than an open competition, based on the buyer’s view that the incumbent was the only realistic provider and that the service remained substantially unchanged. A credible future provider would therefore need to demonstrate the ability to sustain the existing service, meet the Trust’s key criteria and provide continuity for patients whose placement depends on clinical presentation and bed availability. The buyer’s assessment prioritised quality and the absence of a realistic alternative over cost. Experience delivering comparable child and adolescent mental health care and the operational capacity to maintain the service would be relevant.

## Notice

Provision of CAMHS Services

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of CAMHS services Be awarded; this notice serves to award under the PSR. This direct award A is for a ONE year period, from 1/4/26 to 31/3/27.

### Procurement Information

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are awarding the contract named within this notice under the Direct Award A process which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The provider named in this notice is an existing provider and has been reviewed through a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the awarding body is satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to be able to satisfy the contract which is the subject of this notice. The contract which is the subject of this notice has not changed considerably when compared with the existing/previous contract delivered by the named provider. There is an existing service. There is no realistic alternative to the existing provider due to the nature of the health care services. Direct Award B would not apply, as patients do not have a choice of provider. Due to the nature of the health care services, patients are typically placed based on bed availability and clinical presentation, therefore there are limitations to patient choice.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100648-2026 |
| 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 | 23 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 | £12,790,085 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Locality | KETTERING |
| Postcode area | Northampton |
| Postcode | NN15 7PW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF25 North Northamptonshire |
| Local authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Electoral ward | Pipers Hill |
| Westminster constituency | Kettering |
| Delivery location | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 23 Oct 2026 at 15:27 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100648-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nhft.nhs.uk

## Provenance

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