Official UK procurement notice
Adult Mental Health Services
Authority: NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)
Re-procurement plannedKent & Medway Adult Mental Health Conveyance Service Market Engagement 1-1s · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAdult Mental Health Service
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Description of the service - All Age Mental Health ServicesAwarded
Description of the service - All Age Mental Health Services
The contract has been awarded under Direct Award A.
Contract Period 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026
This is an existing service and this is an existing provider.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jul 2025, 16:07 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2025, 16:07 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042489- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0564d6Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The ICB Board must apply Direct Award Process A of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations to this contract arrangements. Under Regulation 6 (3) where:
(a) there is an existing provider of the relevant health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate,
(b) the relevant authority is satisfied that the relevant health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate are capable of being provided only by the existing provider due to the nature of the relevant health care services, and
(c) the procurement is not to conclude a framework agreement,
the relevant authority must follow PSR Direct Award Process A.
The decision has been made at the Executive Management Committee including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Chief Delivery Officer to award to KMPT as the existing Adult Mental Health Acute Provider of the Adult Mental Health Service in Kent and Medway.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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 decision to award has been made at the Executive Management Committee including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Finance Officer and Chief Delivery Officer.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) | £232,337,078 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 042489-2025-1 · Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT)
- Signed
- 27 May 2025
- Value
- £232,337,078
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Kent and Medway ICBReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.