Official UK procurement notice
Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP)
Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City of London Corporation (The City) to award a contract for the Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP)
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AMHP is a specialist role within mental health services, designated to perform…Awarded
AMHP is a specialist role within mental health services, designated to perform specific duties under the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended in 2007) in the absence of an in-house Mental Health Social Work team within Adult Social Care.
In the City of London, AMPH services are integral to the mental health support framework, ensuring that residents and individuals present in the area during a mental health crisis receive appropriate and timely interventions.
AMHPs play a crucial role in safeguarding individuals experiencing severe mental health crises, ensuring that interventions are legally compliant, respectful of individual rights, and tailored to the person's specific needs.
Key responsibilities include:
- Assessment Coordination: AMHPs organise and lead Mental Health Act assessments, collaborating with medical practitioners and other professionals to evaluate an individual's mental health status.
- Legal Applications: Based on assessments, AMHPs have the authority to apply for an individual's detention under the Mental Health Act, ensuring that all legal criteria are met and that the individual's rights are upheld.
- Safeguarding Rights: AMHPs ensure that individuals are fully informed of their rights throughout the assessment and detention process, advocating for the least restrictive options and considering the person's wishes and those of their family or carers.
Within the North East London Integrated Care System (NEL ICS) region, the provision of NHS Mental Health services is split on a sub-regional basis between the East London Foundation NHS Trust (ELFT) and the North East London Foundation NHS Trust (NELFT). ELFT delivers Mental Health services for the City of London and the other following NEL member local authorities:
- Hackney
- Newham
- Tower Hamlets
The Services are to commence from the 1st March 2025 to the 28th February 2030, a total of 5 years (3 years initial with 2 years optional extension).
The Contract has been awarded in accordance with the Health Care Services [Provider Selection Regime Regulations] 2023 [ PSR] under Regulation 7 [ Direct Award Process A] where there is an existing provider for the services and the relevant authority is satisfied that the health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate are capable of being provided only by the existing provider (or group of providers) due to the nature of the health care services.
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
- 7 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 14:20 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094794- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The existing contract with the contractor named in this Notice is to expire on the 28th of February 2025, and the Contracting authority, as the relevant authority, has replaced the existing contract at the end of it's term. A new contract has been awarded under Direct Award Process A of the PSR. There is an existing provider for the services, and the relevant authority is satisfied that the health care services to which the proposed contracting arrangements relate are capable of being provided only by the existing provider (or group of providers) due to the nature of the health care services. The Contracting authority, as the relevant authority, is content that the contractor named in this Notice is satisfying the existing contract to a sufficient standard, and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard. The Contracting Authority is therefore satisfied that the conditions for Direct Award Process A have been met.
This Notice is to be accepted as a Notice of Award for the purposes of Regulation 7 (1) (b) and 7 (2) (a) of the PSR. Schedule 2 of the PSR refers.
Publisher note: The Senior Leadership Team of the Contracting authority’s Department of Children and Community Services has made the decision for the award of this contract, and approval has also been sought in accordance with the Contracting authority’s s own internal governance. No conflicts of interest have been identified, and this has been recorded in line with the Contracting authority’s own internal policy as the relevant authority.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| East London NHS Foundation Trust | £250,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) · East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 3 Feb 2026
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- East London NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.