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BuyerNHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£1,924,952
Published19 May 2025

What is being bought

People with severe and complex psychological needs face many disadvantages - in the NHS and in wider society, including reduced life expectancy, inadequate access to treatment, barriers to employment, and stigma. This is particularly unjust when we know approaches that are effective in supporting people to live more fulfilling lives. Individuals presenting with emotional dysregulation and associated high levels of risk, can be placed outside ABUHB for intensive residential treatment (including low-secure placements) and can be challenging to repatriate or integrate into the community– often resulting in hospital admissions away from home for many years. Transition from Children’s Mental Health Services to Adult Mental Health Services has continued to be a priority following the recent Welsh Government Guidance on the management, handover and accountability of healthcare services for young people. There is an expectation from the Welsh Government that public services will work in a more collaborative way, identifying and capitalising on opportunities to work together to improve services for the people of Wales. Welsh Government has recently reinforced the need for Transition between children’s and adult services to be prioritised and to ensure that the child or young persons’ transition is as well coordinated as possible and that service users have a say in the process. The Acorn Project is an innovative partnership project with United Welsh Housing Association, commissioned by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB). The project includes two properties – both of which contain five individual flats and communal spaces. Acer House is a new, purpose-built facility, which focuses on providing support to females. The service at Acer House has been developed to support the discharge of individuals in high-cost placements or blocked beds and/or to aid the transition between Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTS)- through the provision of psychologically informed, relational support, within a 24/7 supported setting. The intended length of stay at Acer is 6 – 24 months in order that tenants are prepared and supported to gain full independent Living. The intended age range will 18-25, though engagement could begin with individuals from the age of 17 to prepare them for the next step in their pathway. In addition, if someone falls outside of the age range (25 +) and would benefit from staying here this would need to be agreed and discussed by the project group. The expectation would be that the commissioned provider works in close partnership with the Hiraeth Team. The Hiraeth Team would be responsible for identifying who might benefit from a placement at Acer House and will work collaboratively with the commissioned provider to develop an individualised repatriation/prevention plan, based on a clear, detailed psychological formulation of clinical need and risk (and how to manage this within minimal restriction). It is anticipated that the support team and the clinicians from the Hiraeth Team will work as part of an integrated support/clinical team, with clinicians attending weekly team meetings, and providing daily (within working hours) clinical input to the house. Very close working between the providers and the Hiraeth Team (based within Aneurin Bevan) is essential to ensure optimal outcomes for the patients and to support the sustainability and well-being of the staff group. Hiraeth clinicians will support with recruitment and provide training.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Health services 85100000Social work and related services 85300000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2025 to 2 Oct 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Health services, Social work and related servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health services (85100000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8538,3731 median · 19.7 average (22,930 of 38,373 with a bid count)1.8 average (24,592 of 38,373 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer9Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK2,1692 median · 53.5 average (790 of 2,169 with a bid count)4.2 average (1,026 of 2,169 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1,3124 median · 16.9 average (28 of 1,312 with a bid count)1.9 average (29 of 1,312 with named award suppliers)4 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£1,252,373 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £1,924,952.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05172f
Latest release ID022722-2025
Latest release timestampMon May 19 2025 13:53:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,924,952
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 May 2025planning022722-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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