Crisis Text Service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (Central government)

Services

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 9 May 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of a crisis text service to support

everyone in mental health crisis, irrespective of their background and demographics. The clinically led

service aims to provide timely, accessible, and effective support including a range of interventions

tailored to meet the diverse needs of service users in Birmingham and Solihull

CPV: Miscellaneous health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The crisis text service must ensure accessibility and inclusivity ensuring that…Planned

The crisis text service must ensure accessibility and inclusivity ensuring that individuals from all backgrounds and demographics can readily access timely crisis support. This encompasses disabled

and neurodivergent people, non-speakers, and those with other language barriers, as well as careful considerations for older people and children and young people.

Delivery: West Midlands

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 3 Apr 2025, 15:49 BST
Last source update: 23 Jun 2025, 15:45 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-034471
Classification (CPV): Miscellaneous health services
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fce8 Find a Tender

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The intention is to award a contract using the Most Suitable Provider notice and decisions relating to this award will be approved at the MHPC Commissioning Committee

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

9 May 2025 → 23 Jun 2025 · 2 dates

Tender notice expected
9 May 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice published
23 Jun 2025, 15:45 BST

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1)

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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the most suitable provider process. No representa…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Birmingham, West MidlandsContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.