Official UK procurement notice
Cygnet Health Care Limited AED Services
Authority: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (NHS & healthcare)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF2)
Awarded value£3,144,588published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Cygnet Health Care Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is for the provision of specialist Adult Eating Disorder inpatient services on behalf of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPT), as Lead Provider for Adult Eating Disorder services across the East Midlands.
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) and Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) procurement department operate a group structure, under this collaborative working arrangement NHFT is publishing this notice on behalf of LPT. The procurement process and resulting contract remain the responsibility of LPT.
CPV: Psychiatric hospital services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of adult specialist eating disorder servicesAwarded
Provision of adult specialist eating disorder services.
Be awarded; this notice serves to award under the PSR.
This direct award C is for a ONE year period, from 1/4/26 to 31/3/27.
This contract is for the provision of specialist Adult Eating Disorder inpatient services on behalf of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPT), as Lead Provider for Adult Eating Disorder services across the East Midlands.
The service will provide specialist inpatient care for adults in accordance with relevant national standards and service requirements. The provider will operate under its own CQC regi…
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Oct 2026, 08:24 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 08:24 BST
- Authority reference
RT5-NMJ 2026-27- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f26
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Leicestershire Partnership NHS 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 more…
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.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £3,144,5881 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Apr 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cygnet Health Care Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 093083-2026-1 · Cygnet Health Care Limited
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £3,144,588
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cygnet Health Care LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.