Official UK procurement notice
Employment Advisors - Taking Therapies - Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin
Authority: Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of a team of Employment Advisors to provide employment support to Talking Therapies service users in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. This procurement is for the provision of such services.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is commissioned to provide Employment…Cancelled
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is commissioned to provide Employment Advisory Services to Talking Therapies service users in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. This procurement is for the provision of such services.
MPFT intends to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C
The value of the contract is £709,783 with an option to extend for a further year. The value of the contract includes anticipated inflationary increases.
The services will be provided between 01.10.25 and 31.03.27 (with ext. to 31.03.28).
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 100
- Price: 100
- Price carries 100 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Sept 2025, 14:32 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2025, 13:34 BST
- Authority reference
RRE-01490- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064750- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0598b2Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 23rd September 2025 at 17:00. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Written representations should be sent to Hilary Wood - [email protected]
The decision makers are Lucy Cotterill and Hilary Wood.
Conflict of interest forms have been completed by individuals within MPFT and by the supplier - no conflict of interests have been declared.
The provider has been assessed against 1. Quality and Innovation, 2. Value, 3. Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability, 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice, and 5. Social Value. The provider was able to adequately demonstrate that they fulfilled the required criteria.
The intention is to award the contract to Enable, Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQ.
The lifetime value of the contract is £1,187,611.
- Review procedure
All appeals should be raised in line with the prevailing legislation.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 23rd September 2025 at 17:00. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to Hilary Wood - [email protected] The decision makers are Lucy Cotterill and Hilary Wood. Conflict of interest forms have been completed by individuals within MPFT and by the supplier - no conflict of interests have been declared. The provider has been assessed against 1. Quality and Innovation, 2. Value, 3. Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability, 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice, and 5. Social Value. The provider was able to adequately demonstrate that they fulfilled the required criteria. The intention is to award the contract to Enable, Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQ. The lifetime value of the contract is £1,187,611.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
The Contract has now been awarded. 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 direct award p…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation TrustReview contact point
- Midlands Partnersip NHS Foundation TrustReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.