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# Enhanced Care Unit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/enhanced-care-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-068fc4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust: "Enhanced Care Unit". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £24,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-women-s-and-children-s-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rq3)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £24,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services, Psychiatric hospital services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068fc4`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/enhanced-care-unit-ocds-h6vhtk-068fc4#tl-md)

## Description
***THIS NOTICE IS FOR A MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT ONLY***<br/><br/>NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of West Midlands Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Provider Collaborative (WMCPC) (https://toucanwestmids.nhs.uk/), for which Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) is the Lead Provider are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of an Enhanced Care Unit.<br/><br/>The service(s) must be located within the geography of the West Midlands.<br/><br/>Contract Length is expected to be for a period of 3 years with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years.<br/><br/>The indicative annual contract value is expected to be £4,800,000.<br/><br/>The contract awarded will be a ‘Lead Provider sub-contract’ for the purposes of fulfilling our responsibilities under our ‘Lead Provider contract’ with the Commissioner. Should the Lead Provider arrangements change during the term of the contract, relevant responsibilities will be transferred to an alternative organisation as appropriate. The General Condition 12 ‘Assignment and Sub-Contracting’ of the NHS Standard Contract, as per the obligations of the commissioner, will set out the terms and conditions under which the contract will be transferred or assigned to the relevant Lead Provider or relevant commissioning authority.<br/><br/>The Contract to be entered into will be in accordance with the general NHS Standard Contract issued by the Commissioner(s), which can be found at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/<br/><br/>Further details are provided in II.2.4 below.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85111500
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** ***THIS NOTICE IS FOR A MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT ONLY***<br/><br/>The service will offer an Enhanced Care Unit (ECU) environment and level of care. The clinical model will be trauma responsive, sensory adjusted to provide autism sensitive care. The se...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040171-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-30T16:07:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T01:21:57.524Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-068fc4