Official UK procurement notice
Female Medium Secure MH placement WEMSS
Authority: Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGuild Lodge placement
CPV: Miscellaneous health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of a female medium secure mental health placementAwarded
Provision of a female medium secure mental health placement. This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance; an urgent award under the PSR Regulations.
The lifetime value of the contract will be on a cost per case basis to a maximum value of £256,923.50 plus any additional EPC as required.
Contract start date is 1 December 2025.
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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Dec 2025, 14:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Dec 2025, 14:10 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084431- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f93eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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.'
Publisher note: 'This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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. An urgent award was needed due to the national decommissioning of the WEMSS, placements were needed for the patients who were placed within the WEMSS service. BSMHFT do not currently have a contract in place, so the urgent award was required to support this patient and to place the patient closest to family and support network. The contract will be for an initial 12 months, however, if after this period the patient still requires this placement, the agreement can be extended due to clinical implications and requirements. This urgent award was approved by Commissioning Committee on 10 December 2025 and no conflicts of interest were declared.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust | £256,924 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 084431-2025-1 · Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2025
- Value
- £256,924
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- BSMHFTReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.