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# In area Psychiatric Intensive Care, Acute and Specialist Patient Beds

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/in-area-psychiatric-intensive-care-acute-and-specialist-patient-beds-ocds-h6vhtk-03ec8c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust: "In area Psychiatric Intensive Care, Acute and Specialist Patient Beds". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £15,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-and-suffolk-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rmy)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £15,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH14, UKH15, UKH16, UKH17
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/in-area-psychiatric-intensive-care-acute-and-specialist-patient-beds-ocds-h6vhtk-03ec8c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ec8c`

## 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/in-area-psychiatric-intensive-care-acute-and-specialist-patient-beds-ocds-h6vhtk-03ec8c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2FPKU5NQ3HM7)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/in-area-psychiatric-intensive-care-acute-and-specialist-patient-beds-ocds-h6vhtk-03ec8c#participate

## Description
The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), are seeking expressions of interest for the creation of a (Norfolk and Suffolk) specialist framework for Psychiatric Intensive Care , Acute and Specialist Patient beds.
The framework seeks suppliers that are able to provide additional capacity with the intent to appoint one, or multiple, qualified and capable suppliers to a new framework agreement.
The aims of these services is to provide high quality, holistic care for service users in the most acute and vulnerable state of their illness. This will be provided in collaboration with service users, carers, and statutory and non-statutory organisations to ensure that any admissions and inpatient episodes are timely and appropriate.
The key aims are to:
• Provide a variety of psychosocial, psychiatric and therapeutic activities, in line with NICE Guidelines relevant to the presenting need of the service user.
• Provide assessments, treatment and multidisciplinary care, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to service users experiencing acute mental health problems.
• Ensure that service users are in inpatient care for the minimum time necessary, supporting the service user to maintain their links in the community where possible and practical
• Where relevant maintain or create links with primary care to ensure that the service user's GP is updated on patient care at the time of assessment, admission, care plan review and any changes to care provided, where there is a significant change in a service user's clinical presentation and/or risk and receives a discharge summary following discharge in line with NSFT's discharge policy.
• The Provider will ensure that there is a collaborative approach to care planning with NSFT and other care providers including the service users support network as they identify.
• The Provider will operate within the legal frameworks.
These services are to made available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £15,000,000
- **Description:** The aims of these services is to provide high quality, holistic care for service users in the most acute and vulnerable state of their illness. This will be provided in collaboration with service users, carers, and statutory and non-statutory organis...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022932-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-07T13:08:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T15:17:29.176Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ec8c