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title: "North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT) - Safe Haven Community Provision"
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# North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT) - Safe Haven Community Provision

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-staffordshire-combined-healthcare-nhs-trust-nscht-safe-haven-community-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-04e2fd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust: "North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT) - Safe Haven Community Provision". Published status: unsuccessful. Published Value: £1,140,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** UNSUCCESSFUL (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-staffordshire-combined-healthcare-nhs-trust-nhs-rly)
- **Published Value:** £1,140,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 March 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG23, UKG24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-staffordshire-combined-healthcare-nhs-trust-nscht-safe-haven-community-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-04e2fd#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e2fd`

## Before you bid
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- **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/north-staffordshire-combined-healthcare-nhs-trust-nscht-safe-haven-community-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-04e2fd#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-staffordshire-combined-healthcare-nhs-trust-nscht-safe-haven-community-provision-ocds-h6vhtk-04e2fd#participate

## Description
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is working on behalf of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT).
They were looking to undertake a procurement for a Safe Haven Community Provision, which would provide safe, responsive and therapeutic support for those who are in mental health crisis.
The aim of the service was to further enhance the care pathways within Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire for individuals experiencing mental health crises and to provide a safe, responsive and therapeutic alternative model of crisis support.
The service was to provide immediate, short-term mental health support for individuals in a crisis, ensuring that care is appropriate, person-centred and reflective of individual needs. 
Further objectives were:
• To reduce the need for hospital admissions.
• Promote recovery and wellbeing, empowering individuals to manage their own mental health and prevent future crises.
• Provide a safe environment that offers support and stabilisation for individuals in mental health crisis.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £1,140,000
- **Description:** The proposed model was to cover Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire (covering Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands).
There was a maximum of 1 contract.
The total maximum financial envelope for 3 years with an option to extend for 1 yea...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 024004-2025-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024004-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-05-21T13:35:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:35:32.651Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e2fd