North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) Placement

Authority: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG3)

Awarded value£28,980published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 29 Jul 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Cygnet Hospital

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation8 for Direct Award Process B, where the the Trust is awarding this contract having conducted spot purchasing analysis and concluded that this is the only available option. The Trust has a choice of providers, and is not seeking to restrict the number of providers.

The service is for specialised Psychiatric care for a named patient. Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) are specialist wards that provide inpatient mental health care, assessment and comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing the most acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder. The contract has been awarded following direct award process B at £1035.00 per day for a nominal period of 4 weeks as the duration is unknown. The patient would be reviewed daily Mon-Fri and would be repatriated where clinically appropriate. Estimating total cost is £28980.00 from 29th July 2026 to not known. The Trust had a spot purchasing arrangement with this provider in the past, and this is a continuation of this service for a new placement, now coming directly through the Trust whereas previously it sat under the ICB. The contract is new as the Trust are placing the contract directly, but the arrangements have been previously in place under spot purchasing via the ICB.

CPV: Psychiatric hospital services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: West Midlands · Wednesfield, Wolverhampton.

85111500 Psychiatric hospital services

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: 10 Aug 2026, 16:48 BST
Last source update: 10 Aug 2026, 16:48 BST
Authority reference: LDRB51
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-075919
Classification (CPV): Psychiatric hospital services
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e09b Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Under PSR Direct Award B, the patient has no legal right to choose for this service, but the Trust does not want to restrict the number of providers.
This is highly specialised psychiatric services with limited availability nationally.
All known providers were contacted to ascertain whether they could provide the required service, only this supplier responded in the required timeframe.

Publisher note: 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 Contract Regulations 2015 or replaced PA2023 Regulations do not apply to this award. The Award decision makers for this procurement were the Associate Director for Acute and Urgent Care 29th July 2026.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £28,9801 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 29 Jul 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Cygnet Hospital	£28,980 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 075919-2026-LDRB51-1 · Cygnet Hospital
Signed
29 Jul 2026
Value
£28,980
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Placement

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Lawton House, Bellringer Road, Trentham, West Midlands, ST4 8HHContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS TrustReview body Trentham

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Cygnet HospitalAwarded supplier 140 Wolverhampton Road, Wednesfield., Wednesfield,, West Midlands, WV11 1UH

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.