Official UK procurement notice
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)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime)Regulations 2023, Regulation 8 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. Estimated total cost is £28980.00 from 13th 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 publishedLot #1This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection…Awarded
This Contract Award Notice is placed under the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 8 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.
Estimated total cost is £28980.00 from 13th 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. Additional information: 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 Service Manager 12thJuly 2026.
No conflicts of Interest were identified.
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
- 11 Aug 2026, 18:10 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2026, 18:10 BST
- Authority reference
LDRB49- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076449- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- 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 Process B for the award of this contract, the patient has no legal right to choose, 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: For the award of this contract via PSR Direct Award process B, the patient has no legal right to choose, 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.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cygnet Sherwood | £28,980 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Out of Area Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU) Placement · Cygnet Sherwood
- Signed
- 13 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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cygnet SherwoodAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.