Official UK procurement notice
Regulation 14 (Urgent Award): Inpatient CAMHS Specialised Services: Winter Pressures
Authority: BIRMINGHAM WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionToucan have identified non-recurrent funding to support CYP Mental Health Winter Pressures. The funding is specifically related to strengthening the support and management of CYP. a. Successful bid submitted as part of the Wave 2 funding round to support children and young people living in residential care who experience repeated emotional distress, crisis presentations, or placement instability
b. A review undertaken as to whether this could be delivered by commissioners and a revised proposal submitted for review
c. Reviewed and approved by SLT as the proposal would support winter pressures
CPV: Health services · Psychiatric hospital services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Oct 2026, 13:27 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 13:27 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094263- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0781aaFind 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
- Awarded under PSR Urgent Award Regulation 14 Toucan have identified non-recurrent funding to support CYP Mental Health Winter Pressures. The funding is specifically related to strengthening the support and management of CYP. a. Successful bid submitted as part of the Wave 2 funding round to support children and young people living in residential care who experience repeated emotional distress, crisis presentations, or placement instability b. A review undertaken as to whether this could be delivered by commissioners and a revised proposal submitted for review c. Reviewed and approved by SLT as the proposal would support winter pressures
Publisher note: Toucan have identified non-recurrent funding to support CYP Mental Health Winter Pressures. The funding is specifically related to strengthening the support and management of CYP. a. Successful bid submitted as part of the Wave 2 funding round to support children and young people living in residential care who experience repeated emotional distress, crisis presentations, or placement instability b. A review undertaken as to whether this could be delivered by commissioners and a revised proposal submitted for review c. Reviewed and approved by SLT as the proposal would support winter pressures
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 094263-2026-1 · Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2026
- Value
- £491,390
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS England/Birmingham and Solihull ICBReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.