Official UK procurement notice
Winter Pressure Funding — UK public procurement notice
Authority: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionToucan have identified a need to support CYP Mental Health Winter Pressures. This is specifically related to strengthening the support and management of CYP presenting in Emergency Departments and Acute pathways and needs to align to the following outcomes:
1. Reduce Avoidable Mental Health attendances to emergency departments (EDs);
2. Support rapid and safe discharge from A&E (i.e. avoid 4hr / 12hr breaches);
3. Reduce avoidable emergency admissions to general acute hospitals or mental health hospitals;
4. Facilitate earlier discharge from general or T4 mental health hospitals
CPV: Psychiatric hospital services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Services provided are to meet the following outcomes:Awarded
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
- 14 Sept 2026, 10:24 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2026, 10:24 BST
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f8d2
- 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
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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 Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The urgent award route was used due to the increased demand on Emergency department for more…
patients presenting with mental health illnesses during the winter period. The contract will run from 1st October 2026 to 31st March 2027. This contract was approved by Toucan Senior Leadership Team and through a Partnership Working Group held on 8th September 2026. There were no conflicts of interests declared during the approval process.
Publisher note: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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 Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The urgent award route was used due to the increased demand on Emergency department for patients presenting with mental health illnesses during the winter period. The contract will run from 1st October 2026 to 31st March 2027. This contract was approved by Toucan Senior Leadership Team and through a Partnership Working Group held on 8th September 2026. There were no conflicts of interests declared during the approval process.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS TrustWest Midlands CYPMH Provider Collaborative Sub-Contract 2026/2027: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust - Winter Pressure Funding | — | — | Awarded |
| Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS TrustWest Midlands CYPMH Provider Collaborative Sub-Contract 2026/2027: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - Winter Pressure Funding - MH Liaison | — | — | Awarded |
| Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS TrustWest Midlands CYPMH Provider Collaborative Sub-Contract 2026/2027: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - Winter Pressure Funding - Capacity and Demand | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
West Midlands CYPMH Provider Collaborative Sub-Contract 2026/2027: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust - Winter Pressure Funding · Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS Trust
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2026
- Value
- £1,833,980
- Status
- active
West Midlands CYPMH Provider Collaborative Sub-Contract 2026/2027: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - Winter Pressure Funding - MH Liaison · Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2026
- Value
- £229,042
- Status
- active
West Midlands CYPMH Provider Collaborative Sub-Contract 2026/2027: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - Winter Pressure Funding - Capacity and Demand · Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2026
- Value
- £169,800
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Toucan Senior Leadership TeamReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.