NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU on behalf of Birmingham Women and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, as Lead Provider of the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative intend to award two contracts to two providers

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of the contracts is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice market the start of the standstill period. Representations must be made by midnight 21st October 2026. Any representations should be sent to [email protected].<br/><br/>This contract has not yet been formally awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.<br/><br/>The award decision makers are the West Midlands Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Provider Collaborative, for which Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the Lead Provider. The decision to award the contract was made by the West Midlands Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Provider Collaborative's Governing Body. There were no declared conflicts of interest of individuals making the award decision.<br/><br/>The scoring criteria for the Basic Selection Criteria Questions were either evaluated as Pass/Fail or For Information.<br/><br/>The Key Criteria Questions were evaluated as scored sub-weighted questions. The headline criteria were as follows:<br/>Quality and Innovation - 35%<br/>Value - Pass/Fail<br/>Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability - 20%<br/>Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities & Facilitating Choice - 25%<br/>Social Value - 10%<br/>Unseen presentation - 10%<br/><br/>The contracts are being awarded to both Arcadia Care No1 Ltd and Elysium Healthcare Limited on the basis that they met the required criteria and that this will achieve the best outcomes for patients by increasing the geographical coverage for the ECU model. Therefore, they are the preferred providers and awarded a contract (subject to agreement).

As a result of this Competitive Process, a contract will be awarded to deliver Enhanced Care Unit services to two successful providers for a period of 3 years (1st January 2027 - 31st March 2030) with the Commissioners having the option to extend the contract term by a further 2 years (1st April 2030 - 31st March 2032). <br/>The Providers, Arcadia Care No1 Ltd and Elysium Healthcare Limited, have been identified as new Providers. <br/>It is anticipated that the service provision resulting from this Competitive Process will have a total value of £16,045,050 for Arcadia Care No1 Ltd and £13,329,615 for Elysium Healthcare Limited for the full 5 years, which includes any exercised contract extensions.

Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Open procedure

Lot 1: Bids: 3 Lot 1: Bids: 3 Lot 1: Sme bids: 3 Lot 1: Sme bids: 3 Lot 1: Foreign bids from eu: 0 Lot 1: Foreign bids from eu: 0 Lot 1: Foreign bids from non eu: 3 Lot 1: Foreign bids from non eu: 3 Lot 1: Electronic bids: 3 Lot 1: Electronic bids: 3