Contract award · 8 Sep 2026

CAMHS Psychiatric Liaison

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust awarded a contract to Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Worcestershire Acute…

No competitionHealth & social careWest Midlands

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · Body governed by public law
Value
£1,589,175 across 14 lots
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Psychiatric hospital services (CPV 85111500)
Timeline
  1. Contract date8 Sep 2026
  2. Published15 Sep 2026Published 7 days after the contract date

Description

An urgent need has been identified to ensure CAMHS Psychiatric Liaison provision is provided in A&Es throughout the West Midlands whilst a review of A&E is undertaken by Toucan to establish a longer-term plan, this has been procured using the Urgent Award route. The contracts will run for 7 months, September 26 to March 27 with the service running for 6 months of this (October 26 to March 27). The lifetime value of the contract is £1,589,175, split over 14 providers.

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonBirmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust£83,641
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonWorcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust£167k
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonGeorge Eliot Hospital NHS Trust£83,641
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonThe Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust£167k
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonWye Valley NHS Trust£83,641
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonUniversity Hospital of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust£83,641
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust£251k
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonUniversity Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust£83,641
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonSouth Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust£83,641
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonDudley Group NHS Foundation Trust£83,641
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonSandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS trust£83,641
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust£167k
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonWalsall Healthcare NHS Trust£83,641
CAMHS Psychiatric LiaisonThe Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust£83,641

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