Contract award · 8 Sep 2026

CAMHS Psychiatric Liaison

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust awarded “CAMHS Psychiatric Liaison” to Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust for £1.59m on 8 Sep 2026. Awarded without open competition.

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 · Regional or local authority
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 LiaisonShrewsbury 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 LiaisonThe Dudley 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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