Awarded· 19 Mar 2025
Embedded Workers in Community Mental Health Teams and Safe Haven provision
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust · Oxford, South East
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Embedded Workers in Community Mental Health Teams and Safe Haven provision. It is a contract for other health and social care in Oxford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 21 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Buckinghamshire Mind
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 13:03
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About this tender
In brief
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Embedded Workers in Community Mental Health Teams and Safe Haven provision. It is a contract for other health and social care in Oxford. The contract went to Buckinghamshire Mind. It was awarded on 19 March 2025. The contract value is £636,944.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 21 March 2025. The notice number is 010676-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04f75c.
Summary of the contracting process
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has completed the award stage for a contract titled "Embedded Workers in Community Mental Health Teams and Safe Haven provision," focusing on health and social work services in the Buckinghamshire region.
The procurement process, classified under the MainProcurementCategory of services, was conducted as a direct award without prior publication of a call for competition, as allowed under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract, awarded to Buckinghamshire Mind, is valued at approximately £636,944, with a potential extension option until 31 March 2028.
The contract was signed on 19 March 2025, and the process included a public standstill period, allowing representations within 8 working days. The contract involves providing recovery workers, information and options workers, and perinatal community support workers, integrating with Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) to deliver comprehensive support services.
The notice in full
Recovery workers will engage patients by identifying recovery focused groups that patients can attend whilst under CMHT care as well as post discharge from secondary care. Support patients to engage with the wide-ranging sources of support in the community to help deliver their treatment plan cia signposting.
Information and Options worksers will support CMHTs to enable patient to transition from secondary care into community provision by informing them of, and supporting them to engage with, local services, organisations and provision. Staff will enable the delivery of a county wide Information and Options Service within CMHT.
Perinatal community support worker will work as part of the Perinatal MH team providing preconception advice for women with history of mental health illness themselves or in their family, referrals of pregnant or postpartum women who have moderate to sever mental health diagnosis.
Safe Haven will offer a welcoming, safe, friendly and non-stigmatising environment for people to access in times of crisis and as an alternative to ED, or secondary MH care.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C. Oxford Health considers that the existing provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract. Oxford Health assessed the provider's service provision with respect to the key decision making criteria as outlined in the PSR.
Each of these criteria were assessed on a pass/fail basis by the award decision makers, and the existing provider passed each of the criteria.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Buckinghamshire Mind
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £636,944
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 010676-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f75c
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Oxford
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX4 4XN
- Electoral ward
- Littlemore
- Constituency
- Oxford East
- Delivery area
- South East (England)
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Oxfordshire CC
- Area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Oxford, OX4 4XN · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Buckinghamshire Mind
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Embedded Workers in Community Mental Health Teams and Safe Haven provision
Who won the Embedded Workers in Community Mental Health Teams and Safe Haven provision contract?
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Buckinghamshire Mind on 19 March 2025.
How much is the Embedded Workers in Community Mental Health Teams and Safe Haven provision contract worth?
The contract value is £636,944.
Who is the buyer for Embedded Workers in Community Mental Health Teams and Safe Haven provision?
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, based in Oxford, South East.
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