Coming up· published 9 Dec 2025
Kent & Medway Crisis Houses Market
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board · Maidstone, South East
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is planning Kent & Medway Crisis Houses Market. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone.
Source: Find a Tender, published 10 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 13:46
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is planning Kent & Medway Crisis Houses Market. It is a contract for other health and social care in Maidstone. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £2,750,000.
Find a Tender published it on 10 December 2025. The notice number is 081509-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05f2c5. Bids are made through the buyer's Atamis portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is currently in the planning stages of a procurement process aimed at establishing two Crisis Recovery Houses in Medway and Thanet. The procurement will fall under the services category with a focus on health services, specifically to support individuals experiencing mental health or psychological crises.
This initiative seeks to offer a community-based alternative to traditional clinical settings in collaboration with health and social care teams. Although the contract has been planned with a potential duration of three years and an extension option of up to two years, it remains subject to a pre-market engagement phase.
Notable upcoming events include a virtual market engagement session on 8th January 2026, with a future notice date set for 16th February 2026. Organisations can potentially benefit from engaging in the early phases of this procurement process by providing input into finalising the financial and service models.
Interested parties are encouraged to participate in the market engagement event and complete the necessary registration and questionnaire steps by the deadline of 5th January 2026, establishing connections in a strategic local health initiative.
The notice in full
***This advert is for market engagement only***
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board intends to undertake a procurement process for the provision of two Crisis Recovery Houses, located in Medway and Thanet.
The Crisis Recovery Houses will offer a safe, therapeutic environment for individuals experiencing a mental health or psychological crisis. These services provide a community-based alternative to statutory clinical provision wherever appropriate, and work in partnership with health and social care teams to deliver a blended model of psychosocial support.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
***This advert is for market engagement only***
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board intends to undertake a procurement process for the provision of two Crisis Recovery Houses, located in Medway and Thanet.
The Crisis Recovery Houses will offer a safe, therapeutic environment for individuals experiencing a mental health or psychological crisis. These services provide a community-based alternative to statutory clinical provision wherever appropriate, and work in partnership with health and social care teams to deliver a blended model of psychosocial support.
The contract duration is expected to be 3 years with up to a 2-year extension option.
The indicative total contract value (over 5 years) against anticipated activity trajectories is expected to be approximately PS2,750,000.
The commissioner has published this Prior Information Notice to support pre-market engagement only at this stage.
The objective of this engagement is to help the commissioner finalise the financial model, service model and procurement strategy.
Providers are invited to attend a virtual market engagement event which will focus on the service specification/requirements, financial model and an overview of the procurement process. The event is scheduled for 8th January 2026. Further event details will be communicated to registered providers.
Providers are asked to complete a short questionnaire as part of the registration process.
The service that this Prior Information Notice (PIN) relates is within scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The Commissioner(s) and AGCSU are bound only by the HealthCare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply.
The Commissioner does not bind itself to commencing or running any public procurement procedure further to, or as a result of, this market engagement. Any subsequent procurement, if undertaken, will be commenced by way of a separate call for competition via a relevant notice published in Find a Tender. Any and all information/documents are draft and subject to change.
Additional information: To register to attend the event and access further details please go to the following https://health-family. force.com/s/Welcome, register on the system as appropriate and access project reference C405480 Kent & Medway Crisis Houses Market Engagement and complete the short questionnaire to register your attendance.
Please register by 5pm on 05.01.2026
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- Atamis
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £2,750,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 081509-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f2c5
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Maidstone
- Town
- Rochester
- Postcode
- ME15 6NB
- Electoral ward
- High Street
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Delivery area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Mid Kent
- Area
- Kent
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- William Clark
- Address
- Maidstone, ME15 6NB · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Kent & Medway Crisis Houses Market
When will the Kent & Medway Crisis Houses Market tender open?
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the Kent & Medway Crisis Houses Market contract worth?
The estimated value is £2,750,000.
Who is the buyer for Kent & Medway Crisis Houses Market?
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board, based in Maidstone, South East. The named contact is William Clark.
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