Awarded· 30 Apr 2025
Mental Health services
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Middlesbrough, North East
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Mental Health services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Middlesbrough.
Source: Find a Tender, published 7 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Alliance Psychological Services
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 14:19
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About this tender
In brief
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Mental Health services. It is a contract for other health and social care in Middlesbrough. The contract went to Alliance Psychological Services. It was awarded on 30 April 2025. The contract value is £1,150,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 7 May 2025. The notice number is 019446-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050e0a.
Summary of the contracting process
The recent procurement process for mental health services emphasised by the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust focuses on the award of a contract for psychiatrist or psychologist services in Middlesbrough, within the UKC1 region. The process is at the award stage, having been initiated through a limited procurement method without the publication of a prior call for competition, under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
The contract is planned to commence on 1st July 2025, with a three-year term and the possibility of two additional years. This initiative relates to enhancing existing mental health service pathways in South Tees and North Tees, aligned with current BACP guidelines to ensure continuity of care.
Targeting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in psychiatric or psychological care, the contract is ideally suited for providers aiming to expand their influence and service delivery in the healthcare sector. Alliance Psychological Services Limited, a local SME, has already been actively engaged in the region, exemplifying the type of business well-positioned to thrive in this procurement environment.
The notice in full
The supplier is currently supporting both South Tees (STH) and North Tees (NTH), the subject of mental health and associated pathways are extremely contentious. The BACP guidelines indicate to transfer care of patients to a new provider once treatment has commenced is likely to cause harm to the patients.
The provider has a trusted relationship with both trust providing high quality mental health care, the supplier is able to deliver the services required within the estate already allocated to the OH service enabling our workforce to receive the care they need locally causing the least disruption to both patient care and trust services.
Providing a single service to the group model is an underpinning aspect of the people plan and more. Given the sickness absence rate related to mental health is continually in the top 3 sickness reasons, it is essential we maintain a high-quality accessible service, while also using the opportunity to enhance our service offer to the workforce.
The overarching goal is to implement a single service across both trusts whilst with the incumbent provider of the services.
This award will be for a 3 year term, with two optional additional years. The estimated start date for the contract will be 1st July 2025.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 20th May 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
This will be completed via Direct Award C to the existing/current provider of the services.
Conflicts of interest -There are no perceived conflicts of interest amongst the decision makers of the award. This included the management from Occupational Health & Wellbeing.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Alliance Psychological Services
- 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
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £1,150,000
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
- 019446-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050e0a
- CPV code
- 85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Town
- Cleveland
- Postcode
- TS2 1RU
- Electoral ward
- Central
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Delivery area
- Tees Valley and Durham
- Region
- North East
- Sub-region
- South Teesside
- Area
- Tees Valley
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Matthew Povey
- Phone
- +44 1642850850
- Address
- Middlesbrough, TS2 1RU · North East · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Alliance Psychological Services
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Mental Health services
Who won the Mental Health services contract?
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Alliance Psychological Services on 30 April 2025.
How much is the Mental Health services contract worth?
The contract value is £1,150,000.
Who is the buyer for Mental Health services?
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based in Middlesbrough, North East. The named contact is Matthew Povey, on +44 1642850850.
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