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Awarded· 4 Aug 2025

Provision of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Referral Management Service

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board · Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stoke-on-Trent.

Source: Find a Tender, published 29 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    NHS Midlands and Lancashire Csu

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 14:08

    View notice
  3. 2025

    Award notice published

    UK5 - Transparency Notice · 13:22

    View notice
  4. 2025

    Contract starts

  5. 2026

    Contract ends

    1 year after it starts

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board has awarded this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Stoke-on-Trent. The contract went to NHS Midlands and Lancashire Csu. It was awarded on 4 August 2025. The awarded value is £116,000. The contract runs from 9 October 2025 to 9 October 2026. It lasts 1 year.

It is run as a below threshold - without competition. Find a Tender published it on 29 September 2025. The notice number is 060565-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a416.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board, in collaboration with NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit, has awarded a contract for the "Provision of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Referral Management Service." This tender pertains to community health services aimed at managing ADHD referrals within the geographical area defined as UKG23 and UKG24, covering several regions within the United Kingdom.

The award was completed as of 5th August 2025 following a direct procurement method without competition, reflecting the need for a specialised and tailored service approach. The contract is valued at £116,000 (gross amounting to £139,200) and has been assigned to NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU. The contract period is set from 10th October 2025 to 9th October 2026, with the procurement process being complete as of 29th September 2025.

The decision-making adhered to procurement guidelines and was finalised via Finance and Procurement Governance approvals. The service provision aligns with efforts to secure dynamic, innovative referral management processes and is particularly suited to large-scale healthcare providers capable of ensuring clinical appropriateness and secure data sharing between agencies.

The notice in full

A referral management service for managing ADHD referrals for NHS Staffordshire and Stoke, processing about 150 applications monthly. It includes clinical reviews, declining non-qualifying applications, and referring qualifying requests to pre-contracted providers for further assessment and treatment. A provider has been identified who covers the geographical area of the ICB.

This is a fixed cost contract. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period, which begins the day that this notice is published. The standstill period ends at midnight on 9th October 2025.

Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
9 Oct 2025 to 9 Oct 2026 (1 year)
Awarded to
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Csu
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement method
Direct
Procedure
Below threshold - without competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Awards value
£116,000

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Complete
Awards
Active

Not stated in the notice: contracts.

References

Find a Tender notice
060565-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a416
CPV code
85323000 - Community health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board is based in Stoke-on-Trent. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent
Town
Stoke-on-Trent
Postcode
ST1 4FA
Electoral ward
Birches Head & Northwood
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Region
West Midlands
Sub-region
Stoke-on-Trent
Area
Shropshire and Staffordshire
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Darren Birks
Address
Hanley, ST1 4FA · West Midlands · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Csu
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
£116,000
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about this tender

Who won the Provision of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Referral… contract?

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to NHS Midlands and Lancashire Csu on 4 August 2025. It is due to end on 9 October 2026, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.

How much is the Provision of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Referral… contract worth?

The awarded value is £116,000. The contract runs from 9 October 2025 to 9 October 2026 (1 year).

Who is the buyer for Provision of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Referral…?

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-trent Integrated Care Board, based in Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands. The named contact is Darren Birks.

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