Awarded· 1 Dec 2025
Restoring Rapid Access: Fast Track Mental Health Support Across the Vale
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) · Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) has awarded Restoring Rapid Access: Fast Track Mental Health Support Across the Vale. It is a contract for mental health support in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Source: Sell2Wales, published 15 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan
2025
Award notice published
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice · 00:00
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) has awarded Restoring Rapid Access: Fast Track Mental Health Support Across the Vale. It is a contract for mental health support in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The contract went to Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan. It was awarded on 1 December 2025. The contract value is £113,800.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Sell2Wales published it on 15 December 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-kuma6s-159136.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services, hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust, is reinstating the Mental Health Fast Track Pathway with the aim of providing rapid mental health assessments and support for urgent cases. Located in Cardiff, this public contract falls under the "Health" industry category and governs services across the Central, Western, and Eastern Vale clusters, targeting patients around Barry, UKL22.
The process is at the award stage as of 15th December 2025, following a limited procurement method without prior publication, and complying with the Provider Selection Regime Wales (PSR Wales). The notice serves as an intention to award, marking the start of a standstill period where providers can make representations until 24th December 2025.
Small and medium-sized enterprises like Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan, successful in operating the Fast Track Pathway since 2021, are well-suited to compete, given their established operational readiness, compliance with NHS governance standards, and demonstrated efficiency in service delivery.
The contract, valued at £113,800, offers a two-year engagement commencing from 1 January 2026, to improve community-based mental health support and optimise patient outcomes by handling referrals within 24 hours and integrating social prescribing for holistic care.
The notice in full
The Central, Western, and Eastern Vale clusters of Cardiff and Vale UHB seek to reinstate the Mental Health Fast Track Pathway, to provide rapid assessment within 24 hours and targeted support for urgent cases.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Complete
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board intends to procure a service to provide rapid mental health assessment and short-term support for patients across the Central, Western, and Eastern Vale clusters for a period of two years. The service will deliver urgent assessments within 24 hours of referral, offer up to 6-8 one-to-one sessions per patient, and integrate social prescribing to support holistic care.
It will handle up to 87 referrals per month (approximately 1,041 patients annually), using existing referral mechanisms to maintain continuity and reduce pressure on primary care. Performance will be monitored through quarterly reporting on referral volumes, timeliness, DNA rates, and social prescribing outcomes, with a target of 95% of assessments completed within 24 hours.
The aim is to provide timely, cost-effective mental health support in the community, prevent escalation of need, and improve patient outcomes. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider Process. This a new service with an existing provider.
The contract is for a period of 2 years commencing on 01 January 2026 to 31st December 2027.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Mental Health Support
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract 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
- Sell2Wales
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Buyer's portal
- Sell2Wales
Values
- Contracts value
- £113,800
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: awards.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-kuma6s-159136
- CPV code
- 85312320 - Counselling services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Town
- Cardiff
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- Electoral ward
- Taff's Well
- Constituency
- Cardiff North
- Delivery area
- Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Region
- Wales
- Sub-region
- Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Area
- South East Wales
- Country
- Wales
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust)
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Gethin Barlow
- Phone
- +44 2921501500
- Address
- Cardiff, CF15 7QZ · Wales · Wales
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- RESTORING RAPID ACCESS: FAST TRACK MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ACROSS THE VALE - The Central, Western, and Eastern…sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx
- Nwssp.nhs.walesnwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
- Sell2Wales portal, to register and bidapi.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1
- Latest noticesell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx
- OCDS record ocds-kuma6s-159136 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-k…
Questions about Restoring Rapid Access: Fast Track Mental Health Support Across the Vale
Who won the Restoring Rapid Access: Fast Track Mental Health Support Across the Vale contract?
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust) awarded the contract to Mind in the Vale of Glamorgan on 1 December 2025.
How much is the Restoring Rapid Access: Fast Track Mental Health Support Across the Vale contract worth?
The contract value is £113,800.
Who is the buyer for Restoring Rapid Access: Fast Track Mental Health Support Across the Vale?
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-procurement Services (hosted By Velindre University NHS Trust), based in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The named contact is Gethin Barlow, on +44 2921501500.
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