Awarded· 14 Sept 2025
Talking Therapies
NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board · Woking, South East
NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board has awarded Talking Therapies. It is a contract for other health and social care in Woking.
Source: Find a Tender, published 15 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Mind Matters
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 14:46
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board has awarded Talking Therapies. It is a contract for other health and social care in Woking. The contract went to Mind Matters. It was awarded on 14 September 2025. The contract value is £5,392,966.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 15 September 2025. The notice number is 056648-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059a7e.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process, managed by NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board, concerns the Talking Therapies service under the procurement category of health services. This initiative focuses on providing community-based psychological therapies for common mental health issues in the Surrey region. The procurement is at the award stage, with Mind Matters selected as the service provider effective from 15 September 2025, for a contract valued at £5,392,966.
Following the Provider Selection Regime, the standstill period concludes on 26 September 2025, allowing for any representations. This limited procedure bypassed prior competition due to regulatory provisions, aiming to enhance access to mental health support across Surrey. SMEs providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, counselling, or digital mental health solutions might find participation beneficial.
This contract underlines the importance of aligning with NHS England’s mental health priorities, which emphasise innovative and flexible service delivery models involving collaboration with local employment services and GP-led pathways.
The notice in full
The NHS Talking Therapies service is a community-based service that aims to improve access to evidence-based psychological therapies for common mental health problems. The service offers a variety of evidence-based clinical interventions (including self-help options) including, but not limited to
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Counselling
- Brief Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution Focused Therapies
- EDMR
- Mindfulness The service has been a key priority for many years as outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and continues to be one of the mental health priorities in NHS England 2025/26 Operating Plan.
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The NHS Talking Therapies service is a community-based service that aims to improve access to evidence-based psychological therapies for common mental health problems. The service offers a variety of evidence-based clinical interventions (including self-help options) including, but not limited to
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Counselling
- Brief Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution Focused Therapies
- EDMR
- Mindfulness The service will be available to all adults over the age of 17 registered with a General Practitioner within Surrey ICBs (with the exception of NE Hampshire & Farnham Place), experiencing mental distress in relation to common mental health problems.
This service has been a key priority for many years as outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and continues to be one of the mental health priorities in NHS England 2025/26 Operating Plan.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Mind Matters
- 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
- £5,392,966
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
- 056648-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059a7e
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Woking
- Town
- Guildford
- Postcode
- GU21 5BH
- Electoral ward
- Canalside
- Constituency
- Woking
- Delivery area
- East Surrey
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- West Surrey
- Area
- Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Maggie Czapiewska
- Address
- Woking, GU21 5BH · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Mind Matters
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Talking Therapies
Who won the Talking Therapies contract?
NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Mind Matters on 14 September 2025.
How much is the Talking Therapies contract worth?
The contract value is £5,392,966.
Who is the buyer for Talking Therapies?
NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board, based in Woking, South East. The named contact is Maggie Czapiewska.
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