Enhanced Care Unit

2026-11-03

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of Birmingham Women and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, as Lead Provider of the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative (https://toucanwestmids.nhs.uk/), are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of an Enhanced Care Unit.<br/><br/>The service and provider will need to be registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide mental health services.<br/><br/>The service must be located within the geography of the West Midlands.<br/><br/>As a result of this Competitive Process, a subcontract under the Lead Provider(s) head contract will be awarded to the successful Provider for a period of 3 years, with the Commissioner having the option to extend for up to a further 2 years.<br/><br/>The annual value is £4,841,515 based on the award of 1 contract to 1 provider or £9,683,030 based on the award of 2 contracts to 2 providers. The Commissioner at their absolute and sole discretion reserves the right to award either one or two contracts.<br/><br/>It is anticipated that the contract award (for the provision of an Enhance Care Unit) will be from 1 April 2027. Birmingham Women and Children's NHS Foundation Trust confirm that they currently intend to run a compliant process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (as amended) to award a new contract for a lead provider (s) of specialised child and adolescent mental health services in the West Midlands from 1 April 2027. Should there be a change in lead provider (s), all existing sub-contracts will be transferred under the same terms, to the new lead provider contract using the relevant contract terms.<br/><br/>Further details are provided in II.2.4.1

United Kingdom (UK)

2026-08-02